Celebrities React To Saturday’s Insane $949 Million Powerball Drawing

by Erica Russell January 10, 2016 4:35 PM | PopCrush

Didn’t win the Powerball last night? Join the club.

Saturday (1/9) night’s record $949.8 million lottery has been a major point of conversation this weekend (as well as through the week), with everyone’s mother, father, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, neighbor, coworker, friend, milk man, cable guy, DMV officer, therapist, etc. talking about it. But the common citizen hasn’t been the only kind of person chatting up the big drawing. Celebrities from far and wide have been taking to Twitter over the past few days to air their (diverse) thoughts about the jackpot.

Ranging from self-deprecating to hopeful to disappointed, comedians, reality TV stars, musicians and more can’t seem to keep quiet about it, like former Hills star Heidi Montag who tragically didn’t win the extra dough to help Spencer Pratt expand his spectacular crystal collection:

I guess I didn't win the #Powerball

— Heidi Montag (@heidimontag) January 10, 2016

Others, like Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Porsha Williams, expressed cocky optimism before soon admitting to soul-crushing defeat (because, hey, you don’t use that Kimoji lightly):

Hour &30mins till my phone number change #Powerball

— Porsha Williams (@Porsha4real) January 10, 2016

So I lost y'all pic.twitter.com/qXXHW05WJT

— Porsha Williams (@Porsha4real) January 10, 2016

Some, like pop artist Christina Perri and Frozen actor Josh Gad, simply tried to remind folks about the things that really matter in life and help people to keep things in perspective:

all this powerball stuff is just reminding me that happiness is found within. i don't want a billion dollars, i want peace ✌️

— christina perri (@christinaperri) January 10, 2016

I don't know what's weirder: This game or that someone won a billion dollars tonight by picking random numbers at a drug store

— Josh Gad (@joshgad) January 10, 2016

And some stars just wanted to joke around:

Guys, I don't know how to say this but, I won the Powerball Lottery.

— Josh Peck (@PortableShua) January 10, 2016

I'm pretty confident about winning the 900 million dollar Powerball. #spendingitalready

— Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) January 9, 2016

I hope you win the #Powerball and lose ya ticket

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) January 10, 2016

If I win powerball I'm giving all 800,000,000 of my close friends a dollar

— josh groban (@joshgroban) January 10, 2016

My wife said if we would have hit the Powerball it would have changed everything today and I said no it wouldn't because"today is Arm day"HH

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) January 10, 2016

Luckily, it looks like nobody actually won Saturday night’s drawing, which means that the jackpot may rise to an obnoxious $1.3 billion just in time for the next drawing set to take place on Wednesday January 13. This also means that people just like you—and Kim Kardashian—have a second chance at winning a life full of excess, luxury, and never hearing the word “no.” You know, just like, uh…

Who got power ball tickets???

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) January 10, 2016

Good luck out there!

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