Breaking: Beyonce has a new hairstyle! You can see the photos here. Super-long braids. Discuss.
Meanwhile, we’re still talking about Solange’s violent attack on Jay-Z and how the veil was subsequently lifted on Beyonce and Jay-Z’s marriage. Everyone was asking: Just why did Solange go crazy on him? Theories were floated about rumored infidelities, love children, what have you. Radar did a slideshow about Beyonce and Jay-Z’s “30 Most Shocking Secrets & Scandals.” And now, this week, only one tabloid was brave enough to incur the wrath of The Beygency and claim that there are significant problems in their marriage:
Huddled close together and smiling happily for the camera, Beyoncé, Jay Z and Solange appeared picture perfect as they posed alongside the girls’ mother, Tina Knowles, for a family snapshot on May 17. But the photo, posted to Beyoncé’s website, has done little to squash the tension felt by the family in the aftermath of Solange’s brutal and explosive attack on her sister’s husband at a Met Gala after party less than two weeks ago.
In fact, those closest to the Knowles sisters believe the pictures are all part of the elaborate cover up being put in place to hide the truth — that Beyoncé and Jay Z are heading towards one of the biggest and ugliest divorces in celebrity history.
“Beyoncé is extremely careful about her image, and everything she does is thought out and planned,” a family insider reveals in this week’s issue of Life & Style, on stands now. “She is obsessed with them appearing as the perfect family.”
But the reality is very different. With rumors of cheating, violent fights, name-calling and extreme jealousy, the couple are now struggling to maintain their fairytale facade.
“It’s been really rocky for them,” says the insider. “There is trouble in paradise. Divorce is inevitable — and Beyoncé’s only option.”
But with a joint fortune estimated at over $900 million, and 2-year-old daughter Blue Ivy caught in the middle, the separation of the power couple is likely to get very messy.
Am I the only one wondering if Bey and Jay are really worth $900 million? I have no doubt that their combined assets are significant, for sure, but $900 million? Maybe $500 million. But that’s just splitting 1% hairs, I guess. It’s all crazy-money. Anyway, I tend to think that Bey and Jay will be together forever. I’m not saying they’ll stay together out of love or anything, I just think they love being married to each other, they love what the other brings to the table, all of that. But maybe I’m wrong. God knows.
Meanwhile, Us Weekly has a “confirmed” list of everyone who will be in attendance at the Kimye Wedding, and Jay’s on the list. Beyonce is not. But Rachel Roy is. This should get interesting.
Photos courtesy of Bey’s Tumblr, cover courtesy of L&S.
I do not for ONE quick minute believe that they’ll break up the “brand”. WAY too much money and recognition involved. Nope.
But imagine how happy Gwyneth would be! They could open a new brand together! 😉
Me neither, as I’ve written Beyonce without him as a single singer wouldn’t have lasted, J.Z needs her to confirm his settled, quiete respecable family-man image.
I agree, I think they’re both too professionally and financially invested to break up. They were way too over eager with the happy photos and all that, the image and brand is too important to them.
I don’t think it’s all about image and brand, at least not on Beyonce’s part. She can do much better than Jay Z. I always had the feeling that she loves him more than he loves her
that’s funny to me Ashley because, and I don’t know why, I really get the feeling that Bey is not into men and Jay’s bearding for her because together they are a big deal brand
The Try-Hard is strong with their Instagram picture.
hmmm. nah. they make too much money with the brand. isn’t b a lesbian anyway? why would she care.
also, we don’t know how much they’re actually in love. if this is straight business, it doesn’t matter if he cheats. she may cheat too.
Beyonce a lesbian?! Where do you get that from? I can’t keep up with the ridiculous rumors about famous people these days
i actually read it all the time. some sites claim everybody in hollyweird is gay or at least bi.
rather funny actually.
I feel every other month they are divorcing and she’s pregnant
no, no, no…that’s Jolie/Pitt and Aniston, respectively. 😉
(now, go ahead and throw some BALLS at me.)
BALLS!!
