Jimmy Fallon asks for Elon Musk’s help after death hoax goes viral

Jimmy Fallon is alive and well after a hashtag suggesting he died went viral Tuesday night.

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To help rectify the death hoax, the “Tonight Show” host sought out Elon Musk’s help,

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tweeting, “Elon, can you fix this? #RIPJimmyFallon.”

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Musk has yet to respond to the late-night host’s request, though perhaps it’s because Fallon didn’t specifically tag him.

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Musk, 51, has faced an onslaught of problems since taking over the social medium, which already was forced to suspend his Twitter Blue launch after so-called “verified” account impersonators surged.

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Model Gigi Hadid quickly deactivated her Twitter account soon after, calling the platform a “cesspool of hate & bigotry.”

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“For a long time, but especially with its new leadership,” Hadid wrote on Instagram of Musk. “It’s becoming more and more of a cesspool of hate & bigotry, and its [sic] not a place I want to be a part of.”

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