In a virtual interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz, Duane “Dog” Chapman shared his COVID-19 scare after contracting an illness that left him unable to climb out of bed.
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While the famous bounty hunter was adamant that his illness was not COVID-19, he also admitted that he did not take a test to confirm a negative diagnosis. Still, like many other people throughout the pandemic, Chapman became nervous upon his onset of symptoms. In the interview, Chapman explained:
“I think anybody right now in America that gets a bad cold or a little bit of a flu, ‘ahhh’ the COVID alarm goes off in your mind. Fear, ‘Oh no! I’m over 60, am I gonna make it?’ So yea, I thought, ‘Here we go COVID versus the Dog, here we go.’ But, I didn’t have it, so thank the Lord.”
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Chapman revealed that by the time he became ill, he was too sick to go out and get a COVID-19 test done. He also stated that he had since recovered from his mysterious sickness and felt much better the past two days.
“At the time it hit me, I couldn’t go. I thought I was almost dying, I was saying my last prayers,” Chapman said in the interview.
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News of Chapman’s health scare comes just days after he celebrated his 68th birthday with his fiancée, Fancie Frane. For more on Chapman, check out the following video.