Former Bachelorette contestant Josh Seiter's Instagram account spreads death hoax

Seiter posted a new video on social media saying his account had been hacked. Author Maureen Lee Lenker Former Bachelorette contestant Josh Seiter is “alive and well” after a social media hoax falsely announced his death. A day after a statement posted to his verified Instagram account said he had died, Seiter, 36, resurfaced Tuesday with a video claiming 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. On Monday, a statement posted to Seiter’s Instagram page 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, about which he has been open. In a 2021 Instagram post, he identified himself as a suicide attempt survivor. Last week, he posted a selfie with the caption, “Surviving depression
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