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‘Clueless’ star Alicia Silverstone sparks fan concern by eating ‘poisonous’ berry: ‘Are you alive and well!?!’

A Jerusalem cherry is “harmful to eat” and can cause a person to experience symptoms like nausea, drowsiness, hallucinations and heart rate problems.

Alicia Silverstone sparked concern after eating what fans believe to be a poisonous berry in a TikTok video posted Monday. The “Clueless” star showed her followers that the inside of the fruit was filled with tiny seeds and admitted she did not think she was “supposed to eat this.” Others agreed that Silverstone had consumed a Jerusalem cherry, with some calling the fruit “toxic” and “dangerous” and another claiming “it can be fatal.”

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