Former 'Bachelorette' contestant Josh Seiter's Instagram account posted a statement falsely announcing his death; the message has since been deleted.
A day after a statement posted to his verified Instagram account said he had died, Seiter, 36,declaring that his account had been compromised. "As you can see I am alive and well," he said. "My account was hacked. For the last 24 hours I had been trying desperately to get into it."
Adding that "somebody was playing a cruel joke and mocking my mental illness and the struggles I've gone through with depression and suicide attempts," Seiter apologized to his followers for the confusion.said he had died unexpectedly. Numerous outlets, including EW, erroneously reported Seiter's death, citing the Instagram statement.
The statement, which was unsigned and has since been deleted, alluded to Seiter's history of mental health struggles, which he has been open with.
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