Reality stars who attended an event in Sydney earlier this month are bracing for bad news after four guests tested positive for Covid-19.
Married At First Sight bride Melissa Lucarelli attended Believe Advertising’s 20th birthday party at The Flamingo Lounge in Potts Point on December 17, and returned a positive result one week later.
Lucarelli, 41, announced the news on Instagram on Tuesday after days of feeling like she ‘wasn’t human’ and was ‘unable to function’.
Reality stars who attended an event in Sydney earlier this month are bracing for bad news as fears grow it will soon be labelled a Covid super-spreader event. Four people who attended the event, including Married At First Sight star (pictured), have since tested positive
Photos shared to social media show Lucarelli cosying up to former Bachelor stars Juliette Herrera and Emma Roche, as well as MAFS groom Nasser Sultan.
The Bachelorette’s Beau Tauwhara, who also tested positive after attending the event, commented below Lucarelli’s post: ‘Yewwww Rona buddies’.
The 34-year-old photographer then revealed he’d just finished self-isolating and was ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve.
Photos shared to social media show Lucarelli (right) cosying up to former Bachelor stars Juliette Herrera (left) and Emma Roche, as well as MAFS groom Nasser Sultan (centre)
The Bachelorette’s Beau Tauwhara (right) tested positive after attending the event with fellow franchise stars (L-R) Jay Lal, Elena Wee, Steve Pliatsikas and Ryan Carmichael
Quick recovery: Commenting below her Instagram post, Tauwhara told Lucarelli he’d just finished self-isolating and was ready to celebrate New Year’s Eve
Tauwhara had attended the event with fellow Bachelor franchise stars Jay Lal, Elena Wee, Steve Pliatsikas and Ryan Carmichael.
Dozens of reality stars are now rushing to get tested amid fears the gathering will soon be identified by health authorities as an Omicron hotspot.
It comes after MAFS alum Gabrielle Bartlett told fans she had been ‘really unwell’ for five days after testing positive, having also attended the Believe Advertising party.
Fears: Dozens of reality stars are now rushing to get tested amid fears the gathering will soon be identified by health authorities as an Omicron hotspot. (Lucarelli is pictured here with Big Brother stars Mary Kalifatidis and Tilly Whitfeld, who has also tested positive)
It comes after MAFS alum Gabrielle Bartlett told fans she had been ‘really unwell’ for five days after testing positive, having also attended the party. Pictured with her ex Nasser Sultan
Bartlett spent time at the event with Big Brother star Tilly Whitfeld – who has also since tested positive – and Mary Kalifatidis, the mother of former MAFS bride Martha Kalifatidis.
The marriage celebrant, 47, said on Instagram she’d lost her sense of taste and smell.
‘Each night I went to bed with a fresh spray of perfume on my wrist and would periodically smell it throughout the night to see. It went from dull to cone to dull then back,’ she wrote.
‘I woke up with a horrendous headache, sore throat, fever and vomiting. It then morphed into heart pains.
The marriage celebrant, 47, said on Instagram she’d lost her sense of taste and smell
Bartlett spent time at the event with Big Brother’s Tilly Whitfeld (left), who has also since tested positive, and Mary Kalifatidis (centre), the mother of former MAFS bride Martha Kalifatidis
‘Actual pains in my heart but also nausea, fatigue and around we went again with one symptom switching off and another switching on. One word: Eww.’
The Flamingo Lounge required all patrons to be fully vaccinated and register their visit using the Service NSW app.
The Department of Health is yet to determine if the venue is considered ‘high-risk’ and issue an alert for attendees.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to all parties for comment.
Whitfeld, 21, told fans she had tested positive for Covid last Thursday and would be forced to spend Christmas alone. Pictured at the Believe Advertising event
