Colin Farrell & Brendan Gleeson Test Positive for COVID & Will Both Miss Critics Choice Awards 2023 (Report)

According to the latest report, the red carpet at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards on Sunday evening (January 15) will be short two stars after Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson tested positive for COVID.

The awards show is set to take place at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Chelsea Handler.

Colin is in the running for Best Actor for his work on The Banshees of Inisherin, and his co-star is up for Best Supporting Actor.

However, the latest news suggests that they will not be in attendance if they win.

Read more about Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson’s reported COVID diagnosis…

Variety Senior Culture & Events Editor Marc Malkin took to Twitter to break the news that the pair had tested positive for COVID.

“Here we go again. Just confirmed that #colinfarrell and #brendongleeson won’t be at #CriticsChoiceAwards tomorrow because they have both tested positive for COVID,” he tweeted.

It is unclear where he got the news. However, Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed that she’d be missing several upcoming events after testing positive for the disease herself.

We’ll keep you updated if we hear more. If the report is true, we wish both Colin and Brendan well and hope they have a speedy recovery.

Another star confirmed that they’d be making their first awards show appearance in four years at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards.

Check out Marc Malkin’s tweet about Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson below…