Hollywood star Alicia Silverstone has reassured fans she is “alive and well” after she shared a video of herself appearing to eat a poisonous fruit in England.

The US actress, best known for her role as Cher in the 1995 film Clueless, shared the clip on her Instagram account on Monday.

In the video, she bites into a small orange fruit, which looks like a cherry tomato, before asking her followers what it is.

Social media users began to speculate that the fruit was solanum…