

And, at one point, we really thought that there was a possibility that it might kill her. "Susan has been sick with COVID these past couple of weeks. Maddow, 47, named Thursday to the Out100 list of notable LGBTQ+ celebrities, activists and journalists, said she's tested negative for coronavirus but that Mikula, 62, became seriously ill with the virus after testing positive two weeks ago. The cable news host, broadcasting from her home office and explaining her makeup-free appearance with humorous self-effacement, revealed that the "close contact" she had been exposed to, as her quarantine had been explained during her absence, was Mikula, her partner of more than 21 years. 6, returned to her show Thursday, explaining her absence in a sweet tribute to her longtime partner, artist Susan Mikula, and delivering an impassioned warning about the danger of COVID-19. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who's been off the air in quarantine since Nov.
