Kim Kardashians ex Ray J hospitalized with pneumonia, placed in COVID-19 wing despite negative test – Daily Mail

Kim Kardashian‘s ex Ray J has been hospitalized over the past few days with pneumonia but happened to be placed in the COVID-19 wing despite testing negative multiple times.

The 40-year-old singer – real name Ray Norwood – is not in great health and is struggling to breathe while battling the respiratory infection in a Miami hospital and it has gotten so bad that he thought he was going to die according to a TMZ report on Wednesday.

Ray J’s manager David Weintraub told the publication that the One Wish hitmaker was admitted into the hospital four days ago as doctors learned that he was battling pneumonia. 

The Tie Me Down hitmaker also spoke with TMZ directly as the publication reports that the star still seems to be suffering heavily from the effects of the illness.

Ray told the publication that physicians had assumed he had COVID-19 upon his arrival so they placed him in the COVID wing of the hospital which the star said was terrifying.

The singer explained: ‘I thought it was over. I started praying and knew God is good so I just kept praying.’

The younger brother of pop singer Brandy said that he was given five tests for COVID-19 which all came back negative and ended up being moved out of the COVID-19 wing after two days.

Ray J said that he is currently receiving oxygen and still has difficulty when it comes to breathing or talking.

He also told the publication that when he wakes up at 6am he feels like he is healthy enough to go home but by 6:30am things begin to deteriorate and that’s when he fears the most.

The singer told TMZ that what is helping him motivate himself to keep improving his health is seeing his kids whom he shares with with wife Princess Love: three-year-old daughter Melody and one-year-old son Epik.

His manager Weintraub says his client will hopefully be out by the end of the week.

Ray J dated Kim Kardashian before she was famous on and off from 2002 to 2007 and last month he slammed his former manager, Wack 100, for claiming there was a second sex tape with his ex.

Wack — who’s full name is Cash Jones — revealed on a podcast last week that he had ‘more graphic’ footage of the exes together, which he was willing to release to Ray or Kim’s estranged husband, Kanye West. 

‘This ain’t cool – I been staying off the Raydar – Just staying focused and being humble and thankful for all the blessings I’m receiving,’ Ray responded on Instagram. ‘How can I show growth and maturity if this kinda of stuff keeps happening?’

He added: ‘I’m a father now and my job is to be a great parent and put them first. This is not the message I want to send out – smh.’ 

The previous week, Kim’s lawyer, Marty Singer denied the existence of an unreleased sex tape to follow up the first film which made her a household name. 

‘The claim that there is an unreleased sex tape is unequivocally false,’ he told TMZ. ‘It is unfortunate that people make these statements to try and get their 15 minutes of fame.’

Ray J’s former manager claimed to have an unreleased second part of Kim’s tape during a recent appearance on the Bootleg Kev podcast.

Wack claimed to have ‘part two on a laptop’ that was ‘more graphic and better than the first one’ and said he would only give the never-before-seen video to her estranged husband Kanye West.   

‘It’s the mother of his children,’ he explained. 

Kim filmed a sex tape in 2002 with her then-boyfriend Ray J, which was released into the public domain in 2007, just as Kim and her family were getting ready to launch the first series of their E! reality show.

Kim famously spoke about the tape during an early episode of the series when her sister Kourtney Kardashian asked her why she agreed to film the video, and she said: ‘Because I was horny and I felt like it.’

Recently the reality star admitted discussing the tape in the first season of the show helped her ‘deal’ with her emotions.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the reality star admitted talking about difficult events on the show helped her process events in her life. 

‘I do think that, obviously, as producers, I’m sure they loved it. And loved [us] wanting to talk about the elephant in the room. And I probably wouldn’t have, unless it was for the show.

‘Sometimes I feel like, “OK, I know I should probably deal and get this over with. Someone’s gonna ask me, so I might as well just go ahead and do it.”

‘In a way, filming has helped us deal with things, instead of sweeping them under the rug. At the end of the day, I was always open and honest and wanted to share whatever I was going through. I wasn’t gonna hold back.’