Well, this could be bad for business.
An urgent warning has been issued by the Health Department, warning the star-studded crowd who attended the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue party on Valentine’s Day that they may have been exposed to acute hepatitis A. The list of possibly exposed guests: Beyonce Knowles, Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriend Bar Rafaeli, and dozens of ridiculously hot bikini models.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed that an employee of Wolfgang Puck Catering was recently diagnosed with the disease, and has strongly urged anyone who attended the SI party, or any of the 13 other events catered by Puck between Feb. 1 – 20, to get an immune globulin shot by tomorrow to prevent illness.
When contacted, a rep from Puck’s catering company would not tell TMZ which other events Puck catered, nor would they reveal how many other people may have been exposed to the illness. They did say, however, that no one who attended Sunday’s Governor’s Ball at the Academy Awards is at risk.
A rep for Beyonce told TMZ that they “were looking into it.”
I looked up Hep A…just in case you were wondering (put down that ice cream first):
Hepatitis A is a viral illness passed in feces, urine and blood of infected primates including humans. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, anorexia, vomiting, abdominal pain, jaundice and lethargy. Foodborne Hepatitis A is transmitted by an infected person’s hands in direct contact or when individuals eat or drink items that have been handled by an infected person. Poor personal hygiene, shellfish from sewage-contaminated waters and improper disposal of sewage can all lead to Hepatitis A. Most patients recover completely within 6 to 10 weeks. Hepatitis A is spread mainly via solid human waste (feces) and contaminated food and water.
Eeeeewww…Beyonce came ate someone’s poo…
February 27th, 2007 at 9:11 pm
He catered the oscars/ after parties I believe. That’s a lot of ppl.