Los Angeles, Aug 2 :  Macauley Culkin's publicist has shot down rumours that the "Home Alone" actor is addicted to heroin.

The former child star's representative has urged "responsible media" to ignore any reports which indicate that the actor only has six months to live thanks to his addiction, reports tmz.com.

The representative says the reports are "not only categorically without merit, but it is also impossibly and ridiculously fictitious".

"We beseech the responsible media to consider the source and its reputation and to please not perpetuate this destructive and insulting story by pursuing it any further," said the representative.

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