Ted Nugent has tested positive for COVID-19 4 months after calling the pandemic a 'hoax'

• Ted Nugent has previously called the coronavirus pandemic a "hoax" on multiple occasions.
• However, Nugent revealed he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has a "clusterf---" of symptoms.
• In a Facebook Live video, Nugent continued to push anti-vaccine conspiracies and used racist language.

Ted Nugent has revealed he has tested positive for COVID-19 in a video while continuing to push anti-vaccine conspiracy theories.

The 72-year-old pro-gun activist took to Facebook Live on Monday to reveal his diagnosis, saying: "You probably can't tell, because my positive spirit, my positive attitude ploughs right through all the negative, but I got an announcement to make."

"I was tested positive today. I got the Chinese s---," Nugent said.

"I have had flu symptoms for the last 10 days that have just, I thought I was dying," Nugent said, calling the collection of symptoms he had a "clusterf---."

The Trump supporter used racist and derogatory terms toward the AAPI community throughout the video when he described his symptoms, which he said included a "stuffed-up head" and "body aches."

"My God, what a pain in the ass," Nugent continued. "I literally can hardly crawl out of bed the last few days. But I did, I crawled."

Nugent also pushed anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, saying: "Nobody knows what's in it."

This announcement comes after Nugent consistently called the pandemic a hoax and spread false information around the virus. In a video posted to Facebook Live over Christmas, Nugent said: "It's not a real pandemic and that's not a real vaccine, I'm sorry."

Meanwhile, in an August 2020 radio interview with 77 WABC, Nugent referred to COVID-19 as a "leftist scam to destroy" Trump.

Trump, however, told followers that he would "recommend" getting the vaccine during an appearance on Fox News last month.

"I would recommend it, and I would recommend it to a lot of people who don't want to get it and a lot of people who voted for me, frankly, and we have our freedoms, and we have to live by that, and I agree with that also," Trump said.

In his most recent video, Nugent said he was planning a video event for his followers, and said he would push on with plans despite not feeling well enough to do them.

"I am notorious for ploughing through any obstacles, including the Chinese 19, Chinese virus attack 2019."

Nugent's video comes after a report that found anti-Asian hate crimes had increased in 2020 by 150%, even though hate crimes in general had dropped by 7%.