Michael Che has shared the sad news of his grandmother’s death after contracting coronavirus, with the Saturday Night Live star voicing his anger and blaming both bats and 5G in a lengthy post.
The comedian is the latest celebrity to falsely accuse 5G networks of being behind the spread of Covid-19.
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There is no evidence that 5G and coronavirus are linked.
In fact, on the matter of 5G, Public Health England states that ‘the overall exposure is expected to remain low relative to guidelines and, as such, there should be no consequences for public health.’ The new coronavirus is also spreading in places without 5G networks, including in Iran.
However, mourning his family member Michael shared a message to Instagram, as he insisted he was doing ok.
The 36-year-old wrote in an open letter to Instagram: ‘My grandmother passed away from the coronavirus. I’m doing ok, considering.
‘I’m obviously very hurt and angry that she had to go through all that pain alone. But I’m also happy that she’s not in pain anymore.
‘And I also feel guilty for feeling happy. Basically the whole gamut of complex feelings everybody else has losing someone very close and special. I’m not unique. But its still scary.’
However, he went on to blame people who ate bats for the virus reaching his grandmother, before also bringing 5G into it.
He wrote: ‘I actually believe this is 5G poisoning. And not because I’ve done any research on this, or even understand what 5G really is. I just refuse to believe I lost my sweet, beautiful grandma because some n***a ate a bat one time. I’m sorry.
‘Even if that is in fact how that all started. I’m just not willing to accept that right now. I need a better story. I’m sorry.’
Apologising to his followers for swearing, he continued: ‘We can all do more to protect ourselves than just washing our hands and dressing up like sub zero.
He even got a dig at Joe Exotic as he referenced Netflix’s Tiger King: ‘If we can spend 6 hours watching some tweaker raise tigers, then we can spend a few minutes finding out how to not poison ourselves.’
His followers rallied behind him, with fellow comedian Amy Schumer sharing a message but also insisting people didn’t eat bats for the kicks.
She wrote: ‘I’m so sorry honey. They don’t eat bats because they’re adventurous. They eat them because they are poor. At its most basic level this is about imbalance of wealth.’
While bats have been linked to coronavirus by experts, a number of famous faces have spoken out declaring they believe the 5G conspiracy, including Blue’s Lee Ryan, who stated the UK was ‘being indoctrinated to be dependent and subservient to the system’.
On social media, singer Keri Hilson claimed that Africa previously reported no coronavirus cases because ‘it is not a 5G region’ while Calum Best also joined in saying that he was ‘saying no to 5G’ in an Instagram post.
Experts have slammed the theory, stating it to be baseless, with viruses and their connection to electromagnetic waves to be like ‘chalk and cheese’, while Cabinet Secretary Michael Gove branded the claims ‘dangerous nonsense’ and ‘the worst kind of fake news’.
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