Beyonce covers the September issue of InStyle Magazine, probably just to promote her album, 4, because Beyonce has literally covered every fashion magazine to promote this album. Maybe she should have spent less time posing and more time in the studio? Maybe she should have spent less time tweaking and more time writing hits? I’m just sayin’. Her latest music video has been described using the words “tweaked, David’s Bridal and tacky.” And that’s just the visual – the song sucks too.
Anyway, back to InStyle and Bey. Guess what she’s resorted to discussing to promote this album? BABIES! Beyonce and Jennifer Aniston are more alike then you think. Both feel the need to pay lip-service to “traditional” values, when really I think their lives are nothing like that. Aniston loves her tequila and likes getting laid (by the douchiest hipster she can find) and Beyonce just likes to WORK. She doesn’t have time to do anything but work her ass off – as is her right, but I wish she would stop talking about babies whenever she’s about to go on tour for two years straight.
On sacrifice: “I sacrificed so much as a kid and as a teenager,” she says. “I have no regrets because my job kept me focused. When you’re young—18 or 19—you have the energy and drive. That’s the time to work as hard as you can. Now I’m a woman, and because I gave it my all, I can focus on my marriage. I can decide I want to have kids. I can be the mother I want to be and dedicate myself to my children. I want to make my job a part of my lifestyle so that I always enjoy what I’m doing.”
On why she slowed down her career: “It was difficult. I had to turn down great things, but I did it for my sanity, my life, my relationships, my nephew, my husband, my sister, and my friendships. I deserved to give myself time to focus on things besides performing, filming, and recording.”
On downtime: “In my free time I prefer to do nothing but sit on the couch and watch TV,” she says. “I have to confess that my guilty pleasure is Jersey Shore.”
She has girlfriends: “I am a girl’s girl. Women who don’t have female friends scare me. I love my friends, and I love sitting with them and listening to their stories.”
On a surprising fact about her: “You might be surprised to know that the last thing I want to hear at a club is one of my own songs. I get so uncomfortable. It’s that awkward moment when you know that everyone is watching you to see if you’re gonna bust a move to your own song.”
What’s the current over-under on Beyonce and Jay-Z splitting up in the next year or so? I do get feelings about some couples, but I’m sometimes wrong. Beyonce’s BFF Gwyneth Paltrow has managed to hang on to Chris Martin for years longer than I thought she would, so obviously, my gossip sixth sense needs some fine-tuning. I wonder if Beyonce asks Gwyneth for marriage advice? Would you?
Here’s the behind-the-scenes video of Beyonce’s InStyle photo shoot:
Photos courtesy of InStyle.
I never been a big fan of Beyonce, It’s something about her that seems a bit false or she’s not that genuine. I feel she says one thing about something than in her image or music she goes a different way. Not just that but I’m not a big fan of her music foremost. Just not my style. IDK
I dont think even babies can make Beyonce relevant again.
Ugh..so sick of her, her stupid music and her trashy fashion
Ill make sure I tear the cover of the magazine when I get it in the mail
Her marriage has lasted much longer than I thought it would. I don’t want children and I have no problem expressing that. Some people are breeders and some are not. I think we would all breathe a collective sigh of relief if she would just admit it. I don’t know why women are afraid to admit that they don’t want kids.
geeeez haters! I will take Beyonce’s brand of mass media over Katy Perry, Lady Gaga or Taylor Swift. At the very least she is talented singer who is also a great performer.
Can we just ban the word “breeders” on this site? Just this once? I dont want kids either, but jeez, to each their own…
Many interviews from her saying a man will ask you to marry you if he chooses. Then all that cheating and waiting and letting him decide yay or nay later she does the big demanding anthem sounding “Single Ladies: Put a Ring on It” telling women to demand the ring. As if that’s how it went down.
She should pace herself like Dolly Parton or Tina Turner. Never grow tired of them, but they come across as being from somewhere and authentic. Can’t buy authentic and its got forever magic staying power.
