It was the perfect job to just get back into it. However, she returned to work in April to shoot Ridley Scott's House of Gucci, in which she plays a clairvoyant who was convicted of helping Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) orchestrate the 1995 killing of her ex-husband Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), an heir to the Gucci fashion empire. She still hasn't fully regained the energy she once had. Hayek spent about seven weeks isolated in a room of the house. 'My doctor begged me to go to the hospital because it was so bad,' says Hayek, 54, from the London manse that she shares with her husband, Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault, and their 13-year-old daughter, Valentina. During an interview over Zoom, she reveals that she battled the virus in the early days of the pandemic. She spent the better part of the past year recovering from a near-fatal case of COVID-19, a fact she chose to keep quiet until now. I remember thinking, this is what Ajak would do with her healing power if she sees one of her Eternals in trouble.' Salma Hayek reveals secret COVID-19 battle. It was the five minutes I really needed at that moment. We just sat there quietly while the hectic scene went on around us.
It was some kind of calming musical soundscape. 'She got me to sit by her and rest my head on her lap, and she put her earphones over my ears.
