Macaulay Culkin Pranks Death Hoax Into 'Weekend at Bernie's'

Macaulay Culkin fell victim to an Internet death hoax over the weekend, but instead of letting the chatter get out of hand, the former child star-turned-parody band frontman refuted the rumor by reenacting "Weekend at Bernie's."

The hoax spread like wildfire on social media last week after a link to a fake news story — "Breaking: Macaulay Culkin Found Dead At Age 34" — circulated on Facebook.

But the "Home Alone" star, who now plays in a pizza-themed Velvet Underground spoof band called Pizza Underground, is very much alive and proved as much with a series of Twitter photos on the band's page over the weekend.

In one picture, Culkin plays dead as his bandmates prop him up — a nod to the 1989 cult classic "Weekend at Bernie's."

Weekend at bernies with @anchovywarhol #greenroom pic.twitter.com/KTONCdzm2I

— pizza underground (@cheesedayz) November 9, 2014

Performing last night at the Belmont, Bernie style @funfunfunfest #imalive pic.twitter.com/wndm22cqil

— pizza underground (@cheesedayz) November 9, 2014

Pizza Underground is currently on tour, appearing at the Fun Fun Fun Festival in Austin, Texas, on Saturday and making a pit stop in Louisiana.

Macauley's first words: "I'm alive!" #pizzaunderground #FFFfest

— Jen Clapp (@jenclapp) November 9, 2014

One of the great things you can do when you're alive is stop for lunch in Breaux Bridge, LA pic.twitter.com/SpTLHBEuQu

— pizza underground (@cheesedayz) November 8, 2014

We're on tour you silly people / @anchovywarhol's 📷 pic.twitter.com/JK0Y28M4pM

— pizza underground (@cheesedayz) November 8, 2014

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