Way to over it do it, Dhavy. Just open the magazine, read the section you wanna read, then close it and put it away, problem solved, what you do, frame your Instyle Magazines? Jeez.
Anyway, you can’t compare an older woman like Aniston to Beyonce…Aniston’s age group has a lesser success rate of getting pregnant and giving birth to healthy babies. I personally feel Aniston had a crappy childhood with her parents divorce and wants to not really have babies…or IDK.
Beyonce is young and married to the love of her life, she can talk about having babies because she is the age range, she has the husband and she is getting older. Its only natural for Beyonce to talk this way. I think its weird people demand women to get pregnant. Like seriously a woman can’t entertain the idea of having a baby? She can only talk about babies if she actually going to have one? Come on.
A friend of mine did say that Bey’s new album does suck, I hope not but not every thing you do is amazing. Maybe her next album will be awesome.
I agree with #1. something about her is just… off.
I really wish she would just say she isn’t going to have kids & shut up. She needs to stop talking to Goop and sit down and talk with Dolly Parton.
Sign on dhavy same tired talking points I defer to a recent poster she sings like a shrieking peacock and has the personality of a toilet bowl; her “music” is generic pop pedestrian drivel, and she’s as programmed and corporate as they come. There is simply nothing interesting about her, and if she didn’t have the money, and the media sucking up to her, she’d still be doing local talent shows. It is baffling that people see her as some sort of queen of music, fashion, class, etc. It ain’t there folks.
I recall a random interview that Beyonce gave after watching the birth of her nephew.
And I believe she decided then, not to have her own.
Or should I say she decided that she would not be the one squeezing it out. She seem to be a little traumatized about it, in general.
With all the screaming and pain.
So I see a surrogate in her future. 🙂
And I don’t blame her one bit.
@Kalluma. That’s fine if you’re not diggin Bey. However, get it right. Single Ladies (Put a ring on it), is about a break up. She’s saying, “if you liked it, then you shoulda put a ring on it.” Cus basically she’s dating other doods. It really is a song about empowerment. The song is not about demanding a ring at all.
Beyonce seems a little too trained. There’s something not particularly genuine and thus when she attempts to come across likeable/down home/I’m just a regular gal it seems forced. As talented and as attractive as she is there is still something about her marriage that screams CONTRACT!! Even though now, she does make reference to her husband in interviews and their candid pap snaps attempt at painting a lovey dovey relationship rather than the strained air of two strangers as pics from a few years ago used to depict them.
She grates. She bugs me in a big fat way, always has, and yet I can’t put my finger on why. Guess I’m just a hater, lol.
Having said that, this woman is all of what – 30 years old? She actually has plenty of time to decide if she wants to have a family or not. I feel just as bad for her or Aniston or any other woman that is constantly asked the question – it’s a no-win situation.
p.s. I second the motion that the word “breeder” be banned from this site. Since when did the desire to have children become a negative connotation?
If that’s what she wants, that’s great – but she shouldn’t feel the need to talk about it with every media outlet, especially if it’s just talking points to keep attention and sell records. She didn’t talk about her relationship at all and kept it private, why not treat the idea of starting a family the same way?
I’ve liked a few of her songs, but I don’t really care for the way she sings. And that new song about girls ruling the world or whatever sounds like a musical disaster.
Geez, at least wait until she’s in her late thirties /early forties before you start claiming she’s not maternal. I didnt have my 1st baby until í was 38,and it was never that I didnt want one. When she’s ready, she will have them.
Exactly Jade. I was 37 with my first and just shy of 40 with my second. Beyonce and JayZ have time still.
Beyonce still seems to be very work obsessed and Jay Z has already talked about wanting to have have kids so I think that will be a real source of contention (if it’s not already) in the next few years if she continues to be a workaholic.
I absolutely loved her song for Haiti, was it Halo? I don’t listen to her music, but her singing that was beautiful.
Well if all the reports of Jay Z screwing around while on tour are accurate maybe she should wait a while before popping one out no?
