Australian film legends have broken their silence on the malicious rumour
Wrongly accused of failing to self-isolate during Northern Beaches outbreak
Falsely claimed Brown and Ward spread virus after contracting it in the US
Brown called rumours rubbish and said he hadn’t been overseas in 18 months
Gossip wrongly claimed she and husband were Northern Beaches spreaders
Ward may have been targeted after saying in March Covid was just like the flu
Pick on another witch, she told trolls bombarding her social media posts
Gossip wrongly claimed she, husband had been northern beaches spreaders
Ward may have been targeted after saying in March covid was just like the flu
Australian actress Rachel Ward has lashed out at trolls behind a vicious and false viral rumour which claimed she and her husband Bryan Brown were the super-spreaders behind the outbreak of a Covid-19 cluster on Sydney s Northern Beaches.
Ward posted to Instagram last night urging trolls to pick on another witch as she and her husband were wrongly identified in online discussion as being the unnamed couple who failed to self-isolate in the Covid-riddled area.
Bryan Brown, Rachel Ward have been subject of false Avalon cluster rumours
Gossip wrongly claimed they had been the northern beaches superspreaders
It was apparently born of them being seen getting a Covid test last week
The couple had been visiting their daughter who lives in the area at Whale Beach
The test was negative, daughter Rosie told Daily Mail Australia on Monday
Health by Benedict Brook A bizarre rumour that Australian acting royalty is behind the northern beaches outbreak has been quashed. Baseless suggestions began surfacing online that Bryan Brown and his wife Rachel Ward inadvertently led to the surge in COVID cases after a personal training class at their home. Ward took to social media on Monday night to scotch the rumours saying she hadn t been to the US for five years and was last in Sydney before the outbreak. Anytime Fitness Avalon said online claims one of its trainers had headed to the couple s Whale Beach home was in no way correct and to stop playing the blame game victimising innocent individuals and businesses .