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Relax, everyone, Peanut Tillman is very much alive

Bears fans got the scare of their lives with a simple tweet that felt like an “in memoriam” for former Bears CB Charles “Peanut” Tillman.

Bears fans got the scare of their lives Wednesday with a simple tweet that, at first glance, felt like an “in memoriam” for former Bears cornerback Charles “Peanut” Tillman.

The “in memoriam” tweet was a nod to the death of Planters mascot Mr. Peanut. The wording of the tweet wasn’t the best — the whole “thanks for the memories” and “Peanut” mentioned in the same sentence. And, as you’d expect, Bears fans reacted in the moment.

The Bears Twitter account clarified that their tweet was in fact not about Peanut Tillman.

It didn’t take long for Peanut Tillman to assure fans that he was in fact very much alive.

Bears fans can breathe a sigh of relief that Peanut Tillman is alive and well.

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The other Mr. Peanut: Charles ‘Peanut’ Tillman is doing just fine…and thanks for asking

Charles ‘Peanut’ Tillman is doing just fine…and thanks for asking

Planters’ newest Super Bowl commercial teaser took a tragic turn—off a cliff, to be exact—when Mr. Peanut made the ultimate sacrifice: himself.

It’s a tough loss, no doubt, and the news of such magnitude caused quite a stir on the internet. By midday, the hashtag #RIPeanut was trending. And that’s great for Planters, and really, great for fans of Matt Walsh and Wesley Snipes, too (assuming that branch doesn’t break).

But—as social media can often do—the news wasn’t all well and good, especially for Bears and Panthers fans, and one Mr. Charles Tillman. The former cornerback, who is known as “Peanut,” had to take to the social airwaves and explain that, just because there was a trending hashtag from a reliable news source such as Twitter, it didn’t necessarily mean he was deceased. (I like to call this the Betty White Effect.)

 

Wrong ‘Peanut.’ Right ‘Peanut.’ Not since the days of Charles Schulz have we seen such legume-pop culture hysteria.

And that, folks, is what you call a win–win! 

(Unfortunately, this news hasn’t erased the fact that the Bears drafted Mitch Trubisky instead of Patrick Mahomes.)