Michael J. Fox Wants You To Know He Is Alive, Responding To Tribute Video With 'Wtf'

After CNN reported this week that Michael J. Fox had died, the actor took to social media to share that he, in fact, is alive and well.

CNN this week published a video titled "Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox," which it posted on its website. The video has since been removed and the network confirmed it was published in error.

Within hours, Fox posted on social media to let everyone know he's OK.

"How do you react when you turn on the TV and CNN is reporting your death? Do you…A) Switch to MSNBC, or whatever they are calling themselves these days, (B) Pour scalding hot water on your lap, if it hurts you're fine, (C) Call your wife, hopefully she's concerned but reassuring, (D) Relax, they do this once every year, (E) Ask yourself wtf? I thought the world was ending, but apparently it's just me and I'm ok. Love, Mike," he wrote on Threads.

A CNN representative told Entertainment Weekly "the package was published in error."

"We have removed it from our platforms and send our apologies to Michael J. Fox and his family," the representative said.

News organizations routinely pre-write obituaries for celebrities and other notable figures in an effort to ensure detailed, high-quality reports can be published quickly in the event of the person's death.

And it's not uncommon that the content is published while the subject is still alive. Wikipedia has a "list of prematurely reported obituaries" featuring dozens of such instances.

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Fox, now 64, rose to fame in the 1980s for his roles in the NBC series "Family Ties" and as Marty McFly in the "Back to the Future" trilogy.

He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991, which he publicly revealed seven years later — a fact that was pointed out in CNN's now-deleted remembrance video.

"His most lasting role may have been as a tireless voice against Parkinson's, a performance the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences honored with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2022," the video's narrator stated, EW reported. "In the end, Fox came to understand that his battle against the disease brought out the best in him."

Fox made a surprise appearance at PaleyFest LA on Tuesday to join the wrap party for the third season of the comedy series "Shrinking" at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, TMZ reported. Fox guest starred on the show.

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