An image depicting Mr. Bean in a dejected state? Discover The Truth…

A picture depicting Mr. Bean in a dejected mood? Discover The Details…

On social media, a picture of a bedridden patient purporting to reflect the current state of British comic Mr. Bean has drawn a lot of attention. But after some research by the Fact Crescendo team, we discovered that this was just another scam.

Posts on Social Media: In 2024, a weak Mr. Bean is shown on what appears to be a hospital bed in a series of posts on social media that compare his appearance from the 1990s to the present. You can see Facebook posts below that discuss how sad it is to see Mr. Bean in this state.

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The Sinhala community also took a liking to these picture comparisons.

This is an example of a similar claim that went viral on TikTok.

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We started by searching for news articles mentioning the popular comedian Rowan Atkinson or Mr. Bean’s serious illness using keywords. While searching for similar news, we did locate a current interview with Rowan Atkinson from a Formula One race event that was uploaded on July 10, 2024. Several YouTube channels, including Behind Grand Prix and Zero Racing, broadcast his interviews.

In addition, we found a news piece published on January 31, 2020, by the British media organization “The Mirror” when we reverse image searched the viral photo. The article’s cover photo, “Seriously ill man weighing 7st (45kg) refused free social care—and dies very next day,” looked a lot like the one that went viral of Mr. Bean getting bedridden.

We discovered a few more news stories from 2020 that used the identical image. News Source

This article claims that Barry Balderstone, an elderly man with a number of medical ailments, passed away from a lack of access to appropriate medical care.

We discovered that Barry Balderstone’s visage had been altered to resemble Mr. Bean when we compared the two images. Below is a comparison of the photos.

Here is a fact check on bogus posts from 2021 that our Factcrescendo team conducted on Mr. Bean, who has also been the target of numerous fake death hoaxes in the past.

Our study reveals that the widely circulated image purporting to depict Mr. Bean’s current condition is a Photoshopped picture. The person in the real photo passed away in 2020. Rowan Atkinson appeared in good health during an interview at a Formula One racing event a few days ago.