Tom Hanks’s wife Rita Wilson shares quarantine playlist for passing time in isolation after coronavirus diagnosis
TOM Hanks' wife Rita Wilson is using music to make their coronavirus isolation more upbeat with a quarantine playlist.
The , who is being observed and quarantined in Australia with Tom, took to Twitter to ask for some song suggestions after they both tested positive for the .
"Hi guys!" Rita wrote on Friday. "I want to make a Spotify playlist for people self quarantining.
"Something that might relate to isolation, perhaps? Can you send some song ideas that I can add?
"Also, what should we call it? Quarantine Choruses? This is what one does in quarantine.Uthink of stuff like this [sic].”
A few hours later, Rita returned with the title of her playlist after fans issued a slew of suggestions.
She announced: “And the winner for the quarantine playlist naming is QUARANTUNES! Head to Spotify to listen."
The playlist features 28 relevant tracks like Billy Idol’s "Dancing with Myself" and MC Hammer’s classic, "You Can’t Touch This."
Queen’s "I Want To Break Free" and the Bee Gees' "Night Fever" are sure to strike a chord with music lovers self-isolating amid the pandemic.
Rita's playlist also showcases some of her own songs like “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" and “Girls Night In.”
Rita and Tom - aka "America's Dad" - have remained positive since they received the damning diagnosis this week.
Before announcing the winner of her quarantine chorus, Rita kept things lighthearted on social media.
"From here on out, the only Corona I want is from Mexico and you drink it," she quipped.
Last night, , 63, also shared during their coronavirus containment.
"America's Dad" also took to Twitter to post a reassuring update last night after they .
Alongside the smiling shot of them, he wrote: "Hello folks. and I want to thank everyone here Down Under under are taking such good care of us.
"We had COVID-19 and are in isolation so we do not spread it to anyone else. There are those for whom it could lead to a very serious illness.
"We are taking it one-day-at-a-time. There are things we can all do to get through this by following the advice of experts and taking care of ourselves and each other, no?"
The , 63, finished his statement with a reference to his 1992 movie A League of Their Own, writing "there is no crying in baseball."
The couple had been pictured strolling around Sydney on March 6 - days before they were diagnosed with the disease.
Like Tom and Rita, pregnant Katy Perry had also stayed at the Park Hyatt in Sydney earlier this week before she left on Thursday in the airport.
Tom's cheery statement comes after it emerged that he may have twice the risk of developing because he is a diabetic.
Earlier this month, the CDC confirmed "older people and people with underlying health conditions, like heart disease, lung disease and diabetes, for example, were about twice as likely to develop serious outcomes versus otherwise younger, healthier people."
But Tom, who is in working on director Baz Luhrmann’s untitled Elvis Presley film, remained positive in the panic.
He previously said he and Rita had "felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches."
"Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too," he told fans after the diagnosis.
"To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the , and were found to be positive."
"Well now. What to do next? The Medical Officials have protocols that must be followed," he added.
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"We Hanks will be tested, observed, and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires.
"Not much more to it than a one-day-at-a-time approach, no? We'll keep the world posted and updated. Take care of yourselves! Hanx!"
He and his wife Rita are now in isolation in a Gold Coast hospital and Director Baz Luhrmann told the rest of the crew to go home.
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