Alicia Silverstone is doing just fine after seemingly eating a potentially poisonous fruit. Silverstone, 47, frightened fans after sharing an Instagram video of herself popping an unknown fruit into her mouth while touring the streets of England on Tuesday, August 20. Several fans shared their concern in the video’s comments section, prompting the Clueless star to share a health update later that evening.
“Alive and well! Don’t worry...
I didn’t swallow 😉😛” Silverstone wrote alongside a snap of herself on the ground during what appeared to be a professional photo shoot. In the original video, Silverstone told her followers that she had “discovered something, that I can’t figure out what it is, and I need your help.” She then showed the camera a small orange fruit that resembled a cherry tomato which she had picked off of a person’s front garden.
Silverstone then took a bite of the fruit and turned the camera to reveal a leafy bush full of them. “It’s almost like a pepper,” she said. “Does anyone know what this is? I need someone to tell me, I’m in England.
Thank you.” One user wrote in the comments, “It’s poisonous. Don’t eat that,” while another wrote, “Anyone else from the UK agree we don’t eat these also we don’t eat random s—t we find in the street lol.
” Other people questioned why Silverstone chose to eat food “out of random peoples yards” while someone else found humor in the situation, writing, “Lmaoooo ‘I d.