--- title: Beyonce Pregnant With Twins Celebrity Reactions description: Beyoncé's pregnancy came as a joyful surprise to many of her fans — and it seems that her fellow celebs are no exception. canonical: https://time.com/4658035/beyonce-pregnant-twins-celebrity-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-02T17:44:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:44.190Z og:title: 10 Celebs Who Lost It Over Beyoncé Being Pregnant With Twins og:description: Celebs, they're just like us og:url: https://time.com/4658035/beyonce-pregnant-twins-celebrity-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5612b4019c026dda/6988b888cd1bba4eb7703d71/beyonce-celebrity-recactions-pregnant-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: adidas Originals x Kanye West YEEZY SEASON 1 - Front Row & Backstage og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 10 Celebs Who Lost It Over Beyoncé Being Pregnant With Twins twitter:description: Celebs, they're just like us twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5612b4019c026dda/6988b888cd1bba4eb7703d71/beyonce-celebrity-recactions-pregnant-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 10 Celebrities Who Lost It When Beyoncé Announced She Was Pregnant With Twins > Sponsored content. 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Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for adidas  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 2, 2017 5:44 PM UTC After [Beyoncé](http://time.com/4657826/beyonce-pregnant-twins-photos/) announced that [she was pregnant with twins](http://time.com/4656929/beyonce-pregnant-twins/) via her Instagram on Wednesday, the [Internet exploded with reactions](http://time.com/4656949/beyonces-birth-announcement-internet-reactions/) to the unexpected but undeniably welcome news. Casual fans and [Bey Hive members](http://time.com/3912684/beyonce-vegan-fans-angry/) alike took to social media to candidly express their joy and their surprise — and it looks like celebrities were no exception. A quick scroll through our social feeds showed that everyone from Rihanna to _Room_ actress Bree Larson had an ecstatic response about Queen Bey’s new chapter of life, giving new meaning to the old adage, “celebs, they’re just like us.” See the best celebrity responses to Beyoncé’s pregnancy announcement below. Rihanna took to Instagram to wish Bey and Jay a warm congratulations on their new additions to the Knowles-Carter brood. Brie Larson had a very emotional response to Queen Bey’s announcement. > [](https://twitter.com/brielarson/status/826873513713610754) While DJ Khaled sent Bey good vibes and blessings. > [](https://twitter.com/djkhaled/status/826890522786660355) Issa Rae had a couple name suggestions for Bey and Jay. > [](https://twitter.com/IssaRae/status/826868975057379329) Janet Mock found joy in Beyoncé’s announcement during a trying time. > [](https://twitter.com/janetmock/status/826865159306170368) Chrissy Teigen proudly pushed through as a member of the Bey Hive. > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/826891432115834880) Gabby Sidibe took Beyoncé’s announcement to be the ultimate way to usher in Black History Month. > [](https://twitter.com/GabbySidibe/status/826868392275607552) Hailey Baldwin embodied the thoughts of many Beyoncé fans with her tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/haileybaldwin/status/826865650052116481) [Rita Ora](http://time.com/4492908/rita-ora-jay-z-beyonce-calvin-harris/) only had congratulations for Beyoncé. > [](https://twitter.com/RitaOra/status/826871603346632704) While _Lemonade_ collaborator Zendaya couldn’t contain her excitement for Bey. > [](https://twitter.com/Zendaya/status/826866747009548289) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4658035/beyonce-pregnant-twins-celebrity-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4658035/beyonce-pregnant-twins-celebrity-reactions/"},"headline":"10 Celebrities Who Lost It When Beyoncé Announced She Was Pregnant With Twins","datePublished":"2017-02-02T17:44:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:44.190Z","description":"Celebs, they're just like us","url":"https://time.com/4658035/beyonce-pregnant-twins-celebrity-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","viral","Beyonce","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5612b4019c026dda/6988b888cd1bba4eb7703d71/beyonce-celebrity-recactions-pregnant-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5612b4019c026dda/6988b888cd1bba4eb7703d71/beyonce-celebrity-recactions-pregnant-twins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"adidas Originals x Kanye West YEEZY SEASON 1 - Front Row & Backstage","caption":"adidas Originals x Kanye West YEEZY SEASON 1 - Front Row & Backstage","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images for adidas","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4658035/beyonce-pregnant-twins-celebrity-reactions/","name":"10 Celebrities Who Lost It When Beyoncé Announced She Was Pregnant With Twins"}}]}] ```