Despite rumors you might’ve heard, Spider-Man: No Way Home star Zendaya appears to be shutting down the unsubstantiated claim that she is pregnant.

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Despite the rumor of Zendaya being pregnant seemingly originating from an intentionally trolling TikTok video, the inaccurate claim nevertheless spread online, including on Twitter.

This apparently prompted Zendaya herself, by way of her Instagram account, to make a post in apparent response Wednesday.

On her Instagram story, she wrote: “See now, this is why I stay off Twitter…Just making stuff up for no reason…weekly.”

While Zendaya did not explicitly mention the pregnancy rumor specifically in the post, it’s pretty obvious based on the timing that it was in apparent response to just that. And she likely didn’t want to give the rumor any more steam by calling it out by name, which is understandable.

People on Twitter were poking fun at the rumor-filled echo chamber that the social media platform is sometimes known for, especially for instances like this.

“Industry Baby” rapper Lil Nas X even satirized the situation, writing, “i hate twitter because i’m sitting here about to congratulate zendaya via dm about a baby that doesn’t exist.”

i hate twitter because i’m sitting here about to congratulate zendaya via dm about a baby that doesn’t exist

— obamas cousin (@LilNasX) June 15, 2022

Another Twitter user imagined the very little sleep that was lost by whoever spread the rumor in the first place.

The person who said Zendaya pregnant to get Twitter in a frenzy rn:

— Stack (@GoddStack) June 15, 2022

“Zendaya is sick of y’all 😭😭,” wrote one fan of the Euphoria star.

Zendaya is sick of y’all 😭😭

— it ain’t fun Paramore! (@stuckiny2k_) June 15, 2022

Although it was merely a rumor, one fan imagined how sad it may have made Zendaya’s boyfriend, Tom Holland, to falsely believe his girlfriend told the world about her kid before him.

I know Zendaya isn’t really pregnant but imagine Tom Holland’s face if he logged into Twitter yesterday and saw a tweet saying his girlfriend was pregnant and he thought she decided to tell the whole world before him 😭😭.

— Andrew Kent (@AndrewKent2003) June 15, 2022

“[T]witter doesn’t deserve zendaya anyways,” one fan accurately summed it up.

twitter doesn’t deserve zendaya anyways

— bell⋆ 🪐 (@spiderlingdaya) June 15, 2022

One thing we can commend Twitter for? Signal boosting Holland’s delightful nickname, Mr. Zendaya.