Alicia Silverstone shares health update after eating poisonous berry

21 August, 2024

Alicia Silverstone attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Clueless actor Alicia Silverstone has shared a health update after she posted a video of herself eating a potentially poisonous berry in London.

Yesterday (August 20), the actor took to TikTok to share a video of her walking in London, holding up an orange berry. “I’ve just bit into it because it was on the street and we were discussing whether it was a tomato or not,” she says in the video, showing off the berry-like plant and asking fans to identify what it is.

Several commenters pointed out that the berry closely resembles a Jerusalem cherry, also known as solanum pseudocapsicum, which are known to be toxic to humans and can cause vomiting, nausea and fevers.

Now, however, Silverstone has updated her fans on her health after eating the berry. In a short and cheeky post on X (formerly Twitter), Silverstone shared a picture from a photoshoot and wrote: “Alive and well! Don’t worry… I didn’t swallow”.

It is currently unclear, however, if the actor had experienced any issues after biting into the fruit.

Teen comedy classic Clueless was released in 1995, written and directed by Amy Heckerling (Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Look Who’s Talking), and is a loose adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma.

Set in Beverly Hill, Silverstone plays Cher Horowitz, a popular and superficial high school student who plays matchmaker for her teachers and dedicates herself to transforming Brittany Murphy’s Tai Frasier from a socially awkward transfer student into one of the popular girls.

Alicia Silverstone at the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Academy Awards Viewing Party on March 10, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/WireImage)

In 2021, Silverstone recreated a memorable scene from the film with her son, lip-syncing along to an argument that Cher had with her father about her outfit. The actress’ son Bear played the role of Cher’s father, complete with a comically oversized suit and glasses. Watch the TikTok video above.

Silverstone has also revealed that Bear has been developing ideas for a potential Clueless sequel. “One night we were laying in bed and he wrote Clueless Part 2 and what and where Cher would be,” Silverstone told Entertainment Tonight.

“It was unbelievable what he thought. She was an alcoholic, but he didn’t say those words. He was like, ‘She drinks a lot and maybe she’s a makeup artist? Like a professional makeup artist.’”

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