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Reports of Australian YouTuber Luke Damant’s death are greatly exaggerated. In fact, he’s laughing along at people who spread fake news of his death.

Rumours began to swirl online of the ‘demise’ of the cheese paratha-loving YouTuber in Afghanistan, with people posting about him being “pronounced dead in Jalalabad,” claiming he had disappeared after entering the country three weeks prior. Damant is a travel blogger and has visited many countries in South Asia, including Pakistan. He posted about being in Abbottabad at the start of December.

Poking fun at the news, the YouTuber shared a mock obituary to his social media pages.

“It is from the deep sadness of hearts that our adventurist, inspiring and loving Luke Damant has had his last paratha. Luke was attempting the Guinness World Record for the most cheese paratha’s eaten in 1 hour.

After a strong start, getting to 14 within the first 30 minutes of the challenge. It was at number 15, where Luke didn’t chew his paratha, swallowed, and after a 30 second struggle, he magically turned into one,” read his post.

“Authorities are still trying to figure out how a man can possibly turn into a cheese paratha, but it is believed that the old saying is true… You are what you eat.”

He ended his caption by saying his next video from Afghanistan would be out on Friday.

The 24-year-old also addressed the situation on his Instagram stories. “I can’t believe I even have to make this post,” he said in the video. “Guys, I’m f****ng chilling! For years I’ve been trying to say that the media fakes f*****g news, and hundreds of thousands of people think I’m dead in a day.”

Damant denied having anything to do with this, and said he didn’t even know how it happened. “We took the holidays off, new year, had a little bit of fun and all of a sudden, I’m dead! I’d love to take credit, genius marketing, incredible plot but I have to call it off. As much as I’d love to continue along with the trolling it’s gotten too out of hand,” he said.

“It is a crazy experience when everyone thinks you’re dead,” he said, recounting the thousands of heartwarming messages he received that made him remember that he has an impact. Damant said he’s grateful for all of those people. He also had a message for the people who said they’re glad he’s dead — “F*** you! I’m back mother f*****r.”

He also gave his followers a helpful reminder — “If I go offline for a few weeks, for a few months, that’s just me, we’re alive and we’re chilling.”

As always, don’t believe everything you read online, especially when it comes in the form of random YouTube exposés or blog posts.