Macaulay Culkin dead hoax: Actor plays dead with his Pizza Underground bandmates

The former child star explained that the group were on tour and posted a spoof of 80s movie on their Instagram page

Macaulay Culk is not dead, but he did have a laugh with the recent death hoax - by playing dead in a new photo.

The former child star, who has been on the road with his rock group The Pizza Underground, has starred in a number of hilarious photos on the band's Instagram page to try and put the death rumours to rest - so to speak.

After the death hoax went viral, Culkin and his bandmates posed in a number of shots, one with the blonde star with a Delaware Punch bottle, as he wrote: "We're on tour you silly people".


The group, which was performing in Louisiana, also posted another pic with Culkin actually poking fun and playing dead in the arms of one of his bandmates as they tried to recreate a scene from the 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie's, which starred Andrew McCarthy and Jonathan Silverman as two guys who try to convince everyone their dead boss is still alive.

On Saturday, the initial report emerged and it wasn't long before worried fans - and some distraught fans - began sharing the "news".

For the second time this year the actor has had false reports circulate online regarding his sudden death.

But once again it turns out that the Home Alone star is actually alive and well.


The rumour seems to have originated online with a mock tribute page making the rounds on Facebook for people to show their respect.

Mourners were going off a fake report, which read: “At about 11 a.m. ET on Thursday (November 06, 2014), our beloved actor Macaulay Culkin passed away.

"Macaulay Culkin was born on August 26, 1980 in New York. He will be missed but not forgotten. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page.”

The social media page, believed to have been named 'RIP Macaulay Culkin', has since been removed but at one point allegedly garnered hundreds of thousands of 'likes'.

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Users have since reacted angrily to being duped and hit out at those who started the hoax.

One person tweeted: "So it turns out Macaulay Culkin is not dead. Why do people think it's hilarious to spread these type of rumours? Silly potatoes."

Whereas another joked: "I'm hearing rumours that Macaulay Culkin is dead. Has anyone been round his house? He's probably there. Alone."