Yeah, MLN76, there have been a lot of blinds that her and JayZ got the most votes.
Is it just me or is this cover awful! It’s not her her. I hate that dress! Or I hate it on her. I hate the monochromatic browns and blacks and matchy matchy thing Instyle’s got going on with the titling and random stars. Ugh!
“even babies couldn’t make beyonce relevant” — this week her big show sold out in 22 seconds, she’s still relevant. i agree with “love angelina” she’s partnered and 30, it is the normal time for her to be talking babies. what i think is rude is asking a 40 year old lady if she’s gonna have any. it’s too do or die a time frame to be asking women at that age. it’s like, trying to see if a lady is gonna either start crying or bite your face off. i’m “only” 35 and i find it rude when people ask ME. it is nerve wracking enough wanting a kid yourself and knowing your chances are drying up, without people asking you. no man, low fertility, it’s like i’m just waiting for the grown-up mean girl mother of two who is gonna ask me then tell me “yeah , good luck with that.” i just lie and say no, to end the discussion.
but, i dont see why it’s annoying for beyonce to muse …she is at a comfortable “musing about maternity” age. jennifer aniston is NOT. i so dont envy people pondering over her womb. at age 42! ugh! beyonce drives me insane because of snagging other peoples’ songs and credit, and seeming shameless when she gets caught. but whenever i see her in interviews she does seem sweet. she was just bubble-raised and now bubble-lives. but i still find her admirable as a singer and performer.
Put up or shut up, Bey. The chorus of this song has gotten old fast.
You want kids? Fine. You don’t want kids? Fine. You’re on the fence? Fine. Discuss it with your family and friends, not every media forum that asks.
Simple, see?
I hope she doesn’t go on for years like Aniston did about this phantom family she intended to have, which never materialized. She should say what she means and drop the vague responses.
I’ve seen her on Letterman and she is boring, vague and dull beyond belief, not much personality there.
I’m sorry but IMO everytime she performs she’s always shaking her ass and throwing her extentions on people’s face in order to draw attention away from the lack of talent
I saw an episode once of “My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding” and the 8yr olds dressed like call girls on their way to their communions and dancing like strippers were asked where did they learn to move like that and they all say by watching Beyonce….Classic!
The same damn people are on InStyle all the time, her included. Boring.
I think its sad that performers like her and gwyneth keep talking their way on to magazine covers to keep themselves relevant…its the desperation of hanging on to fame that I find revulting. Its soooo narcissistic
I don’t like Beyonce’s singing or acting. I think she’s a beautiful woman.
However, I agree with her about female friends. Nearly all my friends are women, and there’s never been any kind of drama between us. I find that most women who complain about being unable to befriend other women because we’re catty, thrive on drama, jealous, manipulative, neurotic, uptight, needy, and vain *are* all of those things and can only keep male friends because they want in their pants.
I don’t have kids but the term ‘breeder’ is ridiculous. SMH.
I also find Beyonce boring. I wouldn’t say she has no talent, though. She can dance, she has a pleasant singing voice and her songs are catchy. She’s also very beautiful.
I don’t see anything wrong with her discussing plans about starting a family. It’s a universal subject, and something most women will be questioned about, especially the married ladies. There’s no right or wrong answer about having kids. It’s ok if you do and ok if you don’t.
And yeah, breeder is a disgusting word. I’m sure those who chose to remain childless wouldn’t want to be described as barren.
Excuse me Dhavy but if you watched a show a where 8 years olds were shaking around and dressed up like strippers as you and then they say their copying Beyonce…shouldn’t your dislike be directed at their parents for allowing them to view material thats not for their age group. Parents need to be held accountable for their children. You can’t blame everything on TV and their teachers. You gotta step up and be the parents. Don’t base you dislike of Beyonce on a parents lack of concern for what their children view. I don’t think Beyonce is nearly that bad but she can get a lil sexy…after she is a grown woman.
Well while Beyonce sings “I was here….Ive done everything that I wanted….”
