By Samantha Murphy For Mashable
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Note: Actor Steve Carrell just joined Twitter earlier this week. His Snooki comment has since been removed.
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If we’ve learned anything from the record number of tweets sent surrounding Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement last September, it’s that social media users love baby news.
E! News reported earlier this week that Jersey Shore cast member Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, 24, is expecting a child with her boyfriend Jionni, despite denying it to various media outlets last month.
You may argue that no one cares about the personal life of Snooki; search trends suggest otherwise. Not only did the pregnancy rumors start trending on Twitter — with hashtags such as #mamasnooks — it also dominated Google search trends. “Snooki pregnant” made the top 10 most-searched list.
Although Snooki is usually active on Twitter, she hasn’t tweeted much since the E! report — and has yet to address it. However, actors Steve Carrell and Zach Braff shared their reactions via the site.
“I hope Snooki doesn’t have problems delivering her baby. She’d hate to hear the doctor say, “we have a little Situation here,” @SteveCarell tweeted.
Carrell’s tweet has since been removed without explanation.
Some users on Twitter said that Snooki’s alleged due date is December 21, 2012 — coincidentally, the last day of the Mayan calendar. But since some reports indicate that she is already a few months pregnant, this seems unlikely.
Although Twitter hasn’t released numbers yet regarding the number of tweets surrounding the rumors, the site has said that Beyonce’s baby news announcement at the 2011 MTV Music Video Awards received more mentions for each second than the Women’s World Cup, Japan’s New Year and Osama bin Laden’s death.
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