Dog the Bounty Hunter slams ‘haters’ for spreading death hoax claiming he’d killed himself
DUANE The Dog Chapman has been forced to deny claims he has died of suicide.
The Bounty Hunter star, 66, blasted the fake reports, which circulated online earlier this week, on Instagram.
Alongside a false article that read "R.I.P Duane Dog", he wrote: "Not so fast HATERS."
Fans of the appeared shocked by the post, with one writing: "Disrespectful, rude and definately uncalled for. The haters NEED a new hobby."
Another commented: "Why does this keep happening? Like they’ve tried to say you’re dead more than any other celebrity. So annoying."
A third said: "Dude the article scared me until I realized I just saw you a few a weeks ago in 2020...Haters going to hate."
Last year, Dog admitted to suffering a potentially deadly blood clot in his lungs when he was rushed to hospital.
He was taken into hospital with chest pains following wife Beth Chapman's untimely death in June 2019 from cancer.
The pulmonary embolism rendered the reality star a according to TMZ at the time.
Dog's online post comes days after his daughter Lyssa slammed her father for being "fake" amid a family feud over his new girlfriend Moon Angell.
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After Lyssa blasted her father and Moon for dating so quickly after both their spouses passed away in the last year, the Chapman family has been feuding.
All of his kids have for moving into Dog's home and sleeping in the same bed that he shared with his late wife, Beth.
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