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Amanda Kloots is responding to the backlash she received for getting her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The 38-year-old fitness instructor and The Talk co-host is the widow of Broadway actor Nick Cordero, who died in July 2020 after contracting the virus and spending more than three months in the hospital.

Amanda received her first dose of the vaccine on Friday night (February 19) and she was accused of jumping the line. In Los Angeles, where she lives, only essential workers and people over 65 are eligible to book appointments for the vaccine right now.

Now, Amanda is explaining how she received the vaccine and why “vaccine shaming” should not be happening.

“I think it’s crazy that people are trying to make this a scandalous thing,” Amanda told People. “Anyone can do what I did. The more arms that we get this vaccine in, the better. I took my chance and went with two of my friends to a vaccination site in east L.A. We waited in a long line and hoped. After all the appointments were finished, we asked if they had any vaccines left, because if they have extra vaccines, they want to put it in arms instead of getting rid of it. And they said, ‘We have extra vaccines for you.’ I immediately got the chills and started crying.”

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Amanda Kloots is sharing some big news with her fans – she got the coronavirus vaccine!

The 38-year-old The Talk co-host and fitness instructor revealed she has gotten her first does of the Pfizer vaccine.

“I just got my COVID 19 vaccine!” Amanda rejoiced on Instagram. “I went to a site and waited in my car until all appointments were over in hopes that they had any extra vaccines. I was fully prepared to be turned away, but they said they had enough tonight for everyone waiting.”

She continued, “I cannot tell you how emotional I was and still am right now. I had Elvis beside me and ‘Live Your Life’ playing in the car.”

“THANK YOU to the National Guard that was here today volunteering since 5:30am administering the Pfizer vaccine to willing arms,” Amanda added, and revealed she had been terrified “since Nick has passed, as a single mother of getting this virus and now I am one step closer. Thank you to my friends @laurencpresent and @thompoint0 for driving and being by my side.”

Amanda‘s husband, Nick Cordero, sadly passed away in July of 2020, just months after a first being diagnosed with the virus. She had chronicled his battle day after day until his sad passing.

She’s utilizing therapy to address the trauma she’s still going through after Nick‘s death.

FYI: Amanda is wearing an Ahida Correale face mask while getting the vaccine.

The Vatican is not taking any chances.

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, issued a decree on Thursday (February 18) that employees who refuse the coronavirus vaccine “without proven health reasons” face penalties that can include “the interruption of the work relationship,” CBS reported.

Vatican City is the world’s smallest independent state, located in the heart of Rome, Italy.

Those who live inside the Vatican “tend to be elderly, such as retired Pope Benedict XVI, 93, and Pope Francis, 84. The pontiff was vaccinated for COVID-19 last month and has been a big supporter of inoculation in the global fight against the coronavirus,” the outlet reported.

“It is an ethical choice because you are gambling with your health, with your life, but you are also gambling with the lives of others,” the Pope said to an Italian TV station in January.

Last month, the Vatican started vaccinating homeless people cared for in the territory’s food and health facilities.

Some celebrities made headlines for refusing to get the vaccine.

Ozzy Osbourne is one of the celebrities most excited to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The 72-year-old rocker opened up about getting the two-dose shot in a recent interview on SiriusXM.

“I want to get the shot,” he said on air. “I look at it like this – if I don’t get the shot and I get the virus, there’s a good chance I ain’t going to be here.”

Most of Ozzy‘s family have been affected by coronavirus over the past year.

In December, his wife Sharon, tested positive for the virus and was hospitalized for treatment of it.

Ozzy‘s granddaughter, Minnie, who is son Jack‘s daughter, also tested positive earlier in the year as well, and his daughter, Kelly, did show symptoms as well.

Kelly shared a sweet note from Ozzy that she received after seeing them for the first time in weeks after lockdown provisions started to ease.

See the list of celebs who have received the vaccine already here…

Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla have been given the Coronavirus vaccine, Clarence House has confirmed to the BBC.

The 72-year-old royal and his wife, 73, are in the over 70 year old age bracket to qualify them to be vaccinated.

So far in the UK, 12.6 million people in the UK have actually received at least one of the two doses of the vaccine. Right now, the vaccines that are approved require two doses to become fully vaccinated against the original strain of COVID-19.

Prince Charles had Coronavirus back in March of 2020. It’s unclear exactly when he received the vaccine, but as of mid-December, the royal couple had still not received doses of the highly sought after shot.

Two other royals also received the vaccine recently.

Downton Abbey‘s Hugh Bonneville just revealed that he is volunteering as a marshall at a Coronavirus vaccination center!

The 57-year-old actor – who was vaccinated back in January – is a volunteer at a center near his home in Midhurst, West Sussex.

“I get to wear a high-vis and be very bossy and go: ‘Oi!’,” he said in a video with BBC. “No, it’s just to welcome people – as I’m about to do. ‘Good morning sir, welcome.’”

“For some people, it’s the first time they’ve been out of their house in, you know, a year,” he added. “We’ve had people who’ve been grateful for the outing as much as anything and this sense of a glimmer of hope, so it’s great to be part of this team effort.”

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Dolly Parton is holding off just a little longer until she gets the COVID-19 vaccine.

During a new interview, the 75-year-old entertainer – who donated $1 million to coronavirus vaccine research at the start of the pandemic – explained why she hasn’t gotten the vaccine yet.

“I’m not going to get mine until some more people get theirs. I don’t want it to look like I’m jumping the line just because I donated money,” Dolly explained to The Associated Press. “I’m very funny about that. I’m going to get mine though, but I’m going to wait.”

“I’m at the age where I could have gotten mine legally last week,” Dolly continued. “I turned 75. I was going to do it on my birthday, and I thought, ‘Nah, don’t do that. You’ll look like you’re just doing a show.’ None of my work is really like that.”

Dolly then reassured that she is definitely “going to get” the vaccine, and that she wants to encourage others to get it too.

“When I get it, I’ll probably do it on camera so people will know and I’ll tell them the truth, if I have symptoms and all that,” Dolly said. “Hopefully it’ll encourage people. I’m not going to jump the line just because I could.”

During another recent interview, Dolly Parton revealed she turned down receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom two separate times.