The reality star suffered from Covid-19 at the turn of the year and still was having symptoms three weeks after.
And on Thursday’s Loose Women, Bobby Norris, 34, laughed off claims he faked having coronavirus, after trolls accused him of being paid by the government to pretend to have the virus.
During his appearance on the panel show, the TOWIE star also discussed becoming a volunteer vaccinator and revealed he used to give his mum, Kym injections after she battled leukemia following her 2014 diagnosis.
Laughing it off: On Thursday’s Loose Women, Bobby Norris, 34, addressed claims he faked having Covid-19, after trolls accused him of being paid by the government to pretend
Describing his experience of Covid-19, Bobby admitted: ‘I have honestly never felt so rough in my life it wiped me out for a good two weeks.
‘I was sleeping about 14 hours a day, all over Christmas and new year’s, it was really rough.’
The reality star agreed that the fact he is so young yet still struggled after catching the virus, shows that it can impact anyone.
Bobby said: ‘Absolutely, and I think back in March when it was first being spoken about we were led to believe it was only affecting the elderly and vulnerable.
Nothing new! The TOWIE star also discussed becoming a volunteer vaccinator and revealed he used to give his mum injections when she battled leukemia after her 2014 diagnosis
Describing his experience of Covid-19, Bobby admitted: ‘I have honestly never felt so rough in my life it wiped me out for a good two weeks.
‘I am fit and young and I didn’t think it would affect me so much. Luckily I wasn’t on a ventilator but my breathing is terrible, come night time and you hold your breath it does panic you.
‘There still seems to be some conspiracy it doesn’t exist. I can assure you absolutely it does. Anyone going through it, I am sending my thoughts to you because it is an absolute nightmare virus.’
After opening up on Instagram about the impact Covid-19 was having on him while battling through it, online trolls accused him of faking his illness.
Struggles: After opening up on Instagram about the impact Covid-19 was having on him while battling through it, online trolls accused him of faking his illness
Ridiculous: Addressing the accusations, Bobby made light of the ridiculous claims, saying: ‘Boris did not slide into my dms and say “Hey Bobby you want 5 grand?”‘
Addressing the accusations, Bobby made light of the ridiculous claims, saying: ‘I mean it’s the madness that is social media.
‘Everyone knows I love social media, and 99 per cent of the time it’s a great tool, but I was getting trolled on Christmas Day in bed, saying Boris [Johnson] payed me 5 grand to pretend to have Covid.
‘Boris did not slide into my dms and say “Hey Bobby you want 5 grand?” If he had, he must have got the wrong sort code because there’s no money in my account!’ joked the TV personality.
Proud: Bobby explained that he wanted to help vaccinate people after what he went through with the virus and so trained up as a volunteer vaccinator
Bobby explained that he wanted to help vaccinate people after what he went through with the virus, and revealed that administering injections is ‘nothing new to him’ because he used to give injections to his mum during her leukemia battle.
He said: ‘I thought: What can I do to help? I wanted to volunteer in some way. I’ve got a lot more free time on my hands because of what’s going on.
‘I’d been doing my mums injections, when she had leukaemia and got discharged. I was doing it for her so it wasn’t anything new to me.’
The TOWIE star touched on being trained up as a volunteer vaccinator and described being able to help people as a ‘privilege.’
Always helping: He revealed that administering injections is ‘nothing new to him’ because he used to give injections to his mum during her leukemia battle
Bobby said: ‘There are those in top tiers who hadn’t seen someone since march last year, so to see someone fact to face and know there is light at the end of the tunnel is a privilege to help them do that.
‘I think [training was] 22 hours online, you’ve got to know the legal side of everything, the safeguarding. It’s something I wanted to do, I wanted to help people. Any day I’m hoping I can get my ID card and get out there and do my bit.’
The Loose Women panellist joked that people might find it weird that Bobby Norris from TOWIE is doing their vaccinations.
But he insisted: ‘I think regardless what I do for a career, people just want their vaccines and to see a human being… I’ve got to have my PPE on so they can’t tell but if I open my mouth then maybe they will notice.’
Course: he TOWIE star touched on being trained up as a volunteer vaccinator and described being able to help people as a ‘privilege’