1.) 24 Jan 2017
24 Jan 2017 11:49:14
Yes. It's likely rubbish Pearce tends to be right, gets plenty of abuse when he shoots down a rumour like this on twitter,

2.) 24 Jan 2017
24 Jan 2017 12:21:19
James Pearce hasn't tweeted this from his official account. Maybe this is a fake account you have seen? I still don't believe it to be true though.