ITV Loose Womens Denise Welch forced to confirm shes not dead after sick viral hoax

Denise Welch has had to confirm that she's "alive and well" after a nasty social media hoax claimed she had passed away.

The Loose Women panellist, 65, took to X, previously known as Twitter, to reassure her 557k followers that she was not dead after a rumour began spreading on social media.

An anonymous internet user had updated Denise's Wikipedia page with flash information, claiming that she had been tragically killed by a mobility scooter driven by former Big Brother star Farida Kalifah.

A second edit then claimed that the former Waterloo Road star had died from "explosive diarrhoea", reports the Daily Mirror.

Quick to squash the rumours, Denise, who is set to portray the late Queen Elizabeth II in Diana the Musical, wrote: "I'm alive and well and about to watch the jungle. Thanks for your concern."

Replying to Denise, a number of fans shared their disgust at the hoax, with one writing: "There should be a law against this kind of hoax death stuff online , Imagine if a family remember of Denise’s read it?"

"How cruel can some people be! Glad you’re safe and well. Xxx," added another, as a third penned: "Some vile people on the internet to do that to you, glad it's been confirmed to be a hoax and that you're obviously OK x."

It comes after Denise opened up to The Guardian about a rather embarrassing situation, which saw her experience bowel incontinence during a trip to New York.

She told the outlet: "We were going to see my son Matty and his band, the 1975, at Madison Square Garden and I was walking through the streets, enjoying the sunshine, pretending I was in some kind of video – throwing my hat into the New York sky like Mary Tyler Moore

"I saw a couple of people turn and look at me. Now, although I'm not famous in New York, whenever Matty’s there I do get recognised as his mum, so I'm smiling and waving at them.

"I went back to the hotel room and bent over to get something out of my suitcase, and my husband said, 'Do you realise that you’ve s**t yourself?"

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