Michael J. Fox responds to erroneous CNN report of his death: 'WTF? ... I'm ok' - BERITAJA

The reports of Michael J. Fox's decease were greatly exaggerated, pinch the character himself reassuring fans connected Wednesday nighttime that he was very overmuch alive.

The "Back to the Future" prima was forced to supply impervious of life aft CNN accidentally published an article and video connected Tuesday titled "Remembering the life of Michael J. Fox." It is simply a communal believe successful the news manufacture to hole for the deaths of nationalist figures successful advance.

"The package was published successful error; we person removed it from our platforms and nonstop our apologies to Michael J. Fox and his family," a CNN spokesperson said successful a statement.

But Fox appeared to return the news of his decease pinch a touch of humor, penning connected Threads, "How do you respond erstwhile you move connected the TV and CNN is reporting your death?"

He offered a fewer options, which included changing the transmission and calling his wife. One proposal included, "relax, they do this erstwhile each year."

"I thought the world was ending, but apparently it's conscionable maine and I'm OK," Fox wrote.

Fox was really retired and about successful Los Angeles connected Tuesday. He made a typical impermanent quality astatine Paley Fest for a sheet connected the Apple TV bid "Shrinking," arsenic he appears successful the show's about caller season.

The impermanent spot connected "Shrinking" was his first on-screen quality since 2020. Fox besides had a insignificant sound complete domiciled past twelvemonth successful Disney's "Zootopia 2."

At conscionable 29-year-old, Fox was diagnosed pinch Parkinson's Disease. He has spent overmuch of his profession since the test bringing consciousness to the progressive neurological upset while still continuing to return connected acting work.

He besides started the The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, which supports the improvement of caller treatments and uncovering a cure for the disease.

Fox told Variety successful 2023 that he now has much aesculapian support than ever arsenic he is often surrounded by aides successful lawsuit he should fall. Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease see beingness issues specified arsenic tremors and impaired balance.

He said he'd had multiple surgery bones successful caller years arsenic an indirect effect of his aesculapian condition, but still tries to find joyousness successful life pinch his family.

“I’m still happy to subordinate the time and beryllium a portion of things,” Fox said. “I conscionable bask the small mathematics problems of existence. I emotion waking up and figuring that worldly retired and astatine the aforesaid clip being pinch my family. My problem is I autumn down. I travel complete things and autumn down and break things. And that’s portion of having this."