Alicia Silverstone sparks confusion after eating ‘poisonous’ fruit off the street

Alicia Silverstone has sparked confusion amongst followers after she appeared to eat a “toxic” fruit off the road.

The 47-year-old actor shared a video on TikTok on August 19 about her current expertise when strolling on a avenue in England. “OK, I’ve found one thing that I can’t determine what it’s and I want your assist,” she advised her viewers.

She then held up what seemed to be an orange berry, which had seeds inside it. Silverstone additionally confessed that she tasted the obvious fruit herself.

“I simply bit into it as a result of it was on the road, and we have been discussing whether or not it was a tomato or not,” she continued, earlier than filming the gated backyard the place she acquired the fruit from.

Silverstone additionally questioned the kind of leaves within the plant, which had inexperienced, pink, and orange berries hanging off of it.

“So what the heck is that this?” the Clueless star added, earlier than displaying the fruit opened up on the road, with seeds coming out of it.

She as soon as once more bit into the fruit and confirmed off the within of it for the digital camera. “I don’t suppose you’re presupposed to eat this,” she admitted. “But it surely’s virtually like a pepper. Does anybody know what that is? I don’t know what it’s.”

The actor emphasised her confusion within the caption, writing: “What the heck is that this!? I’m in England and might’t determine it out.”

The TikTok video has rapidly gone viral, with greater than 1.3m views. Within the feedback, a number of folks claimed that the fruit she was consuming was a Jerusalem cherry, which is toxic. Followers requested for an replace on how she was doing after consuming the obvious cherry.

“OMG NO!! Jerusalem Cherry, very toxic within the Nightshade household. Hope you’re okay,” one wrote.

“WOMAN! UPDATE US. ARE YOU ALIVE AND WELL!?!” one other wrote, whereas a 3rd commented: “Is Alicia okay??? We’d like an replace!”

Different viewers not solely questioned The Crush star for taking the fruit from a seemingly personal backyard, but in addition for consuming one thing when she didn’t know what it was.

“Even when it was a tomato, it’s on somebody’s personal entrance backyard, you possibly can’t simply attain by their gate and choose their crops,” one wrote.

“Who simply picks one thing they don’t know what it’s and eats it,” one other commented.

A 3rd responded: “Why would ANYONE eat random, unknown issues from the road?!?”

The Unbiased has contacted representatives for Silverstone for remark.

In keeping with the Nationwide Institute of Well being’s MedlinePlus, the Jerusalem cherry “is a plant that belongs to the identical household because the black nightshade.” The toxic ingredient within the plant – which “has small, spherical, pink and orange fruit” – is solanocapsine. The outcomes of such a poisoning, which may be harmful, “largely have an effect on the primarily gastrointestinal (typically delayed eight to 10 hours), and central nervous system.”

The medical web site notes that relying on therapy signs of the poisoning “most frequently get higher inside one to 3 days, however hospitalization could also be crucial.” Loss of life from consuming the toxic cherry is unusual.