Amid rumors that Donald Trump had died, the president shared an all-caps update on his health, stressing,“NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE.”
President Donald Trump is feeling fine.
Amid rumors that the 79-year-old had died after several days without a public appearance, he shut down the speculation ahead of an Oval Office announcement Sept. 2.
“NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE,” Trump wrote in an Aug. 31 Truth Social post. “Also, DC IS A CRIME FREE ZONE! President DJT.”
The topic of Trump’s health had been a cause of concern in recent a slight decline in appearances and a recent cryptic statement the president himself made about his faith.
“I want to try and get to heaven if possible,” Trump said during an Aug. 19 appearance on Fox & Friends. “I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole.”
Less than a week later, Trump’s right hand had noticeable discoloration in photos taken at an Aug. 25 White House briefing, which some online users considered an indication of a more serious health issue. Others pointed out that his lack of public appearances in the last week—opting to not speak to reporters while leaving the White House Aug. 30—could indicate his declining health.
Meanwhile, Trump’s second in command, Vice President JD Vance, has also maintained that the president is in good health.
“The president is in incredibly good health,” he said during an Aug. 29 interview with USA Today. “I feel very confident the president of the United States is in good shape, is going to serve out the remainder of his term and do great things for the American people.”
Despite Vance’s reassurance, his indication that he was more than confident to take over if needed also heightened speculation concerning Trump’s health.
“I’ve gotten a lot of good on-the-job training over the last 200 days,” Vance noted when asked about the possibility of taking over. And though he emphasized Trump was fine, Vance added, “Terrible tragedies happen.”
Keep reading for more celebrities who have had to shut down death hoaxes…
Steve Burns
The Blues Clues star doesn’t have a clue how these rumors started. But even while he was still on the Nickelodeon series, there were false stories that he had died. And Steve, who is very much alive, has spoken about the toll this hoax took on his mental health.
“When a gazillion people you’ve never met tell you that you’re dead, it’s bad when you’re severely clinically depressed,” he shared on a May 2025 episode of Rainn Wilson‘s Soul Bloom podcast. “And there was nothing I could do about this rumor.”
After Steve left the show in the early aughts, the rumors continued: “It was one of the most common things people would say to me was, ‘I thought you were dead.’”
Lil Tay
Days after a statement on her Instagram reported the rapper and her brother had died, Lil Tay confirmed her account was hacked.
“I want to make it clear that my brother and I are safe and alive, but I’m completely heartbroken, and struggling to even find the right words to say,” she told TMZ. “It’s been a very traumatizing 24 hours. All day yesterday, I was bombarded with endless heartbreaking and tearful phone calls from loved ones all while trying to sort out this mess.”
Queen Elizabeth II
Yes, Queen Elizabeth II is actually dead.
But six months before her September 2022 passing, she got entangled in hoax when Hollywood Unlocked prematurely reported she died.
“I’m not a conspiracy theorist, and everything aligns with me feeling very confident, which is why I doubled down on it,” the outlet’s CEO Jason Lee told BuzzFeed News in February 2022. “Now if I’m wrong, I’ll be the first one to go out there and say, hey, it’s the first time I got it wrong and this is a big wrong, on to the next story.”
Eminem
Will the source behind these hoaxes please stand up?
Over the years, Eminem has been the subject of several false death stories, including one that started in August 2023 after an “R.I.P. Eminem” Facebook page caught attention.
“He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax,” his rep said in a statement obtained by The Sun. “He’s still alive and well, stop believing what you see on the Internet.”
Wayne Knight
The Seinfeld alum took to Twitter in 2014 to assure fans that he is “alive and well” after several fake sites reported he died in a car crash.
Chloë Grace Moretz
The Carrie star was none too pleased to learn some mischiefmakers spread false reports about her dying in a snowboarding mishap in 2013.
“I’ve had my loved ones calling crying to check and see if I’m alive,” Chloë tweeted at the time. “Don’t make this up. It’s not real. I am fully alive and here. You’re sick.”
A fake RIP Jim Carrey Facebook page claimed the actor was killed in a plane crash in 2012. However, his rep assured E! News The Mask star is just fine.
Reba McEntire
The country singer shot down rumors about her alleged death in Austria, tweeting in 2012, “While I would love to be shooting a movie in Austria, I definitely did not fall off a mountain! Nor am I dead! I am alive and kicking!!!”
Jon Bon Jovi
To prove he didn’t die from cardiac arrest as the 2011 rumors claimed, the “Livin’ on a Prayer” singer posted a photo with the date that read, “Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey. Rest assured that Jon is alive and well! This photo was just taken.”
