Here are some new photos that Beyonce just added to her Tumblr. She’s reorganized her Tumblr so you can now see photos and videos from her Mrs. Carter Tour too. Some of the pics that she’s put in the “My Life” area are from her trip to Cuba with Jay-Z last month, the same trip that caused all of that controversy. I like the photos of Beyonce and Jay-Z posing together, just because we rarely get to see those coupled-up, tourist-y photos.
As for Beyonce and her Bump of Secrets, yesterday we discussed whether or not Beyonce was trying to shut down speculation about her womb in the wake of two major media outlets (E! News and Page Six) claiming that she is definitely maybe pregnant. Now comes word that Jay-Z is trying to shut it down:
Babyoncé confusion reigns! On Friday, E! News reported that Beyoncé and Jay-Z were expecting their second child citing multiple trustworthy sources. The report appeared to confirm rumors that had been building in the less-confirmation-dependent zone of the Internet ever since Queen B wore a dress cinched high above her waist at a New York gala earlier this month. The speculation accelerated when Mrs. Knowles-Carter canceled a May 14 show in Belgium citing dehydration and exhaustion.
The only problem: According to Hot 97, Jay-Z has denied reports that he and Beyoncé are expecting a second child. The New York radio station reported this morning that Jay, responding to a congratulatory e-mail, wrote back: “It’s not true. The news is worse than blogs.” Blue Ivy’s sibling might not be on the way just yet, after all.
Still due to be born soon, though, as far as we know, is Beyoncé’s forthcoming album. She has performed new song “Grown Woman” live and offered peek after peek. But her reps have gone to bizarre lengths to control photographs of the singer, a situation that prompted Garbage’s Shirley Manson to launch some on-the-money criticisms.
Look, Beyoncé has only tweeted four times and she has more than 8 million followers — almost as many as MTV, CNN, and The New York Times. She and Jay-Z are entitled to their privacy, of course. But they’re bigger than “the news,” and it’s disingenuous for them to pretend otherwise.
I agree with Spin. And here’s what I don’t understand about Beyonce’s locked-down, compulsive, 24-hour-archivist shenanigans – why not just issue a straight denial? It wouldn’t even have to come from Beyonce’s mouth, although Spin is right, Beyonce could just tweet three simple words: “I’m not pregnant.” But why not get her rep to issue a specific denial to People Magazine? That’s what I don’t understand. Beyonce lost her ability to claim “privacy” for these questions a while back, when she gave interview after interview about her pregnancy and what childbirth was like and all of that.
Photos courtesy of Beyonce’s Tumblr.
but is the surrogate pregnant?
that was my thought exactly
According to Blind Gossip and Lainey, she is.
Lainey has not said anything about Beyonce being pregnant.
I don’t believe she is pregnant. However, the Blind Item writers are claiming that she is and allegedly a couple of blind items have been solved by the confirmation that she is pregnant.
Why doesnt every celeb deny every rumor written about them on every blog or gossip site? If you want Beyonce to deny every rumor than that should apply to every celeb featured on this gossip site.There are pregnancy rumors about Beyonce monthly.
uh-oh, there we go again 😛
She isn’t even officially pregnant and I’m already sick of all this baby talk.
Side-note, cuba photos look great!
Agreed, those are great Cuba pictures. It’s interesting to see her as a “regular” person. And I love her hairstyles in those pictures.
her braids are gorgeous!
it’s ridiculous to scream privacy when you are constantly posting pictures and hyping a documentary, to give fans a look about your life.
I’d love to comment but I’m SO busy getting a life….
Lol! Me too.
She looks like Medusa with those braids.
I was thinking she looks like she’s got one of those braided coffee cakes on her big ole head. lol
It’s amazing how disliked she has become. All of her PR moves have backfired. I’m over her
What amazes me is that apparently their (Bey&J) egos are so huge, nobody on their team even dares to tell them how they have been damaging the brand lately.
She has lost all my love when her security team wouldnt allow any other patients to receive visitors at the hospital wing where she was delivering. I am pretty sure the Queen of England isnt as much of a narcissist or a diva.
If I recall correctly (and this has stuck in my mind because it was so awful), even the patients weren’t at times allowed to get to their babies in the nursery because of Beyonce’s security team.
@Ag –
I think you might be right. I was living 3 blocks away at that time, and the whole neighborhood was enraged.
Which is why so many suspect it was the surrogate giving birth, not Beyoncé. Why have that much security and secrecy because a some singer is having a baby? And you’re right, when the Queen was in the hospital a few months ago with the flu, she had a private room with security, but hospital staff and families went about their business as usual.
Me too.
I bought something at H&M the other day and they tried to give me a bag with Beyonce on it. I said “dont your have the any of the H&M bags??? She said no, so I shoved the top in my purse without a bag. I refused to carry a bag with her face on it.
Just like when I found out Rachel Roy ( my wardrobe is filled with her mostly all of her lines) was hanging out with the Kartrashians, I stop buying her clothes.
I have my principals.
Do you all think this PR-disaster has to do with Beyonce firing her father as manager?
