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Liv Tyler, just like everyone else, was ready to say goodbye to 2020 and welcome 2021 full of hope, wishing for a much better year ahead. However, on New Year's Eve, the Lord of the Rings star got one of the biggest surprises of her life: she tested positive for COVID-19.

A photo of Liv Tyler during a vacation in Austria in 2018 / Source: @misslivalittle (IG)

The Hollywood actress recently made the big revelation on a lengthy Instagram post.

Part of her caption reads, “Reunited with my loves ... what a wild 2 weeks 🦠🧤Im such a private and shy person and usually don't share such things but this is a big one and i feel we all need to share our stories, to share information, to gather facts and awareness and mostly to know we are not alone in this.

“I tested positive for covid 19 on New Year's Eve day. S*** I had made it all the way through 2020 keeping myself and my family safe. Doing everything i could to protect my wolf pack and follow the rules to protect others. Suddenly on the morn of the last day of 2020... boom it took me down. It comes on fast, like a locomotive. Owchie.”

Liv also described what her battle with COVID-19 was like during her days in quarantine.

“With it, Feelings of fear, shame and guilt swirling through you, who could you have gotten it from and who could you have infected...Terrifying.

“Luckily the rest of my family and bubble were negative. There are so many strange elements to this sickness. It affects everyone so completely differently. I was so lucky and had corona light as my momma @realbebebuell called it 🤣 but It floored me for 10 days in my bed.

“There is the physical aspects but also emotional and psychological ones too. It F's with your body and mind equally. Every day different. Being isolated in a room alone for 10 days is trippy to say the least.”

Liv Tyler with daughters Sailor Gene Gardner and Lula Rose Gardner / Source: @misslivalittle (IG)

On her IG post, she shared a photo of herself wearing a face mask while cuddling with her adorable daughters Sailor Gene Gardner and Lula Rose Gardner.

Liv also narrated how her children have helped her in her recovery from COVID-19.

“I missed My babies beyond but they visited my window and called up to me and I watch them play outside. Such a gift. They sent little messages and drawings under my door. Reminders of what's on the other side. What to get better for.”

Liv then ended her post by showing gratitude for overcoming the dreaded disease and for all the frontliners amid the pandemic.

“I am so grateful to be through it and spent my days alone praying and beaming love to all who are affected and suffering from this. Those who are working tirelessly to protect and care for others. Thank you.

“We are all connected through this experience. I am humbled and filled with gratitude, to be well, a gift and beaming love and light to all those who have left this world because of this virus and those who are suffering. Sending love and imaginary universal hugs to all.”

Liv joins the long list of celebrities who tested positive for COVID-19 and fortunately recovered from it.

Some of the other celebrity COVID-19 survivors are TV hosts Ellen DeGeneres and Sharon Osbourne, singers Pink and Kenneth Edmonds a.k.a. Babyface, and actors Bryan Cranston, Robert Pattinson, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson, and Alyssa Milano.

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