The rest of her country (America) is singing “we are crumbling, we are collectively becoming POOR….and we may never be what we wanted to be. And our children will be born in debt and financial SLAVERY”
I hope she enjoys herself “making a difference” in absolutely NOTHING.
sad……so utterly sad
it’s galling that this woman is seen as a role model. someone who crawls across the floor; whose reputation was built on her fat ass — and that she wants a new name for feminism — ‘bootylicious’ makes me want to tear my hair out. .. speaking of which — half of her performance would be lost if those extensions fell out. how dramatic would it look whipping that bald head around… gah. can’t stand her.
@VeneficA Delirium: Do you see the irony in your statement?
“I find that most women who complain about being unable to befriend other women because we’re catty, thrive on drama, jealous, manipulative, neurotic, uptight, needy, and vain *are* all of those things and can only keep male friends because they want in their pants.”
Nope, you’re not judgmental at all! LOL.
CDAN outed them, July 4, as the blind couple where he was dating a french model for 10 years, and if he doesn’t make some commitment to her (not quite sure how that works when he’s famously MARRIED), she’s going to cause a stink.
Oh and to @stephanie- ahahaha good one. That made me laugh
Beyonce is very theatrical. Sexy outfits, long hair flapping around, and fast energetic dancing. She is a great performer and she is an ok singer but there are better singers and dancers out there. I don’t mind her but I can see why the other Destiny’s Child singers got annoyed she was front and center all the time wither dad being her manager. She is def. better hogging the spotlight as a solo performer!
Is it me or is her skin getting whiter and whiter, like Michael Jackson. And blonde hair?
I’ve seen this woman greased up more times than I can count.
Seriously, what’s the deal with all the baby oil?
I’ll admit to being more comfortable around men than women. I still have some female friends, but my sense of humor just seems to go over better with men.
I do have some female friends that love me for me. Bless their hearts!
James Franco back on GH!
Here he is with Kelly Monaco who is getting an E! Reality Show. I’m 27 and I’ve been watching GH since ’97(?) U think reality shows are trashy and this isn’t the way to get ratings!
It’s just a ploy for her to get attention! I’m sure she’s fun but come on just leave GH or not!
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Ok, back to B…I also think she is somewhat “trained” but not because she is not nice just because she is not that smart! I feel mean saying that but maybe the better word is she is unoriginal.
She always seems to take her cues from other women in the industry or her management and family.
As @K.C. said, there was a recent blind item where Jay-Z was outed as having a mistress on the side for the past decade. Could be that Beyonce drags her heels about having a baby because she’s not secure in the marriage, but continues to talk about wanting kids to keep her husband happy.
Then again, Beyonce is still pretty young (29) so she just might not be ready for kids. Her husband is much older and already middle-aged (41) so he’s probably the one who wants children sooner, rather than later. (LOL, if his French girlfriend really wants a commitment from him getting pregnant is probably her best bet.)
She’s basically a corporate business. They’re in it to make as much money as possible within their popularity period because it won’t last forever. I liked her a lot at first, but now….not so much, and I’m tiring of the hype both her and JayZ. She has tons of money coming in from sources other than her songs and videos.
@Stephanie: I never said I wasn’t judgmental. Everyone is judgemental to some degree and I’m not calling those girls on being judgemental. I’m calling them on being hypocrites who think they’re “above” making female friends because they generalize us as doing what they apparently do all the time.
If you think you’re taking the high road on here calling me out for being “judgemental”, you’re mistaken because all entertainment websites are about is basically judging people you don’t know. Nobody on here is any less judgemental than anybody else here…or they wouldn’t be here.
I’ve known enough girls exactly like I referred to in the example. They can’t maintain a functional relationship with anyone because they think they’re superior to other women and treat their relationship with them as competition.
I’m sorry my observation offends you.
Beyonce and Jay-Z are too conceited and self-entitled. There’s nothing down to earth or likeable about her. We see through her scripted “I’m just like you” articles. That’s why her popularity has plummeted. That cover is mega photoshopped too.
