Rita Wilson explains why she and Tom Hanks have not yet been vaccinated

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Wilson recently said that she and her husband of more than 30 years have not yet been vaccinated.

In a conversation with ‘Today’, the actress / singer explained why they had not yet taken their photos.

“How about hearing this for the first time in your life: ‘You’re not old enough,'” she said. “It’s like, ‘OK, I’ll take that!'”

“But we are queuing up now because so many people have been vaccinated and they are opening up to the next tier,” she added.

The couple was diagnosed while in Australia. Hanks filmed the Baz Luhrmann-directed Elvis Presley movie in which Hanks plays singer manager Colonel Tom Parker, and Wilson was on tour for her latest album, “Halfway to Home.”

They suffered from mild symptoms, and Hanks later said they planned to donate their blood to help others because it contained antibodies.

Wilson told “Today” that the discovery that they carried the antibodies was “extraordinary because you knew you had some protection. That’s why the vaccine helps people too.”

“To see people hugging each other for the first time in a year, grandparents hugging their grandchildren, people hugging their parents, there’s no such thing,” she said. “That’s a real gift.”

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