Alicia Silverstone is clueless about what she just ate, and fans are worried.
The “Clueless” star, 47, assured followers on Tuesday that she’s doing OK after she sparked concern by appearing to eat a poisonous fruit in a TikTok video.
“Alive and well!” Silverstone wrote on Instagram and TikTok. “Don’t worry… I didn’t swallow.”
In a TikTok video on Monday, Silverstone bit into a fruit she found on the street in England and asked her followers to help identify it.
“It was on the street and we were discussing whether this was a tomato or not. It’s definitely not, because look at these leaves,” she said in the clip, showing the plant where the fruit came from. “… So what the heck is this?”
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As she took a bite of the fruit, Silverstone said, “I don’t think you’re supposed to eat this. It’s almost like a pepper. Does anyone know what this is?”
In the comments, fans speculated that the plant may have been a solanum pseudocapsicum, also known as Jerusalem cherry. According to Gardening Know How, the Jerusalem cherry houseplant’s fruit is “toxic,” and “any part of the plant that is ingested can cause poisoning and even death.”
Eating a few berries or leaves from a Jerusalem cherry may cause a person to feel sick, throw up or have diarrhea, while eating a larger amount could cause drowsiness, hallucinations or heart rate problems, the Northern New England Poison Center says.
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