Early Saturday afternoon, legendary movie star Donald Sutherland, began trending on social media, leading many to believe that the 86 year old star and father of fellow actor, Keifer, may have passed away.
As of Saturday, February, 19th 2022 at 1:15PM EST, Sutherland is still alive.
Anyways, Twitter had a lot to say…
For fuck's sake, Twitter, when a celebrity is trending, please let us know it's NOT because they've died. Donald Sutherland is a fucking treasure and I just about had a heart attack when I saw he was trending. pic.twitter.com/z75b39o7OG
— Cynical Resister ๐๐ท๐ต๐ฑ๐ฉโโ๏ธ๐บ๐ (@trumpocalyps17) February 19, 2022
Donald Sutherland coming to twitter to see if he is still alive. pic.twitter.com/O2HIH8kkBy
— ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฆฐ๐ง๐งโโ๏ธ๐Resista Sista (@DevinRaging) February 19, 2022
The instant Donald Sutherlandโs name hit the trends… pic.twitter.com/7a0Wv7pGMZ
— Jermaine (@JermaineWatkins) February 19, 2022
Really don't like Twitter Trending making me think Donald Sutherland had died. Why doesn't Twitter ever say something hopeful and righteous for a change? pic.twitter.com/cmgUGSwFOB
— Contemnor (@jamesmdowns) February 19, 2022
Twitter tried to scare me by trending Donald Sutherland. Stop it.
— Kirsten Pedersen ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ด (@Canadian_Palais) February 19, 2022
To the person who made Donald Sutherland trend without me knowing why, I hope step on a Lego.
— vijay ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ข๐(he/him) (@SunnyDayCBay) February 19, 2022
Hi @TwitterSupport PLEASE figure out a way to let us know a beloved celebrity IS NOT DEAD when they trend because seeing Donald Sutherland trend without context got me like pic.twitter.com/xB1LGMokd7
— Tara Dublin (@taradublinrocks) February 19, 2022
Maaan. The way I panicked seeing Donald Sutherland trending lol
— Anaรฏs NINa Simone (@BearingMoon) February 19, 2022
Really don't like Twitter Trending making me think Donald Sutherland had died. Why doesn't Twitter ever say something hopeful and righteous for a change? pic.twitter.com/cmgUGSwFOB
— Contemnor (@jamesmdowns) February 19, 2022
The real reason Donald Sutherland began trending was because of this photo taken of him when he was younger.
Without looking it up – who is this? pic.twitter.com/b3MlUQO9RU
— Jason Strummer (@JasonStrummer) February 19, 2022
The false alarm phenomenon is nothing new. It happens to Morgan Freeman all of the time. Last year, people actually though Tanya Roberts was dead for several hours.
Sutherland’s last major role was as President Snow in the Hunger Games series. Ironically, in “A Time To Kill” Oliver Platt says he thought Sutherland’s character was dead.
“Not yet” he replies.
And thankfully, he is still with us.
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