Margot Robbie Pregnancy Meltdown

About

Margot Robbie Pregnancy Meltdown refers to a series of memes, primarily reactions, based on the news of actress Margot Robbie expecting her first child. The news, which broke online in early July 2024, was followed by an influx of humorous reactions based on the premise that the announcement meant that people lost their chance to get together with the actress.

Origin

On July 7th, 2024, pop culture news websites^[1] and social media accounts reported on paparazzi photographs of actress Margot Robbie being visibly pregnant. Several posts sharing the news went viral on social media that same day.

For example, a post by X^[2] / Twitter user @21metgala garnered over 13,000 reposts and 137,000 likes in one day (shown below, top). A same-day post by X^[3] user @allurequinn accumulated over 18,000 reposts and 228,000 likes in the same period (shown below, bottom).

Spread

Starting on the same day, users posted various memes and reactions on social media platforms, most notably reactions in which users expressed disappointment over seemingly losing their chance to get together with the actress. For example, on July 7th, 2024, X^[4] tweleb @kirawontmiss posted a reaction that received over 2,100 reposts and 27,000 likes in one day (shown below).

Later on July 7th, X^[5] user @pennyheartaway posted a reaction video of basketball player Michael Jordan crying while laying on the ground that received over 16,000 reposts and 131,000 likes in one day (shown below).

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