Luther star Idris Elba has hit out at a random theory that celebrities are being paid to claim they have been infected by the deadly coronavirus. 

Elba, 47, tested positive for the virus alongside his wife Sabrina earlier this month.

Sabrina, 30, revealed that she had tested positive after self-isolating alongside her husband in New Mexico, America.

She said that she refused the option of keeping away from her husband saying: "I wanted to be with him."

Taking to Instagram, Idris hit out at the claims in a fired-up video, he said: "This idea that someone like myself is gonna be paid to say I’ve got coronavirus? That's absolute bulls**t.

"Such stupidness. People wanna spread that as if it's news. That's stupid.

"It's the quickest way to get people sick because there's no benefit to me and Sabrina sitting here saying we've got it if we ain't got it. I don't even understand the logic of that."

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Idris also used his video to hit out against criticism that celebrities have received for being able to be tested for coronavirus.

Front line staff in the UK including doctors and nurses are currently unable to find out whether they have contracted COVID-19 due to there being a lack of testing kits.

However, Elba added: "I think the debate about rich and poor and who's getting it and who's not, I think, is not a healthy debate.

"It's like, I got a test but I also got Covid-19. Does that make me preferential? I don’t understand that."

He continued: "This isn't a movie. I'm not an actor right now. I’m just a human being and I just happen to be in the public eye.

"So I want people to understand that this is very real.

"I don't feel like I'm privileged because I got a test because I actually contracted it."

Last week, Elba denied that he as in a "critical condition" after a video claimed he was receiving treatment in intensive care following his diagnosis.

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