Netflix's 'Wednesday' Facing Backlash for Dance Scene After Jenna Ortega's COVID-19 Admission

Netflix and the new series Wednesday are facing backlash after the show’s star Jenna Ortega admitted to having COVID-19 while filming a crucial scene.

The dance that Jenna does in episode four has quickly gone viral and it has even become a trend on TikTok.

“I choreographed that myself!” Jenna told NME. “I’m not a dancer and I’m sure that’s obvious. I’d gotten the song [The Cramps’ 1981 single ‘Goo Goo Muck’] about a week before and I just pulled from whatever I could… it’s crazy because it was my first day with COVID so it was awful to film.”

Click inside for an explanation from Jenna about how she had COVID while filming…

Jenna added, “Yeah, I woke up and – it’s weird, I never get sick and when I do it’s not very bad – I had the body aches. I felt like I’d been hit by a car and that a little goblin had been let loose in my throat and was scratching the walls of my esophagus. They were giving me medicine between takes because we were waiting on the positive result.”

“I asked to redo it but we didn’t have time. I think I probably could have done it a bit better,” Jenna said.

Wednesday‘s production company MGM said “strict COVID protocols were followed and once the positive test was confirmed production removed Jenna from set.”

The show is still facing backlash on social media for allowing Jenna to be on set when she was experiencing COVID symptoms, even if she wasn’t testing positive at the time. Fans are defending Jenna though as many are coming to the conclusion that she likely felt obligated to work while her COVID tests came back negative.

@LilySimpson1312′s tweet has nearly 100,000 likes. She tweeted, “this is a bad thing right? we all agree that this is not some ‘persevering through hardship’ moment, its a why the f–k didn’t she get sent home, she could get horrendously sick or infect others kinda moment. like the details are that she was waiting for a test while filming and it did come back positive but SHE SHOULD HAVE STILL ISOLATED WHILE WAITING FOR A TEST, Tim Burtons f–king artistic vision aint worth dead people.”

@CarrieCnh12 wrote, “Yes, this is a very bad thing. It was dangerous, unethical, and extremely selfish thing to do, both on her part, and on the part of the directors and producers. There’s absolutely no positive way to spin an actress knowingly exposing hundreds of cast members and crew to COVID.”

You can watch the scene right here.