‘Alive and well!’ Alicia Silverstone updates fans after biting poisonous fruit

(WJW) — After alarming some of her fans with a video in which she took a bite out of a poisonous berry, actress Alicia Silverstone has let everyone know she’s just fine.

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“Alive and well! Don’t worry…I didn’t swallow,” she said in an update on social media, along with a photo of herself posing with a pink background.

Earlier this week, Silverstone filmed herself biting into a poisonous berry and saying, “I’ve discovered something. I can’t figure out what it is and I need your help.”

Silverstone posted the video on TikTok Monday; it now has more than 4.5 million views. The video shows Silverstone eating the small orange berry from a garden in London. 

Commenters were quick to inform Silverstone that what she was eating is called a Jerusalem Cherry and it is unsafe to eat.

Silverstone’s video ended with her saying, “Does anyone know what this is? I don’t know what it is. I need someone to tell me, I’m in England. Thank you.”

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According to the Cleveland Clinic, Jerusalem cherries are the size of a regular cherry and are highly poisonous if any part of them are consumed.

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