Thanks, TOK, I needed that. I’d blow you a kiss but Lohan ruined that for everyone.
MORE BALLS!
“In fact, those closest to the Knowles sisters believe the pictures are all part of the elaborate cover up being put in place to hide the truth”
I’m not really close with the Knowles sisters, but this is elaborately obvious.
My theory is they will have at least one more child. Then in a few years when she turns 40ish she will gather herself and divorce him. She’ll probably end up dating another mogul and he’ll hook up with random young models Russell Simmons style.
I can’t see either of them with anyone else tbh, they’re such a power couple.
+1. I think they’re in it to win it.
Me too.
But I’ve learnt that every time a celebrity couple gushes about how much love they have for each other and start parading their love around it’s time for the divorce papers.
Heidi Klum and Seal, Goop and Chris Martin, Paula Patton and Robin Thicke, Khloé Kardashian and Lamar.. they couldn’t shut up about it!!!
That’s why when i saw beyoncè and JayZ performing together at every event being so very feely-touchy I thought something was up. Beyoncè can’t stop talking of how sexi and sexual she is and what an amazing sexual life she has.
They were always so private and they almost avoided each other in public and now they’re grabbing each other ass and kissing on stage?
That is fishy.
Damn. You make a good point, Paola.
You forgot Keith and Nicole. Too much affection talk lately.
I don’t know, they’ve been like this for a while… Bonnie & Clyde 03, then Beyoncé singing “Ego” about Jay, then the whole 4 album, etc… they’ve been slowly but surely pushing their relationship into the public eye.
That being said, I don’t think they’ll divorce… there’s too much power in it for both of them, I really can’t imagine Beyoncé with anyone else – who has more power than Jay-Z in the music industry?
Who knows though, we all thought Will and Jada would be over by now too…
Diddy. Diddy has more power. What didn’t Diddy do?
I think after the elevator fight, Beyonce almost has to attend the wedding with him or it will just create more stories, which I’m sure has pissed her off. No way in hell does she want to be second-fiddle to Kim and Kanye.
I think at this point it doesn´t matter what they do, it will look conspiratorial no matter what.
I read a blind item about how their marriage is only a business arrangement and that Bey will only attend the wedding, if she gets paid for doing so.
Did u see her new braids???? No way in hell would she be going to Kim’s wedding with those in and she just got them done. Makes me think she is not going.
The minute I saw those braids I knew she was keeping her ass at home.
On the other hand, how exceptional would it be if she went with those braids? “I’ll show you a Pinocchio butt and raise you a new hairdo with a PR agent of its own!!”
I thought she had them done just to piss Kim off!
Lmao!! PR agent of its own!!! I would love it if she pulled this off!
Well if it’s from Life & Style it must be true…rme.
David and Victoria stayed together for their brand and I don’t shade them so I won’t shade Bey and Jay if that’s why they stay together too.
And what is with people thinking that Rachel and Jay have a thing going on ?? I get that most folks here don’t care about hip-hop gossip but they go back to when Jay and Damon Dash were business partners. Rachel and Kim have been friends for years. Kim only started (barely) hanging with Beyonce when she got with Kanye. It’s really not as juicy as some of you want it to be.
And hold up ‘Meanwhile, we’re still talking about Solange’s violent attack on Jay-Z and how the veil was subsequently lifted on Beyonce and Jay-Z’s marriage.’ …
So Solange attacks Jay and that means something is wrong in Beyonce and Jay’s marriage? I get that we’re all really desperate for Beyonce to fail because we hate her but this is pretty stale. The fight between Solange and Jay could strictly be about the two of them, I don’t get why it’s supposed to mean something about Beyonce and Jay’s marriage. We need to go back to the drawing board ladies.
As long as they continue to rake in the dough from their brand, they’ll stay married. Their marriage is a business venture, it ain’t tru luv.
Not believing Life and Style. If People had reported it, there would be truth behind it.
Have we talked here yet about B having her IV tattoo removed from her ring finger? Any ideas about that? And she’s been seen wearing other rings on that finger since having the tattoo removed, but not her wedding rings… trolling or real issues?
