Zac Efron has been spotted alive and hopefully well in LA, just days after contracting a life-threatening infection while filming in Papua New Guinea.
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The star – who was filming his now very on-the-nose reality show Killing Zac Efron – was airlifted to a Brisbane hospital in mid-December after suffering a “form of typhoid or similar bacterial infection”.
He remained there for several days undergoing treatment, but was thankfully allowed to return home to California on Christmas Eve.
Perhaps he decided to receive a few extra nutrients following his bout of ill-health: Efron was spotted in the pop-up shop for a transportable food-blender, which is just about the most LA thing I could dream up.
Dressed in a beanie and glasses, Efron paid a visit to the Vejo pop-up shop, posing for photos with the staff.
“Thank you Z for showing up at our friends and family shopping,” Vejo founder Christoph Bertsch posted on Instagram.
According to Instagram, these pics were posted a week ago, which doesn’t quite work out in the timeline of Efron returning to LA “on Christmas Eve”, but hey, who am I to question the power of celebrity. Perhaps they can bend time.
UPDATE: After we published this piece, Efron took to Instagram to confirm he was very much alive and back in LA. Is it connected? Almost definitely not, but I like to this so.
“Very thankful to everyone who has reached out,” he said. “I did get sick in Papua New Guinea but I bounced back quick and finished an amazing 3 weeks in P.N.G. I’m home for the holidays with my friends and family. Thanks for all the love and concern, see you in 2020!”