Michael J. Fox is laughing off inaccurate studies of his loss of life.
The Back to the Future star, 64, took to Threads on Wednesday to poke enjoyable at mistaken studies that he had died following NCS’s unintentional publishing of a tribute video titled, “Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox.”
“How do you react when you turn on the TV and NCS is reporting your death?” he started his post. “Do you…A) switch to MNSBC, or whatever they are calling themselves these days, (B) Pour scolding hot water on your lap, if it hurts your (sic) fine, (C) Call your wife, hopefully she’s concerned but reassuring, (D) Relax, they do this once every year, (E) Ask yourself wtf?”
He continued, “I thought the world was ending, but apparently it’s just me and I’m ok. Love, Mike.”
Following the error, a NCS spokesperson informed NBC News that the tribute video “was published in error,” and that they “have removed it from our platforms and send our apologies to Michael J. Fox and his family.”
Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, was really making a public look as his loss of life was erroneously reported, stopping by PaleyFest LA on the Dolby Theatre to be part of the Shrinking Season 3 wrap social gathering on Tuesday.
While Fox has taken a step again from bigger performing roles with the development of his Parkinson’s, he lately played the character Gerry in Season 3 of the Apple TV+ sequence, which was launched in January.
Despite his worsening diagnosis, Fox informed TIME in February that it’s been a “privilege” to unfold consciousness about Parkinson’s illness and encourage additional analysis right into a potential treatment.
“The more I thought about it, the more I thought it was a privilege, and in a way, a gift,” he informed the outlet. “It’s a gift that keeps on taking, but if I look at the positive side of it … this is a role that I fell into and I found myself uniquely qualified to fulfill.”
He added, “Now people say, ‘I have what Michael Fox has.’ Parkinson’s patients now have an identity, and they don’t have shame.”
When he appears to the long run, the Spin City alum stated he’d “like to see a world without Parkinson’s, and I think that will happen,” including, “I think in 30, 40 years, this will be done. Optimism is a powerful thing.”