{"id":34337,"date":"2021-08-20T22:10:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/actor-and-fedora-guy-jerry-messing-is-on-ventilator-fighting-covid\/"},"modified":"2021-08-20T22:23:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T16:53:16","slug":"actor-and-fedora-guy-jerry-messing-is-on-ventilator-fighting-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/actor-and-fedora-guy-jerry-messing-is-on-ventilator-fighting-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor and ‘Fedora Guy’ Jerry Messing Is On Ventilator Fighting COVID"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jerry Messing, Freaks and Geek<\/em>s actor and face of the \u201cFedora Guy\u201d meme, is battling COVID-19.<\/p>\n

According to TMZ<\/a>, Messing is currently on a ventilator in a Florida hospital, after testing positive for COVID earlier this week. His father, James, told TMZ that his son had received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and was awaiting his second when he became ill. Messing\u2019s parents are both vaccinated; his father tested negative, and his mother is still waiting for results.<\/p>\n

Messing played Gordon Crisp on Freaks and Geeks<\/em>, and appeared in the series Even Stevens<\/em> and Mr. Show<\/em>, as well as 1998\u2019s Addams Family Reunion<\/em>. In 2013, a headshot of Messing, in which he\u2019s smiling and tipping his fedora, started circulating on Reddit<\/a> and he eventually became the \u201cFedora Guy\u201d meme.<\/p>\n

Messing told BuzzFeed in 2015 that the fedora photo was a goof after a long day of headshots, and that he was mostly able to ignore the virality, though he was \u201ccertainly not thrilled with the communities the photo has come to represent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Feig, creator of Freaks and Geeks<\/em>, tweeted about Messing on Thursday, sending him \u201call my love and positive energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sending all my love and positive energy to Jerry Messing, a wonderful talented guy. He was such an important part of Freaks & Geeks in his role as the always upbeat Gordon Crisp. Here\u2019s to a full recovery, my friend. \u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f https:\/\/t.co\/GyZjEBnovM<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Paul Feig (@paulfeig) August 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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