Twitter Is Gloriously Spiraling Over News That Daniel Radcliffe Is Expecting His First Child With Longtime Girlfriend Erin Darke
You know that feeling you have when you find out one of your friends from middle school is mere months away from becoming a parent? Trick question, because it’s not one feeling, it’s a multitude of feelings—and Twitter is currently having all of them all at once thanks to news that Daniel Radcliffe (aka Harry Potter forever in our collective brain) and his longtime girlfriend Erin Darke are expecting their first child.
Whatever gut reaction that last sentence brought up for you, someone else is feeling exactly the same and probably tweeting about it rn. Seriously, there’s no true consensus to the Twitter reactions to Daniel’s impending parenthood, and the messy all-over-the-place-ness of the broad range of reactions is kind of beautiful and perfect and a reminder of how complex existing as a human is. Scroll on to read just some of our favorite tweets on the subject.
There are the people who are now feeling ancient
You know, when you’re reminded that a beloved childhood idol is fully grown up and doing adult sh*t and it forces you to confront your own mortality and the brevity of your time on this mortal coil and all that.
Daniel Radcliffe is having a baby. pic.twitter.com/uPrXEBTI8e
— Katiebabs (@katiebabs) March 26, 2023
Want to feel old?
Harry Potter is having a baby!😳👵🏻🤣https://t.co/DuMTkj3Mpt#HarryPotter #baby #startingafamily #Ifeelold #grannytime— Mari Sherkin (@MariMuffi) March 26, 2023
still can’t believe daniel radcliffe is having a baby 😭😭 this is a major new era for hp fans pic.twitter.com/vICelldyTe
— ella ❦ (@bbyblue2002) March 26, 2023
It feels strange to me that Erin Darke and Daniel Radcliffe are expecting a baby because Daniel is a baby pic.twitter.com/c3WzzhQNXr
— Katy Hartley 🍃💚🍃 (@HartleyEKaty) March 26, 2023
Harry Potter is having a baby… time PLEASE. https://t.co/nz3VCJLzpJ
— B🧜🏾♀️ (@brittanyharriot) March 25, 2023
'Kin ell....Harry Potter is gonna be a dad!!!!! Jeeeeez I'm old!! 🤣🤣
— Elizabeth Sheppard (@lizshep73) March 26, 2023
Harry Potter is going to be a dad 😲! I mean WHAAAATTT!
Why i feel old with this news?
Congratulations, Radcliffe! ❤️— fæy ✧🍀 (@faey_lyn) March 26, 2023
There are people who now feel inadequate
Because, TBH, we grew up with Harry Potter Daniel Radcliffe and it’s a normal human thing to worry you’re behind/inadequate/not where you “should be in life by now” when any childhood friend hits a milestone before you.
Not Harry Potter having a baby before me
— Sara Weinshenk (@princessshenk) March 26, 2023
There are also people who read the news and instantly went several shades of green with envy
Although whether they’re jealous because someone else is having Daniel Radcliffe/Harry Potter’s baby OR because someone else is going to be Daniel Radcliffe/Harry Potter’s baby is not a consistent variable here.
The love of my life Daniel Radcliffe is having a baby with another woman 😭💔
— Marisa Barber ✨ (@mbarber_13) March 26, 2023
I've been doing some thinking 🤔. And I finally figured out why I was so sad over Daniel Radcliffe and Erin Darke having a baby 🍼. It's because I was going through a grieving process with the mental scenario of Daniel Radcliffe. So rn I'm accepting the all of it. Congrats 🎉🎉.
— Olivia Redpath (@OliviaRedpath1) March 26, 2023
so she just gets to have Harry Potter baby ??!!!! 😭😭😭 https://t.co/cBeCiw3v7A
— عائشہ (@badnoobpractice) March 26, 2023
i wish my dad was harry potter 😔
— schrödinger's dick (@rayz965) March 26, 2023
Daniel Radcliffe is going to has a baby and it won't be with me 🥲
— Tah la (@_Tahla1) March 25, 2023
I just feel like it's wrong to have a crush on Daniel Radcliffe when he has a girlfriend and let alone a baby on the way even tho it isn't confirmed yet. I feel like I should just give up the romantic feelings I have for him and just move on😭😭😭😭😭😭. I'm doomed
— Olivia Redpath (@OliviaRedpath1) March 25, 2023
bro imagine saying your dad is harry potter
— brooke ☽ (@fleurangelics) March 26, 2023
imagine growing up knowing your dad was harry potter https://t.co/JvnJBdDVEF
— 𝔰𝔥𝔞𝔫 🌞🗡 (@visc0untess) March 26, 2023
And there are even people who are just bursting with joy for Daniel and Erin and needed the world to know that
Again, it *did* feel like we grew up with Dan, so wanting to send him a social media shout-out over some good news is not actually a weird impulse to have.
Sometimes you just want to congratulate someone, even if you don´t know them. He can grow horns, he can dance, he can colab and thus made a baby😁 #DanielRadcliffe #expecting #baby #ErinDarke pic.twitter.com/AThMDPskHP
— Alexandra Vladmets (@AVladmets) March 26, 2023
Whoaa, Dan is gonna be a dad! Can you imagine when someone ask who’s ur father and you answer“my dad played harry potter”?! pic.twitter.com/sSkkZ8abv6
— Reka (@rekazzahra) March 25, 2023
Aw so happy for Dan, he will be the best dad and I'm so glad Harry Potter will have a child at last!https://t.co/2yfdpw6LR0
— Lift Me Up (@RelashioDobby) March 26, 2023
Harry Potter will become a dad for the first time in real life omg. Happy for Daniel and Erin. 🙂👍🏻
— Harry Wood (@HazzaTWood96) March 26, 2023
Daniel Radcliffe and his girlfriend are having a baby and I am so happy for him! I think he will be a great dad.
— Sarah. (@whtabtpineapple) March 25, 2023
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