Julie Chen Moonves will miss the dwell Huge Brother eviction episode after being recognized with COVID-19, the CBS host introduced Thursday.

Moonves wrote that she awakened with a sore throat final Friday, after which went to see a good friend who’s an ENT. She was recognized with COVID that very same evening.

“Fortunately that is solely the second time for me and it’s been very gentle,” Moonves wrote. “No fever and only a sore throat.”

Sadly, Moonves continued, she remains to be testing optimistic this week, “regardless of feeling good, sturdy and my cough being gone.”

“I need to sit tonight’s Huge Brother dwell eviction present out,” she wrote.

Jerry O’Connell will fill Moonves’ spot on Thursday evening’s episode. “I hope Jerry suits in to my gown,” Moonves quipped, including that she additionally hopes O’Connell “has a ball and tells the houseguests I miss them however might be watching from dwelling.”

“See? Chenbot is human in spite of everything! Love each other and luxuriate in tonight’s present,” she concluded.

O’Connell confirmed his substitute duties afterward Thursday by way of the official Huge Brother Instagram.

“Jerry O’Connell right here. I’m one of many hosts of The Speak,” he mentioned in a video assertion. “Tonight, I’m going to be the substitute instructor for Huge Brother. Julie Chen Moonves is slightly underneath the climate, we love her.”