Missy Elliott
The rapper put death rumors to rest when she tweeted in 2011, “I’m Great ppl 4 all who keep asking! Alive and well! Enjoy ya night tweeps!” The next day she added, “Yea Sadly sum1 was that miserable to make up such a cruel rumor! It Makes me work harder make em mad!”
Denzel Washington
After false rumors spread that the Oscar winner fell victim to a snowboarding accident in 2011, his publicist cleared the air by telling E!, “He is working on location in Atlanta currently.”
Jackie Chan
When somebody created an “R.I.P. Jackie Chan” Facebook page in 2011, false rumors claiming the Rush Hour actor died became the talk of the social world. Unfortunately, he isn’t a stranger to a death hoax as similar gossip had spread earlier that year.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
After hearing reports he had fallen off a cliff in New Zealand and died in 2011, the actor took to Twitter to prove the hoaxers wrong. “I would love to meet the person who is starting rumors of my death,” he wrote, “to show them how a dead foot feels up their ass.”
Kanye “Ye” West
In 2009, fake rumors spread that the rapper had been involved in a fatal car crash, leading “RIP Kanye West” to trend on Twitter. However, Amber Rose, who dated him at the time, set the record straight, tweeting, “This RIPKanyeWest topic is not funny and its NOT TRUE!”
After it was inaccurately reported that the Scrubs star died in 2009, he made a video to confirm he’s OK.
“I’m alive,” Zach said in the clip. “I’m here at Scrubs shooting the new Scrubs title sequence which is a little bit like dying, so I guess that was semi-accurate.”
He even brought his costar Donald Faison in on the hoax.
“I was able to work out with him that if I do ever die,” Zach continued, “I would like him to sing an R&B version of ‘Wind Beneath My Wings’ at my funeral.”
Matt Damon
That same year, there were untrue rumors that the Oscar winner went missing during a camping trip in California’s Palo Verde Mountains. However, Matt just laughed off the comments.
“I haven’t heard,” he said on the Late Show With David Letterman at the time, per TMZ, “but I feel pretty good.”
In 2009, a hacker posted a “sad day” message on the singer’s TwitPic account.
“Britney’s Twitter was just hacked,” a follow-up post read. “The last message is obviously not true. She is fine and dandy spending a quiet day at home relaxing.”
Things tend to happen in threes, so when rumors hit the internet that the Law & Order: Criminal Intent star died on the same day as Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett, fans were panic-stricken. But soon after, Jeff appeared on The Colbert Report to laugh off the fake story.
“No one will miss Jeff Goldblum more than me,” he quipped. “He was not only a friend and a mentor, but he was also, um, me.”
The Top Gun star was actually in New York City when 2010 rumors spread that he fell from the Kauri Cliffs.
“This is completely not true,” Cruise’s publicist told E! News at the time. “Tom is not in New Zealand nor has he been there recently. This is erroneous and unreliable Internet garbage.”
Miley Cyrus
These rumors came in like a wrecking ball.
Miley spent the latter half of 2008 debunking false rumors, including one that a truck drove straight into her car and another that she was killed by a drunk driver. However, none of them were true and she’s still just being Miley.
In 2007, a prankster wrongfully declared on Wikipedia that Sinbad, whose real name is David Adkins, died of a heart attack. However, a spokesperson for the website noted, “Somebody vandalized the page.”
Meanwhile, a rep for the comic told Reuters, “Sinbad is healthy, well and enjoying life!”
Will Ferrell
After a 2006 rumor inaccurately claimed the Anchorman star died in a paragliding accident, he didn’t pay it too much attention.
“Not much to say other than we heard and read about it this morning and reacted accordingly,” Ferrell’s publicist told E! in an email at the time. “There was no point in trying to track [the source] down as it was obviously a hoax.”
Justin Timberlake & Britney Spears
Back in 2001, a set of Texas DJs caused a nationwide panic when they reported the then-couple were in a car accident that left the *NSYNC alum in a coma and the pop princess dead. However, their reps slammed the false gossip.
“There is no truth to the rumor circulating around the world that Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake were involved in a car accident on Tuesday in Los Angeles,” a rep from their label at the time told E!. “Spears and Timberlake are in great health.”
Paul McCartney
A conspiracy theory claimed the Beatles member died in 1966 and was replaced by a look-alike. However, Paul has denounced the rumor many times, including in a Saturday Night Live skit where the now-late comedian Chris Farley asked him about the hoax and the musician confirmed, “Yeah, I wasn’t really dead.”
Source: www.eonline.com