After Sharing That She’s Tested Positive, Days of Our Lives’ Camila Banus Claps Back at ‘All the Idiots Talking Negativity’

Tuesday, December 29th, 2020

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After revealing that she had tested positive for COVID, the actress faced criticism from some of her followers.

When Days of Our Lives’ Camila Banus took to Instagram on December 28 to share that she had been stricken with the virus that has turned 2020 into a [bleep]show like no other, she expected a response, sure, but not judgment. However, some fans questioned her decision to travel over the holidays.

She wasn’t having it.

In an Instastory that she labelled “for all the idiots talking negativity,” Gabi’s portrayer said, “Let me nip this in the bud really quick. I posted my life on Instagram because I wanted to post it. There will be no negative talk on my page, or you will be blocked.”

Simple, direct, to the point. Once Banus had that out of the way, she addressed “those of you who have said really nice things, supportive things, giving me ideas and recommendations.” To those folks, she said, “I love you, I support you, and I appreciate you.”

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For those of you just tuning in to our story already in progress, the actress was on her way back from a trip to Florida, during which she got engaged to boyfriend Marlon Aquino, when she noticed that she was “not feeling right.” A subsequent test for COVID revealed why.

Thus far, Banus’ symptoms have been mild, she said. She was hoarse and had had some congestion. She’d even managed to find an upside to her illness. “I can’t lie to you. I’m not really hating not being able to taste or smell, because I’m kinda eating a bunch of stuff I never really ate before.”

While you join us in wishing Banus a speedy and full recovery, perhaps you’ll enjoy reflecting on her wild and crazy run as Gabi in the photo gallery below.

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Ironically, Banus was not originally cast as Gabi, Gabriella Rodriguez was. “They told me that they wanted to go a little bit younger for the part,” Banus told TheCelebrityCafe.com. “So I put it out of my mind.” A couple of months later — wonder of wonders — the NBC soap decided that they wanted Banus after all. “I actually said no,” she recalled. But the show was so persistent that eventually, “I felt there was something there and that I had to do this.” The rest, as you well know, is history.

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Once Gabi gave up on Will — bye, Felicia! — she retraced her steps to her ex, Chad DiMera (then Casey Diedrick), who was so into Melanie Jonas that he wouldn’t have known she was alive if he’d pressed a stethoscope to her chest. So Gabi did what any self-respecting gal would do and… wait, whaaat? She invented a stalker, then hired someone to play the part who was so perfect for it, he planted a rat in her food and took Melanie hostage. Way to commit, bro! Sick and all kindsa wrong, sure, but still… way to commit!

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Alison Sweeney, Camila Banus, Lauren Koslow days of our lives gabi kate sami dump nick in river

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Gabi’s relationship with Nick continued to be a source of… well, whatever the opposite of comfort is. They tied the knot, only to annul the marriage after a run-in with the prison inmate who’d raped Nick. On one hand, he couldn’t handle being with Arianna’s mother; on the other, he couldn’t handle being apart from her. Ultimately, they had an altercation in the woods that left him dead — or so she thought — and, thanks to an assist from unlikely allies Kate Roberts and Sami Brady, residing at the bottom of the river.

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Billy Flynn, Camila Banus days of our lives chad carries gabi

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Owing to a sentencing error — thank you, terrible court clerk! — Gabi didn’t wind up spending a decade behind bars. Once sprung from the pokey, she dated JJ Deveraux, who cheated on her with Lani Price, then moved on with “late” bestie Abigail DiMera’s “widower,” her own ex, Chad. Big mistake. Having never read an article like this, Gabi was unaware that no one in Salem ever really dies, so she was completely unprepared for Abigail’s resurrection and subsequent reunion with Chad.

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From there, things only got worse for Gabi. Her subsequent romance with Eli Grant was done in when she learned that he’d two-timed her with Lani — her again?!? On top of that, Andre DiMera stole from Gabi her design firm, dang it! Bad as all that was, it was only the tip of the iceberg! Gabi was sent back up the river for Andre’s murder — Abigail’s alter, “Gabby,” did the deed (and not with a cellphone, as this image suggests)— resulting in her being beaten so badly that Arianna was destined to be an only child!

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Once freed, Gabi entered into a marriage of convenience with the Abby-obsessed Stefan DiMera that, to everyone’s surprise, turned into the real deal… just in time for him to take a meeting with his maker, courtesy of… Oh, you have got to be kidding! Lani?!? Incensed, Gabi deployed a heart-attack app (that no matter how many times we’ve looked, we’ve yet to find!) to threaten Eli’s grandma, Julie, and scare her nemesis outta going through with her marriage.

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Gabi was stunned — and by this point in her life, it took a lot to even move her to remark! — when she caught sight of an alive-and-well Stefan… or, rather, Jake Lambert, the twin brother that neither he nor Gabi nor his mother, Vivian Alamain, had known that he had. And as rare as it is for lightning to strike the same place twice, it freakin’ did — before Gabi skipped town, Jake succumbed to her charms just as surely as Stefan had!

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