I love the dress she wearing on the cover. I want to like beyonce but she doesn’t seem very genuine in interviews. She should just admit shes a workaholic who has no time or interest in being a mom. I don’t see anything wrong with that.
I luv the cover photo. Wonder what this dress looks like in real life….? Problem with these types of sequined sparkly dresses, they often look tacky in person.
She looks gorgeous though. Much more natural looking, thank goodness. Her last few photoshoots were bordering drag queen style.
I like Beyonce, and I think she’s talented. (Granted, she’s over-hyped. But definitely more deserving of her hype than other talentless bimbos who shall not be named)
This is the only website on the internet where I came to learn that some people really CANT STAND her at all. And I still don’t get why.
To each his own, I suppose.
*Btw, she can talk about babies in her interviews, as much as she wants to. Criticize her music, her art, her work… thats our prerogative as consumers. But when u pick on her desire to start a family, that just makes you seem like your looking for any excuse to complain.
Please stop referring to women with children as “breeders”. I am not an animal- I am a mother and there is nothing more difficult than being a parent. It’s not just “breeding”. Shit, my kids are hard work but I love being a mummy. I don’t need that kind of judgment, no mother does. Most if us are trying are best, we don’t need bitchy comments like that from other women. I got nothing against women who choose not to have kids and I don’t refer to them “barren” either.
Venefica, couldn’t agree more. Let’s take a look at the lovely Megan Fox, for example, who admits she doesn’t get on with other women, ascribes that to them being jealous of her, and thinks that female companions are only good for some faux-lesbian shenanigans to make boys look at her.
I too am scared by women who don’t like other women, because they define themselves solely by how much male attention they can get and will trample over any girl they meet just to get a hello from some random guy at a bar. Not healthy, and not very nice people to be around.
@Embertine: Precisely.
I’m nice to everyone but these girls don’t care if you’re nice to them or not because they like that women are “mean” to them because it validates them. I worked with this one girl who was a bitch to everyone who didn’t have a penis and outright *ignored* me any time I’ve tried to treat her kindly. She wouldn’t even talk to me for a year, but oh, she was always pretty cozy with male coworkers. In fact, she’s VERY cozy with appearing afterhours with her boobs hanging out and twirling her hair with the boys.
It was only a few months ago I realized that she’s just one of *those* girls who ignore any kindness by many women, actively seek any kind of negative response from other women to thrive upon and masturbate their egos, and flirt with anything within a mile radius that has a dick. When she finally admitted that she hated being around other girls, I just stopped being friendly. I was civilized, but talked to her the way she wanted me to.
Whether it’s true that someone may be envious of that chick or not, nobody wants to befriend someone who’s constantly complaining that nobody likes them because other people envy them because it makes them seem like a raging narcissist and I agree with you, Embertine, that they are excruciating to have in your company. Completely toxic, but because they’re that delusional, they have no insight on their personalities and will no matter what chalk it up to “jealousy”.
Everything is centered around male attention. For a bunch all too often acquainted of accusing their fellow woman of being duplicitous, they’ll throw just about anyone under a bus if there happens to be a man involved. I’ve witnessed it way too many times, and in most cases, their “guy friends” wouldn’t even piss on them to extinguish them if they were on fire because they only want a piece.
@venefina delirium that was clearly very bad experience you had, but as much as people stereotype various types of people, so are you stereotyping and then tarring everyone with the same brush. Granted there are girls who see other girls as competition for the men eg your office example, Megan Fox, Camille Grammer, but there are other types of women who simply prefer the company of males rather than females. I’d wager you’d be surprised to find that they are not trying to get into men’s pants. It is the same as those men who prefer the company of women and aren”t gay. Personally, whilst i have female friends, i find that i am closer and prefer to hang out with my male friends. And no, sex has never raised it’s ugly head. I can tell you though that i have had to take out their girlfriends when they start dating them to assure them of this fact which to me says more about how social conditioning about girl/boy friendships. As soon as the GFs see that i am not a threat, we get on fine. I can recall only two instances where the new GF were not bothered. And BTW, i grew up in all female households, and schools. Did not have meaningful contct with males until i arrived at university.I find them simpler to deal with than girls.
