Macaulay Culkin responds to death hoax reports by faking his own murder on Instagram

Macauley Culkin is not dead and nor is the Home Alone star's sense of humour.

16:50 10 November 2014

Macauley Culkin has reassured the world that reports about his death were untrue by faking his own murder on Instagram.

 

The actor posted an image via his band Pizza Underground’s account yesterday in which he lies motionless in arms of a bandmate. He later wrote: “We're on tour you silly people / @anchovywarhol's,” he wrote.

 

Over the weekend, rumous about the child-star-turned-musician's demise started circulating.  One particularly misleading story, originally posted on MSNBC.website (not to be confused with the real MSNBC), read: “Sources are reporting that Macaulay Culkin, best known for his role as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and sequel Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, has been found dead at the age of 34.”

 

Culkin’s representative said: “He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax.”

 

“He's still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet.”