This ‘Freaks and Geeks’ star got his first Pfizer dose. Then COVID hit, his father says
“Freaks and Geeks” star Jerry Messing was halfway there.
The retired actor, 35, had one Pfizer shot to protect against COVID, but contracted coronavirus while waiting for the second jab, TMZ first reported.
On Thursday, Messing was placed on a ventilator at a hospital in Tampa, Florida, his father told the gossip website. The entertainer first starting getting symptoms on Monday, suffering shortness of breath, James Messing said.
The younger Messing (also seen on Disney Channel’s “Even Stevens” and HBO’s “Mr. Show”) is most recently known for a viral “hat tipping” meme created from his professional headshot in which he is wearing a fedora.
The California native’s Facebook page reads, “My future tombstone: I’d explain why I’m buried here, but it’s an inside joke!” He hasn’t posted since June.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday for people 16 and older, making it the first of three COVID-19 shots available in the U.S. to be upgraded from emergency use authorization (EUA) to full approval.
This story was originally published August 23, 2021 at 4:47 PM.
