Deirdre O'Kane has said that she and her children suffered COV1D-19 symptoms at the beginning of the pandemic in Ireland -and she believes other people contracted from the illness without being diagnosed.
However, the comedian said that her husband Stephen Bradley, who recently recovered from cancer, managed to escape.
"Three of us had different symptoms and were probably sick early on. One of the kids lost her sense of taste and smell for a while," said Deirdre, who is fronting RTÉ does Comic Relief this week.
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She told RSVP Live: "I know lots of people who said that they had symptoms as well.
"We weren’t tested so there was no way of knowing whether we had it or not. I would say we probably did though, and lots of others had it as well.
"Steve was pretty vigilant but I don’t think any more so than other people were. He was definitely cautious and I think most people were adhering to the rules.
"Oddly enough he was the only one who didn’t have symptoms of any kind. I think he has had his fair share."
Deirdre admitted that she turned to food and cooking as a way of coping and staying busy while in lockdown at home.
She said: "My main focus was food, it was the greatest comfort and joy to me. I took out every cookbook I own, which is a lot, and everything was used from the nutribullet to the panini maker.
"The dishwasher and washing machine were on three times a day. I was just trying to keep the house clean because everyone was in it constantly."
Like most people, Deirdre embraced the change in pace but it took her a while to get used to it.
"I loved having no pressure on me. I have to say that it took me a while to settle into that because initially I was saying that I needed to get my show written and I said I would stay working," she added.
"I tried for about a month while the kids were still in school but I couldn’t keep it up. It just wasn’t doable.
"Once I gave in and let my work go, I really relaxed into it and I gained my COVID half stone- and now I am trying to lose it."
Deirdre has collaborated with Darren Smith, Jane Russell and Patrick Hickey for Friday night's telethon and she is very excited to see how to show will come together.
The line up includes Derry Girls, The Den, Amy Huberman, Chris O'Dowd, Saoirse Ronan, Bridget and Eamon and Nathan Carter- and many many more.
She said: "I am so happy with what has landed. It is a very cool and impressive line up and there is going to be some great content in there.
"Every segment runs between three and 10 minutes so nothing is long winded.
"There is an occasional sketch that could be shot remotely with a cameraman. After that, there is a lot that was shot on phones or zoom but they all work really well.
"There are a couple of things that were shot really well and they look great."
RTÉ does Comic Relief airs Friday night at 8pm
