--- title: Game of Thrones Season 7: Best Celebrity Fan Reactions description: As 'Game of Thrones' premiered, fans are having all of the feelings about the end of the show — including your favorite stars. canonical: https://time.com/4860683/game-of-thrones-season-7-celebrity-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-17T15:30:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:26.695Z og:title: Celebrities Are Losing It Over the Game of Thrones Premiere og:description: Winter came for these stars og:url: https://time.com/4860683/game-of-thrones-season-7-celebrity-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84749c9eb235576a/6988d3be096a946c2e69e922/kit-harington-got.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: kit-harington-got og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities Are Losing It Over the Game of Thrones Premiere twitter:description: Winter came for these stars twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84749c9eb235576a/6988d3be096a946c2e69e922/kit-harington-got.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Even Celebrities Went Full Superfan for the Game of Thrones Season 7 Premiere > Sponsored content. 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As [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4860369/game-of-thrones-ed-sheeran-surprise-cameo-reactions/) premiered its seventh season, fans of the series are having all of the feelings about the upcoming end of the show — and that includes celebrities. During [the Season 7 premiere of the beloved HBO show](http://time.com/4860314/game-of-thrones-hound-fire-vision/), stars tuned in just like the rest of us to live-tweet their reactions to the start of a saga about the battle to rule the Seven Kingdoms. From [Twitter enthusiast Leslie Jones](http://time.com/4442303/leslie-jones-olympics-tweets/) to [_Game of Thrones_ star Maisie Williams](http://time.com/4773758/game-of-thrones-maisie-williams-arya-stark/) (a.k.a. Arya Stark,) it appears that celebrities had plenty to say about the first episode of the season. However, [Mindy Kaling](http://time.com/4712527/cory-booker-mindy-kaling-twitter/) may have summed it up best with her tweet warning her co-workers that they either had to “watch #GameofThrones tonight or suffer the spoilers at work tomorrow!” See the best celebrity tweets about the _Game of Thrones_ premiere below. Kristen Bell brought her A-game. Maisie Williams was counting down the minutes with fans. > [](https://twitter.com/Maisie%5FWilliams/status/886751852506869760) J. Lo cheered on Arya. > [](https://twitter.com/JLo/status/886754424089083904) Leslie Jones had many thoughts about the fashion on the show. > [](https://twitter.com/Lesdoggg/status/886770294672826368) Danielle Brooks was excited for the new season, even as a new viewer of the show. > [](https://twitter.com/thedanieb/status/886761369768534018) While Kumail Nanjiani summed up what most fans felt about the series return. > [](https://twitter.com/kumailn/status/886753028342038530) As was Major Lazer. > [](https://twitter.com/MAJORLAZER/status/886750292812759040) Ava DuVernay was enthusiastic about Khaleesi’s proactive attitude. > [](https://twitter.com/ava/status/886768582637506563) Mindy Kaling warned others that spoilers would be imminent. > [](https://twitter.com/mindykaling/status/886778451461414914) While Josh Gad warned his followers that he wanted none of that. > [](https://twitter.com/joshgad/status/886767786504077313) Elizabeth Banks got into the spirit of things by creating her own house. > [](https://twitter.com/ElizabethBanks/status/886752396168253440) However, it’s safe to say everyone probably agreed with Jon Favreau. > [](https://twitter.com/Jon%5FFavreau/status/886776198679805955) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4860683/game-of-thrones-season-7-celebrity-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4860683/game-of-thrones-season-7-celebrity-reactions/"},"headline":"Even Celebrities Went Full Superfan for the Game of Thrones Season 7 Premiere","datePublished":"2017-07-17T15:30:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:45:26.695Z","description":"Winter came for these stars","url":"https://time.com/4860683/game-of-thrones-season-7-celebrity-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","game of thrones","celebrities","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84749c9eb235576a/6988d3be096a946c2e69e922/kit-harington-got.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/blt84749c9eb235576a/6988d3be096a946c2e69e922/kit-harington-got.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"kit-harington-got","caption":"","creditText":"HBO","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/4860683/game-of-thrones-season-7-celebrity-reactions/","name":"Even Celebrities Went Full Superfan for the Game of Thrones Season 7 Premiere"}}]}] ```