The Bachelorette star Josh Seiter has confirmed he is “alive and well” after a bizarre hoax “death” announcement on his Instagram page.
On Monday news broke that Seiter, 36, had died “unexpectedly”, with a statement posted on social media. However, Seiter has now shared a new video on his Instagram, stating his account was “hacked” in a “cruel joke”.
In a video, Seiter said: “As you can see, I am alive and well.
“Somebody was playing a cruel joke and mocking my mental illness, and the struggles I’ve gone through with depression and suicide attempts.”
On Monday news broke that Seiter, 36, had died “unexpectedly”, with a statement posted on social media. However, Seiter has now shared a new video on his Instagram, stating his account was “hacked” in a “cruel joke”.
In a video, Seiter said: “As you can see, I am alive and well.
“Somebody was playing a cruel joke and mocking my mental illness, and the struggles I’ve gone through with depression and suicide attempts.”
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00:00 Hey guys, as you can see, I am alive and well.
00:04 My account was hacked.
00:07 For the last 24 hours, I've been trying desperately to get into it.
00:11 Somebody was playing a cruel joke and mocking my mental illness
00:18 and the struggles I've gone through with depression and suicide attempts.
00:22 And I'm sorry for all the pain they caused when they made that post.
00:28 I just got back into my account.
00:30 I am going to do all I can with my team to try to identify who was behind this.
00:35 But again, I apologize for the confusion.
00:39 And I will update you guys as more facts come in.
00:43 Thank you guys.
00:44 [BLANK_AUDIO]