Kevin McHale Accidentally Gave Boyfriend Austin McKenzie Salmonella: 'He Should Break Up with Me'

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Kevin McHale turned a kitchen disaster into a hilarious social media moment.

Over the weekend, the former Glee star, 32, accidentally gave his boyfriend Austin McKenzie salmonella poisoning. He told his fans on Twitter that he and McKenzie, 26, recently had a COVID-19 scare but soon realized it was actually due to the bacterial disease.

"But have you undercooked chicken sausage (unintentionally) and then served it to your bf and then he got superrrrr sick and you thought it was covid and you got tested twice but nah you just fed him salmonella?" McHale jokingly wrote on Twitter. "He should break up with me. I would."

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When one fan joked that McKenzie needed to take McHale's phone away so he would stop tweeting, the actor replied, "He’s asleep because I poisoned him!"

McHale later tweeted "Omg" and "Guess he woke up from his nap" when he realized that his boyfriend had hilariously changed his profile bio to read: “I left Twitter many years ago. I’m back on now to monitor my thirsty boyfriend, Kevin McHale, who ‘accidentally’ gave me salmonella 5 days ago.”

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The next day, a fan joked that his incident haunted her while she "treated" herself to chicken meatballs.

"First time having chicken in 4+ months. Halfway in I thought - what if these are undercooked? This is all your fault," she wrote while tagging McHale.

McHale hilariously replied with a gif of Amy Poehler that read "You're Welcome" as the actress winked.

RELATED: Glee's Kevin McHale Honors 'Talented' Naya Rivera: 'I'm Thankful She Became Like Family'

McHale, who is known for his Glee role of Artie Abrams, recently mourned the loss of his former co-star, Naya Rivera, who was found dead at 33 after she had gone missing during a boat outing with her 4-year-old son, Josey, at Lake Piru in Ventura County, California, last month.

"My Naya, my Snixxx, my Bee. I legitimately can not imagine this world without you," he began the caption, sharing a black-and-white snapshot of the pair smiling while looking into each other's eyes. "7 years ago today, she and I were together in London when we found out about Cory. We were so far away, but I was so thankful that we had each other. A week ago today we were talking about running away to Hawaii."

"This doesn’t make sense," continued McHale. "And I know it probably never will."

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My Naya, my Snixxx, my Bee. I legitimately can not imagine this world without you. • 7 years ago today, she and I were together in London when we found out about Cory. We were so far away, but I was so thankful that we had each other. A week ago today we were talking about running away to Hawaii. This doesn’t make sense. And I know it probably never will. • She was so independent and strong and the idea of her not being here is something I cannot comprehend. She was the single most quick-witted person I’ve ever met, with a steel-trap memory that could recall the most forgettable conversations from a decade ago verbatim. The amount of times she would memorize all of those crazy monologues on Glee the morning of and would never ever mess up during the scene… I mean, she was clearly more talented than the rest of us. She was the most talented person I’ve ever known. There is nothing she couldn’t do and I’m furious we won’t get to see more. • I’m thankful for all the ways in which she made me a better person. She taught me how to advocate for myself and to speak up for the things and people that were important to me, always. I’m thankful for the times I grew an ab muscle from laughing so hard at something she said. I’m thankful she became like family. I’m thankful that my dad happened to have met her weeks before I did and when I got Glee, he told me to “look out for a girl named Naya because she seemed nice.” Well dad, she was nice and she became one of my favorite people ever. • If you were fortunate enough to have known her, you’ll know that her most natural talent of all was being a mother. The way that she loved her boy, it was truly Naya at her most peaceful. I’m thankful that Naya got that beautiful little boy back on that boat. I’m thankful he will have a strong family around him to protect him and tell him about his incredible mom. I just hope more than anything that her family is given the space and time to come to terms with this. For having such tiny body, Naya had such a gigantic presence, a void that will now be felt by all of us - those of us who knew her personally and the millions of you who loved her through your TVs. I love you, Bee.

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The actor said Rivera was "so independent and strong," adding that "the idea of her not being here is something I cannot comprehend."

"She was the single most quick-witted person I’ve ever met, with a steel-trap memory that could recall the most forgettable conversations from a decade ago verbatim," McHale wrote. "The amount of times she would memorize all of those crazy monologues on Glee the morning of and would never ever mess up during the scene… I mean, she was clearly more talented than the rest of us."

He added: "She was the most talented person I’ve ever known. There is nothing she couldn’t do and I’m furious we won’t get to see more."

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