Back in 2009, there was a horrible hoax that Jeff Goldblum had died falling off of a cliff in New Zealand. The hoax was so real that the television news in Australia reported on it. He then went on The Colbert Report to confirm that he was still alive.
Between the time that (the actual) fake news came out and he went on Colbert, a Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen viewer wanted to know if anyone believed that he was no longer with us. The actor told us that his own mom called him to see if he was OK. His poor mom was so nervous that her son was dead and that is so messed up. Not only her, but his friend left a message while crying to find out if it was true.
Thus, the next time someone wants to send out one of the fake death reports, think of the celebrity’s family and friends. And depending on the celebrity, think of everyone for a second who will get some joy out of it and that crushing moment when they find out that person is still alive. That is the worst.
On this past week’s episode of Will & Grace, the revival killed off a fan favorite. Some people thought that Shelley Morrison like her character Rosario had also passed away, but she is very much alive. In fact, she Tweeted, “Love my W&G family & miss them. I’m alive & well & enjoying my family & my dear husband & the time we have together. I am a lucky lady!”
Over the Summer, they revealed she would not be part of Will & Grace’s second coming because she had retired from acting. Although, it would have been nice to have seen her on the sitcom one more time, they gave her a beautiful heartfelt send off!
The world was rocked this morning when an emailed press release went out saying that Mark McGrath was shot and killed.
The press release read:
Musician Mark McGrath has died at the age of 46. McGrath was on set filming the second season of entertainment show Hot Package, when he was confronted by a masked gunman and shot several times. The former Sugar Ray frontman died in the arms of his co-host Derrick Beckles on the Hollywood set of the show.
In honor of Mr. McGrath’s legacy, his team is asking in liu of flowers, fans post a Sugar Ray Selfie, holding a packet of sugar over their heart. #RIPMARKMCGRATH
Then a few hours later, after his people confirmed he was alive, the PR company said he alive.
The release said:
Please be advised that Mark McGrath and his team have had no involvement in or knowledge of the media alerts sent earlier this morning.
Mr. McGrath is a guest on the show, and his death is merely a plot line in the premiere episode. PRISMATICS take full responsibility for any confusion.
In honor of their stupid campaign, I say let’s boycott the show. I feel for the people who work on the show, but how can anyone think that was even remotely funny?
So how did Mark McGrath feel about it? Here’s what he Tweeted, “To be clear, I’m only apologizing to anyone affected by this death hoax, as I am in no way involved with this really lame press release. I can only hope the people responsible will clear my name, but I won’t hold my breath…what was a fun cameo on a show, has become a bummer.”
On Friday, there were rumors that Macaulay Culkin had died, and yesterday he took to Twitter to dispel the rumors. At least, I think he did because he did so by recreating Weekend at Bernie’s and we know that movie was about two guys who pretended that their dead boss was alive. So at this time we will have to assume he is alive until he picks a different movie to prove that he’s still breathing like Home Alone.
Some fake news site called TMZ.today reported that Wayne Knight had died in a tractor accident today and star took to Twitter to deny the report. Seinfeld’s Newman said, “Some of you will be glad to hear this, others strangely disappointed, but….I am alive and well!” I for one am glad to hear he is still with us because I absolutely love him on The Exes.
BTW when will people stop falling for these obviously fake sites that report that actors died when they didn’t?
