came yesterday and with it a flood of expertly filtered Instagram posts showing celebrities and their offspring (or, in John Legend’s case, partners) doing cute things like biking (Mark Ruffalo), horsing around outside of IHOP (Kaia Gerber) and fist bumping over a table of Italian delicacies (Gigi Hadid). Then there were those like Madonna and Caitlyn Jenner, who reminded their followers that family structures are complex things. But it’s Rashida Jones and Lena Dunham’s posts that truly had us on the verge of tears. Under a nostalgic picture of her dad (Quincy Delight Jones, Jr.), Jones penned a tribute to the innocent black men who’ve fallen victim to police brutality and, unlike her dad, will not get to see their children grow up. Dunham shared a blurry iPhone snap of her father Carroll Dunham watching over her in the ER and let everyone know that it was he who nursed her back to health after her recent endometriosis flare-up.
Unfortunately, Beyoncé did not surface to publicly thank Jay Z, father to her three(!) children (two girls, one boy).
Don’t worry, Queen Bey will be back in action soon enough. In the meantime, scroll down to see how your (other) favorite celebs fêted Father’s Day.
Bella Hadid
Gigi Hadid
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Kim Kardashian
Happy Fathers Day! Thank you for being such a good dad to our babies!
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Michelle Obama
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Kaia Gerber
never too big. happy father’s day
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Cindy Crawford
One more from my wedding day — with my dad! Happy Father’s Day!
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Mark Ruffalo
Happy #FathersDay to all my fellow father figures around the world. Grateful.
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Caitlyn Jenner
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Rashida Jones
Olivia Wilde
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Chrissy Teigen
Successfully surprised John with a secret trip to see him in Boston 🙂 gift level 10/10
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Yara Shahidi
Victoria Beckham
The best daddy in the world!!! We all love u so,so much X kisses from us all x
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Emily Ratajkowski
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Amy Schumer
Happy Father’s Day to this morally bankrupt degenerate who I can’t help but love so much.
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Madonna
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Lena Dunham
Justin Timberlake
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