He was strict and adamant, but he kept her ego and craziness under wraps.
Holy crap at the cars in Cuba! It’s like a time warp!
They are so right…everyone needs to get a life and ignore them…in every single way.
What was Shirley Manson’s shade??
Even if she does turn out to be pregnant (or the surrogate) I’m over it already. Best of luck to her on whatever but this is already obnoxious and boring. She really isn’t interesting enough to tease this rumour along (to me at least).
I was going to suggest that it’s good publicity but I don’t see how her ‘low life’ comment (or just not nipping this crap in the bud) is going to sell albums or tickets. Don’t get it really.
The Cuba pictures are cute though.
Queen Bey’s reign is coming to an end; hopefully.
It is kind of annoying that these two can visit Cuba, but my daughter, who is half Cuban, can’t. What makes them so special? Maybe they should have kept their visit private.
the fact that Bey had her little rant and now a day or two later Jay Z adds his 2 cents worth which of course gives it even more attention shows what hypocrites these two are. Just release a statement saying no baby how hard it that to do? But no they are both playing these stupid games and seem unaware that most people are so over both of them.
Those braids look stupid who does that to their hair to go on vacation?
@DanaG Many black women wear their hair im braids during vacation. They are easy to manage and protects our hair. If you take a look at my pictures from childhood until now, you will see that almost every
woman in my family and most of my friends wore braids during vacay. Also, my instagram timeline is filled
with pics of women with braids for vacay and just as an every day style.
I think they’re beautiful.
Same here. Never wear my hair in braids unless I’m going on vacation. I don’t have time to be doing my hair when I’m off work–I’m having fun!
You do realise that braids are very common in many African countries? In my country its almost like the official hairdo. For you to describe her hair as stupid is curious.
Black women, DanaG.
I love her hair in braids. I think she looks gorgeous like that. When she wears her hair straight, she seems to lose something. I think the braids give her confidence — or maybe they just feel better on her head, I dunno.
As for on vacation… huh? Women do all sorts of different things with their hair on vacation depending on where they’re going and what they’re doing and how much they like to mess with their hair generally.
Very true. We teachers in Australia can always tell when girls and mums (and a couple of boys) have been on holidays, be it to Fiji, Bali or a Pacific cruise….they come back to school with braids. And I must say, the white kids and mums look…well….really stupid. I think braids suit this mediocre singer, though, but I still can’t stand her or her husband.
My neck hurts just from looking at all that hair piled on top of her head.
+1
She should’ve kept the box braids. Looks so much better that the blonde lacefronts. Why are people on Beyonce’s case about being pregnant? She and Jay Z never publicly respond to gossip.
Until now.
They don’t get any good publicity anymore, everything a backlash, there is no repairing of their brand
Personally, I could care less about whether she’s pregnant or not; however, I can understand her waffling, in terms of confirming it. After all, she did have a miscarriage and she’s likely waiting until she reached a point where the pregnancy will be viable. Plus, she is on tour and who knows how the promoters roll. She could get sued if she doesn’t fulfill her contract.
She didnt really wait to announce during her “pregnancy” with Blue.
Beyonce is very familiar with being sued because she fail to fulfill a contract. That video game lawsuit anyone?
Could “the news is worse than blogs” means a miscarriage?
My thoughts exactly. Second MC – or a threatened miscarriage, which is why they are neither confirming or denying the reports. Bey could be bleeding, but they just don’t know yet. And it’s painful and scary to talk about. Especially during. 🙁
Oh please, she’s gyrating and grunting on stage in Europe. She’s not having a miscarriage.
They’re so boring.
Is it too much to ask that these two get lost at sea or something?
She did not reorganize anything. They threw their hissy fits, so now she is posting the pictures from the controversial cuba trip just to stir the pot again. Go back to Cuba B & J.
Why them?
I’m not a fan of their music, but there’s worse out there. They’re famous for legitimate reasons. The don’t drive drunk. Neither of them has attempted murder. They aren’t druggies.
Beyone’s picture stuff was totally ridiculous, but I figure at her level of fame and money, you’ve gotta be totally ridiculous on some level to keep going. And she is a legit star with actual talent.
While it pains me to defend Beyonce. whom I find irritating and overrated, the contents of a woman’s uterus, ESPECIALLY in (possible) early pregnancy, are no one else’s business. There’s a reason women wait til after the 1st trimester to reveal the news; people should respect that.
That being said, I still think she faked the first pregnancy and a surrogate carried her daughter. Which there’s nothing wrong with surrogacy, of course.
I think the public’s obsession with them and every move they make is kind of sick. They are not the best and most charitable celebs ever, but they certainly are not the worst. I neither love nor hate them. I really don’t see what the big problem. She can choose how she wears her hair, where she goes for vacay, and whether she wants to have a baby. Just like any other celeb. She also doesn’t owe us an explanation.
This! The same people who complain about them are always commenting on their stories. It always shocks me how invested people are in the lives of people they’ve never met.
