Jared Leto's Story Not Knowing There Was A COVID-19 Pandemic

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JAKARTA - Singer Jared Leto may be one of the most recent people to know about the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a guest star on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Leto recalls when he didn't know about the pandemic in March 2020.

It is known that Leto attended a meditation retreat in March for 12 days. As the title implies, the Suicide Squad player did not touch gadgets and only did meditation.

"The idea (of the retreat) is that you go away, put away your cell phone, avoid distraction, and put away everything and you just meditate," Leto said on Tuesday, January 26th.

At that time, there were still 150 cases of COVID-19 and the quarantine system had not been implemented. “When I came out, there were closures, emergency alerts and the whole world had changed. But while we were there, they (the meditation team) didn't tell us. "

During the retreat, Leto is not allowed to use the telephone, watch television or talk.

When about to return from the retreat and head to Los Angeles, Jared Leto tried to think positively during the trip. But he was even surprised by the situation in the city.

“I have the means to deal with stress, but I don't think anyone can prepare for what happens in the future. It was like coming out of a zombie apocalypse. "

Meanwhile, the screening of Jared Leto's latest film, Morbius has been postponed to January 21, 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.