On why she slowed her career down?? WHEN?? Did I miss something?? Have I been in a coma for 15years?! Because beyonce and career slow down just doesn’t tabulate in my common sense calculator!! Yes ppl keep saying that others should stop worrying about her uterus **which I believe is barren due to the combo of a previous abortion and the birth of her daughter/sister solange** yet ol bleachy is the one ALWAYS bringing up babies and her empty womb whenever she wants that extra attention!! Man she plays folk like a fiddle…this chick should worry less about fame power and fortune and focu on a decent moisturized lacefront not in the honey colored family that doesn’t reveal her overwhelmingly flat rounded wide spread farhead!!! P.s and 29 she is not and never will be again and hasn’t been for over a decade…her lips say 29 going 30 but those laugh lines crows feet and dark circles under her eyes **when she’s not photoshopped within an inch of her life** is screaming scratching and clawing 42!!! #realtalk
I do agree that she is a talented performer, but I just do not like her there is always soemthing that seems false and contrived about her. SHe is like a machine. She should really take a break for a while she is alwys out there and “on”.
Ok I see some folk here really believe in there heart of hearts that beybey is 29 **prince sideeye** ooooooookaaaaay ill humor yall!! **HA!** let’s say beyonce giselle knowles carter is………………………is………………29 **sigh** ok yea a normal 29yr old woman **sigh** would generally have some time left and of course women in there 30’s and 40’s bear children…but that’s just for the woman! Have yall forgot that jayz has one foot in the social security line??!! With both men and women the older u get the harder it may be to concieve…I also don’t believe jayz is 40 he’s taken notes 4rm his **cough** 29yr old wife I see!! Realistically these two are practically senior citizens!! Beyonce has a good 10yrs **and I’m being generous** before menopause kicks in!! COME ONNNNNN!!!! This is too hilarious! I can’t with this grandma and grandpa of hip hop delusionaly thinking they have all the time in the world to have a baby let alone babies!!! Only way beyjay will have kids now is if the angel of God comes to them in the form of a man and proclaims the birth of there 1st born son and commands them to name his Isaac!! #Abraham&Sarah
This chick is not 29. And a lot of you say you see something off about her.. Its the fact that she sold her soul. She’s nothing but a robot. Well packaged and marketed. She’s garbage. Talent my ass.
Sometimes women esp. in her field, think they have all the time in the world for a career then look up and it’s later than they think esp. with Jay already being over 40. She wants kids, but doesn’t want to slow her career AND wonders if kids will end her career since people won’t look at her the same. Right now her nephew is probably all the kid she can handle. In all, it’s nobody’s business. I think she’s just keeping the rumor mill going to keep folks interested since I hear her cd is wack.
Folks humor me when they question Bey’s age. If Bey is much older, then I guess Solange is much older too. I have seen family portraits of the Knowles family in what was clearly the early 1990s. They definitely looked like they were in elementary school. I don’t understand the rage that folks exhibit whenever Bey’s name is mentioned in conversation. Although Bey’s music is not my taste, it doesn’t kill me to admit has a beautiful voice and can dance her butt off.
I want to address the judgmental people who think women without female friends are “narcissists” who only want attention from men and can’t have normal friendships. What about that statement isn’t bitchy? Some women are extremely catty…for those of you who’ve had a different experience, wonderful, but obviously the term “mean girls” is there for a reason. Oh, and reacting by saying “Oh, so you think you’re taking the higher ground, blah blah” yet another catty statement. You’re just proving the theory to be correct.
And to address the comment about “breeders” yes it’s an ugly word, but so is the assumption that childless women get all the time that there’s something wrong with them or, better yet, they’re “less of a woman” if they choose not to have children.
And who cares about whether or not Beyonce is old, young, fertile, infertile, will have kids, will not have kids, etc….