Lauren Goodger has said she is refusing to wear a face mask as she likened the coronavirus to a cold.
The former TOWIE star, 34, said she "doesn't agree with masks" and won't be getting the coronavirus vaccine if it is offered to her.
She also revealed her belief that she's already had and beaten coronavirus, and played down its severity.
Her comments came the same day Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that over a million people now have Covid and the death count is over 75,000.
Lauren told the Daily Star : "I am more scared of the vaccine than I am of the virus. I will start imagining that I am dying.
"I am terrified. I don't like taking medicine. I don't like taking antibiotics.
"OK, I do do aesthetics and even now I am still nervous of that – I am like that in general.
"Even with a facial I want to know what is in it. That is my anxiety over the years."
Lauren said she doesn't think the vaccine has been around long enough to be safe.
The Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines have been approved for use in the UK.
Both went through vigorous clinical trials and safety checks and cases of serious side effects, such as allergic reactions, have been rare.
Lauren continued: "I think I have had Covid and if I was to get ill I would treat it how I would treat it.
"I didn't die from it. It is like getting a cold. I wouldn't get the flu jab either.
"I don't want to inject myself with something I don't know the long-term effects."
She added: "I am not going to say you should not have it. Each to their own. Good luck. That is my personal opinion though."
Lauren also said she has a card that means she's exempt from wearing a mask as they make her panic.
She went on: "I don't believe in masks - I am not going to get into the subject."
