Wasps and England star James Haskell has moved to reassure fans he is not dead after a series of bizarre fake news stories hit the internet.
Rumours started that Haskell had died of a drugs overdose or that he was selling drugs and had quit rugby and left his family, report the Coventry Telegraph.
In response, Haskell posted a video on his personal YouTube channel to confirm that he was very much alive and that the stories were all just “fake news click-bait.”
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Haskell has moved to reassure fans he is not dead
“You may have seen there are quite a few fake news stories operating on Facebook, that I have died of a steroid overdose - which is not true - died of a drug overdose, which is not true and my career is over because I have been trying to sell drugs," he said.
“Another is circulating that I had to quit rugby and left everyone in my family and moved away. It is all click-bait.”
Thankfully though, James doesn’t leave his family behind, including girlfriend Chloe Madeley, and is still one of Wasps’ star players.
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He has been out injured recently, but looks to be on schedule for a return around the middle of this month.
Haskell recently told the Telegraph: “It will be ready when it’s ready, there’s nothing that will make it any quicker. I’m currently doing four sessions a day, so it’s like pre-season hell that’s gone on for five months.
“I had four months off with my knee, but some of that was in pre-season, so this has been my longest absence.
"It’s not ideal, because I obviously want to play, but in the long-run not getting beaten up for a few weeks, and having a break after 14 years is probably a good thing.”
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