On July 8, Evans tweeted a photo that led many -- thousands, apparently -- to the conclusion that the dog had passed away:
Really missing this guy right now. http://pic.twitter.com/fWNviX6CrH
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) July 8, 2017
Thankfully, Evans set the record straight pretty fast:
To be clear, he's alive and well, just thousands of miles away for the next couple months.
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) July 8, 2017
Phew! The posts got a big reaction, including from Seth Rogen, whose reply, "F*ck dude I was like crying," earned 79,000 likes. Other fans playfully chided Evans, or mocked everyone's (including their own) emotional distress:
CHRIS YOU MUST SPECIFY WHY HE'S MISSED NEXT TIME MY GOODNESS
— WeRateDogs™ (@dog_rates) July 8, 2017
*aggressively wipes away tears* No, yeah, I knew that.
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) July 8, 2017
LOL the emotional manipulation here was unkind!
— Anil Dash (@anildash) July 8, 2017
Have fun filming #RedSeaDivingResort. Hugs and stay strong there for your boy. Hope you facetime him 😭🐕 http://pic.twitter.com/yqCrVbdG9e
— honestF (@HonestFata) July 8, 2017
Yes, as that last tweet suggests, Chris and Dodger are just doing the long-distance thing right now while Dad films "Red Sea Diving Resort" in South Africa.
#ChrisEvans filming #RedSeaDivingResort
— Cris Lara (@Lara_Cris_) July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017 (South Africa) http://pic.twitter.com/XMjvq1sNwl
kenjimurapa|ig #RedSeaDivingResort #ChrisEvans new pic from South Africa
— Cris Lara (@Lara_Cris_) July 3, 2017
Wow... Chris looks so different with this hair http://pic.twitter.com/dMJp5gAg5l
Chris Evans loves to make smaller films when not busy playing Captain America in movies like "Avengers: Infinity War," which is still chugging along in Atlanta. One recent smaller movie he really enjoyed making was "Gifted," and that's when he adopted Dodger. As he told People:
"One of the last scenes we were filming was in a pound, a kennel. I foolishly walked in and I thought, 'Are these actor dogs or are these real up for adoption dogs?' And sure enough they were, so I was walking up and down the aisles and saw this one dude and he didn't belong there. I snagged him and he's such a good dog. They aged him at about one, he acts like a puppy, he's got the energy of a puppy, he's just such a sweetheart, he's such a good boy. He loves dogs, he loves kids, he's full of love.
Playing with him is exercise, he's exhausting. He's up for anything. God dogs, they're such great animals. I really can't say enough about dogs, I'm a dog lunatic. He sleeps on my pillow, you wake up face-to-face."
That's why he's our all-American hero!
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