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Andy Cohen, Billy Porter, Cynthia Erivo, Ben Platt and more are hosting a virtual Passover Seder for a good cause

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Andy Cohen, Billy Porter, Cynthia Erivo, Ben Platt, Billy Eichner, and more stars are hosting a (virtual) Passover Seder for a good cause.

The star-studded event is going to raise money for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s emergency response fund.

Cohen recently had coronavirus and spoke out about what the symptoms were like. On his SiriusXM radio show, Andy Cohen Live, he said he suffered from a fever, a cough, tightness in his chest, chills, loss of smell and appetite and an achy body.

The Watch What Happens Live host has since recovered and now, he's hosting a Saturday night Passover Saturday at 8pm that will be streamed free on YouTube.

The Jewish meal involves multiple glasses of wine, as well as Matzoh Ball Soup. And now, it will include music and comedy performances from some of Hollywood's most famous faces.

Other celebrities joining in include Debra Messing, ​Nick Kroll, Fran Drescher, Tan France, Ilana Glazer, Henry Winkler, ​Busy Philipps, Beanie Feldstein and Idina Menzel, with more stars set to stop by as well. Cohen is quite close with Anderson Cooper and John Mayer, so perhaps they'll make appearances via Zoom. ​

"In a time of confinement and uncertainty, a rag-tag team of Jews and non-Jewish Passover enthusiasts felt it was more important than ever to channel creative energies and gather community," head writer Alex Edelman said in a statement. "We’re thrilled to be reinterpreting the timeless story of liberation and renewal while raising money for those on the front lines enduring — and fighting — an actual plague."

Tune in to Saturday Night Seder for the live event.