And it shocks me that every time someone makes a negative comment about someone with a large fan base, a comment then follows about them being too “invested”, when the comment is invariably from a fan. Who’s more invested? Someone who doesn’t like them or fans?
What I find insulting is the “worse than blogs” comment. That’s us, people!
@Bluehare : well, “the news is worse than blogs” means that the blogs are better than the news, so there is nothing to feel insulted about.
Also, I suspect what he really means is the reality of what we are living (miscarriage?) is worse than what is printed in the blogs (pregnancy)
dap: Thanks. I stand corrected re blogs.
Not sure I buy what their reality is, though.
Why do they get to go to Cuba? Because they are celebs? Even Cubans can’t visit. What a bunch of BS.
No, they are worse than the blogs; at least the blogs are interesting – vanity, greed, and narcissism are repulsive. Their recent behavior shows how tone deaf, conceited, and how wrapped up they are in their own little world; What do the Obama’s see in these clowns?
I disagree that Beyonce/JayZ or ANY couple lose any claim to be private about *alleged* kid #2 just because they did interviews after kid #1 was born. Just because you do something one time doesn’t mean you have to do it again. It would be like saying that because you had a one-night stand with a guy, you’re then after obligated to f&ck him whenever he wants.
Let’s not act like Beyonce is a Kardashian selling every part of her personal life to the media and calling the paps when she’s taking a dump. She’s notoriously protective of her private life and controlling of her public image. She likely only went on the first media blitz to quell the uterus speculation then.
Their lack of experience with handling unexpected bad press shows in the way they’ve bumbled this one. I would say that they should bring on Kris Jenner to damage control, but my money says that she’s E’s “source” for the pregnancy confirmation, perfectly timed to bury the Kangay one.
Why has no one said the obvious, Beyonce controls everything about her life, including starting speculation to get everyone talking. This rumor has had everyone talking and mentioning her tour for two weeks. No paid advertising, just gossip and mentions which surey keeps her name and the tour in the press. And nothing like adding a “sick day” to make sure everyone pays close attention when you do return, later the same week. Smart girl.
word.
and we are just waiting for every word and BORING tumbler or instagram pics….it’s boring now.
You’re a complete cynic, Sybella. I like that.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
She’s pregnant, the surrogate is pregnant she’ll claim to have twins. I need more coffee blah blah blah…
I’m starting to wonder if she had a miscarriage. “I’m not pregnant” would be incredibly hard to say under those circumstances, I’d think.
She loves nothing more than being talked about. Her nightmare is when it all stops, and it will. 😱
I honestly wouldn’t put it past bey to abort her fetus, claim to be pregnant, strap the pillow on and pretend a child birth.
That’s how low I think of her
I think you are nuts. That’s how low I think of you
Kim – you asshole. So mean.
Kim – you a$$hole.. So mean.
E! News is being really obnoxious about the Beyonce pregnancy story. I don’t watch E! because it is Kardashian central now, but my friend told me they have been talking about Beyonce being pregnant every night. They never use the words supposed or alleged, they just keep saying she is definitely pregnant. They asked everyone they could at the premiere of the Epic movie about it and are tweeting about it constantly. I don’t even know if Beyonce has anything to do with it, maybe it truly is to deflect the “Kanye is gay” story. I do feel that Beyonce doesn’t owe anyone a confirmation. If there is a baby on the way (with Beyonce or a surrogate carrying) we will find out inevitably!
If you believe blindgossip.com, it is because they are trying to bury the Kanye is gay story that was in the tabloids last week. They have to protect the Kash Kows.
Eh. I just realised since celebs like B share their photos on Tumblr and Instagram so publicly, can blogs like this just use them or they still buy/ask for permission from the celebs?
I feel like I somehow missed the Beyonce/Jay-Z boat. Like one day they became self-appointed icons and I don’t really know why. Beyonce clearly works hard and puts on a fabulous show, but in her music actually that good? Like her Pepsi commercial with her supposed iconic looks – would anyone actually call Bootylicious iconic? Really? The woman has had hit songs, but so many of them are generic pop music. I just don’t get how she made the leap from successful pop singer to SUPERSTAR. And Jay-Z isn’t even the best rapper of his generation.
I would like these braids on Beyonce if I felt she hadn’t swagger-jacked her sister. Solange did the braids AND clothing way before Bey. In regards to pregnancy, on one hand I do understand that this type of story is not news to be “broken” per se; this is news that should be “announced” by the expectant parents when they’re ready. I would be so upset if the press took that away from me and my husband. I do, however, disagree with their approach. Any celebrity that invites fans into their personal lives by having their own blog and posting intimate snaps doesn’t have the right to complain about privacy. When it comes to celebs’ personal pictures and other info, social media is like opening up the floodgates. Once you set up and use those accounts, invasion of privacy comes pouring in. It’s not a spout to turn on and off. When people get a taste, they’ll want more.
Beyonce was wearing braids during the Destiny’s Child days when Solange was still a kid
Well, damn, stop drawing attention to yourselves! You both are totally responsible for this invation of your privacy.