In last few days, there have been fake death reports about various celebrities on social media. Artists like Mukesh Khanna, Lucky Ali, Kirron Kher were victims of this and the latest name in the list is if seasoned actor Paresh Rawal. The rumor about Paresh Rawal started when a tweet said that he has passed away at around 7 am on Friday.

However, Paresh was quick to respond. He dismissed the rumors and cleared the air with a hilarious comment. He shared the screenshot of a news article claiming that he has passed away and said that it was all a misunderstanding since he kept on sleeping past 7 am. The tweet read, "Sorry for the misunderstanding as I slept past 7am …!”

Paresh was last seen in Varun Dhawan's comedy flick 'Coolie No 1'. He is awaiting the release of his next with Farhan Akhtar titled 'Toofan'. He is also working on 'Hungama 2' where he'll be acting alongside Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan, Pranitha Subhash, Ashutosh Rana, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever and Tiku Talsania.