Candace Owens has dismissed viral social media rumours that she had died, telling followers in a post on Saturday, 20 June, that she is 'alive and well' and joking that if she had been killed, 'it would be entirely appropriate' to blame Israel.
A dramatic series of tweets from fellow podcaster Lilly Gaddis triggered a flurry of speculation about the right-wing commentator's fate. In a since-deleted post, shared widely before it vanished, Gaddis claimed that Owens' family had contacted her to report the 'passing' of her 'long time friend and fellow political commentator, Candace.'