I am sure you will find it gross if you heard that your favorite actor or actresses is having an infection with herpes virus. On whatever type or site of infection of herpes, be it herpes simplex or oral herpes, the visible symptoms of which are colloquially called cold sores, infects the face and mouth or if worse as bad as genital herpes.

This can cause the divorce of one well known actress from her husband when her husband accused her of having genital herpes by not telling him during the course of the battle in court.

There's also a famous actor who was sued by his ex-girlfriend who claimed this actor infected her with herpes.