“It wasn't anything worse than a nasty case of the flu. And so I was in bed and, you know, drinking lots of liquids. Unfortunately, the campaign made me work from home, so I didn't even get full days off,”

James Talarico · said 2026-10-11 · reported 2026-10-13

Talarico told a local NBC reporter he had been bedridden with the flu and working from home during his absence.