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Americans woke up to the surprising outcome of the “Brexit” vote, resulting in the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw membership from the European Union. The people of Britain voted in a referendum in which they had to decide between remaining in the EU or leaving. The country was deeply divided about the decision, but the secessionists won by less than a 3% margin.

Celebs from U.K’s own J.K Rowling to Lindsay Lohan took to social media to share how they felt about the historic decision:

Lindsay Lohan tweeted and deleted, ” good luck with the pound.. will take you about 15 years to get it back up #REMAIN instead. BE POSITIVE .. IGNORE THE 200,000 MARGIN #REMAIN.”

Some people are happy about the Brexit results. Elizabeth Hurely rejoiced, tweeting:

Of course, Piers Morgan chimed in:

Referencing the fact that one in four young voters were set to vote to remain in the E.U., James Corden tweeted:

Lily Allen wrote:

Boy George seems to be handling the news pretty well:

Ellie Goulding chimed in:

PHOTOCREDIT: Twitter 

#BREXIT: Celebs React to U.K.’s Decision to Leave European Union  was originally published on globalgrind.com