Julia Roberts, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were among Dr.Anthony Fauci's biggest celebrity supporters during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.As the 85-year-old infectious disease expert became the face of America's COVID-19 response after the pandemic became a global crisis in March 2020, he also attracted an unlikely fan club in Hollywood – including Brad Pitt portraying him on "Saturday Night Live at Home." While chronicling his management of the spiraling health emergency, Fauci also wrote frequently of his rapidly rising fame in his private 2020 journals, which were released by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky, earlier this week.FAUCI'S NEWLY RELEASED COVID DIARIES REVEAL BIZARRE FIXATION ON FAME AS PANDEMIC DEATHS MOUNTED"The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable," Fauci wrote in a May 21, 2020 entry in his diary.Julia Roberts, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were among the stars who lined up behind Dr.
Anthony Fauci during the COVID-19 pandemic.(William B.
Plowman/NBC via Getty Images; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic)"It is not hyoperbole [sic] to say that today I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable peson [sic] in the world," he added.Fauci also dedicated significant space across numerous entries to logging his personal interactions with Hollywood A-listers, including Julia Roberts, Barbra Streisand and Sean Penn among others.Fauci's personal journals were released ahead of his scheduled testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)INSIDE FAUCI'S PRIVATE DIARY: WHAT HE WROTE ABOUT TRUMP, TV PERSONALITIES AND CELEBRITIESAs Fauci comes under increasing scrutiny ahead of his scheduled testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee as part of its investigation into the origins of the pandemic, here's a look at the celebrities who publicl...