Jamie Lee Curtis used Colin Farrell‘s win at the 2025 SAG Awards to playfully put him on blast for giving her COVID.
Curtis, 66, presented the trophy for Best Actor in a Limited Series for Farrell’s role in Max’s Penguin on Sunday, February 23, saying, “The man who [won] gave me COVID at the Golden Globes: Colin Farrell.” Farrell joked about Curtis’ revelation after joining her on stage at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles.
“[I am] guilty as charged. But Brendan Gleeson f–ing gave it to me!” Farrell, 48, quipped about his The Banshees of Inisherin costar. “So I was just spreading the love.”
Farrell’s win came after he was nominated alongside Javier Bardem for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story, Kevin Kline for Disclaimer, Andrew Scott for Ripley and Richard Gadd for Baby Reindeer.
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The SAG Award was Farrell’s first after he took home a trophy at the Golden Globe for the titular role. Farrell also walked away with a win at the Critics’ Choice Awards, which awarded his costar Cristin Milioti as well.
Farrell was recently asked about joining the ranks of Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix, who played DC villain Joker in The Dark Knight and Joker, respectively.
“You mentioned two actors who are, I think, for my money, two of the most extraordinarily talented and gifted and just brilliant artists in films that I’ve ever had the fortune to observe and be affected by,” he said in the press room last month. “What Heath did in Chris Nolan’s Dark Knight was extraordinary, and will live on for future generations. And what [Phoenix] did with the Joker was as exemplified by all the awards that he won, in the Oscars. It was extraordinary.”
While Farrell was called out for passing on COVID at a star-studded event, he isn’t the first. Steve Martin revealed earlier this month that Martin Short got COVID after appearing on Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary special.
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“Maya [Rudolph] had Covid. Marty has Covid. I wonder why? The SNL 50th Covid curse is real,” Martin, 79, wrote via Instagram alongside a photo of Maya Rudolph and Short, 74, sharing a kiss backstage at SNL 50: The Anniversary Special in New York.
Short’s illness caused a delay in several stops on his and Martin’s Dukes of Funnytown Tour, which took place in Durham, North Carolina, and Knoxville, Tennessee. Short was also not in attendance at Sunday’s SAG Awards despite winning for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.
“Unfortunately, we have to reschedule our sold out Durham and Knoxville dates to 10/17 Knoxville and 10/18 Durham,” Martin added. “So sorry for the inconvenience. I think we’ll be funnier then, anyway.”