I’ve heard rumors about Jay-Z hitting her and sleeping around with other women (and I heard Beyonce was doing the same too…), so I wouldn’t blame Beyonce if she broke up with Jay. But the question is will it happen? Is she willing to deal with the tribulations in her marriage forever for the sake of their brand? I know some people think it won’t happen because Beyonce is very image conscious, but she’s still human and sometimes you reach to a point where enough is enough. If they do break up, it’ll be one of the biggest celebrity scandals of all time and I will definitely be obsessing over it for a long time LOL.
I think it’s pretty obvious that they have drama in their relationship. I was really shocked to hear the lyrics for Bey’s “Drunk in Love” referencing an Ike and Tina like relationship between them:
Stumbled all in the house time to back up all of that mouth
That you had all in the car, talking ’bout you the baddest bitch thus far
Talking ’bout you be repping that third, I wanna see all the shit that I heard
Know I sling Clint Eastwood, hope you can handle this curve
Foreplay in the foyer, fucked up my Warhol
Slip the panties right to the side
Ain’t got the time to take draws off, on site
Catch a charge I might, beat the box up like Mike
In ’97 I bite, I’m Ike, Turner, turn up
Baby no I don’t play, now eat the cake, Anna Mae
Said, “Eat the cake, Anna Mae!”
Here is a great summary of what that line references:
For those of you who, unlike me, are not obsessed with Tina Turner and did not watch the film of her life story – What’s Love Got To Do With It – almost 100 times, this line is from that film. Tina Turner, real name Anna Mae Bullock, has just released her own music single and two kids come up to her at a diner asking for her autograph. Not her husband Ike’s. Ike is jealous. He tells her to “eat the cake” so they can celebrate her new and independent success. She doesn’t want any. He says “Eat the cake, Anna Mae” and when she refuses, he stands up, shoves it in her mouth and across her face. Her friend and backing vocalist tries to stop him. Ike threatens her, beats her and she runs away shouting to Tina Turner, “You are dead if you stay with him.”
It’s one of the most humiliating scenes in a film that charts the continuous rape and beating by a jealous and violent husband of his wife; a wife who goes on to become one of the biggest music icons, rock’n’roll icons, female icons, black female icons, and icons of recovery from domestic abuse, of the 20 century.
Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/beyonce-drunk-love-jay-zs-2939249
that is impressive and thought provoking.
BUT
do you really believe Beyoncé would put into a song truth about a supposed violent, abusive marriage she and jayz have?
come on.
her every move and word are choreographed, scrutized and signed off.
those lyrics are playing us to keep her forefront in the conversation…part of the brand.
I doubt it’s a plea for help…
Did Beyonce or JayZ clarify on those lyrics? I can’t believe it wasn’t a bigger story. Those lyrics are just awful.
I don’t follow her music but I did hear the Drunk in Love song once and I did catch the reference to Ike and Tina. I thought it was weird how everyone was praising this song about her relationship with her husband and how sexual it was when I was left wondering why to me it felt like a violent song. I figured I just “didn’t get it” since I don’t really listen to her music.
I’m not saying it means she is in an abusive relationship. I don’t know. But my gut feel when I first watched the elevator video was that violence was common in this family and Bey’s body language was very strange given that her sister was kicking her husband.
I strongly suspect there is a brand to protect and she is not as strong as she portrays so she will stay in this for awhile and years from now there will be some kind of tell all that will shock and amaze people. This is all speculation on my part and nothing more.
re: Jay’s Rap on drunk in Love
Hold Up ! PROBLEMATIC (and Hypocritical on her part) as that line is (and it is! So I’m not defending that!) These are married people talking about fucking each other and that shit talking some of us do Before sex , especially as in Street/rougher dudes talk about Beating the Pussy Up… So Let’s not conflate rougher side of married sex with Spousal abuse with the caveat that YES that is a horrible line and that at a baseline the fact she’s said repeatedly that Tina is one of her idols is SUPREMELY disrespectful to her
Outside of that I don’t for a minute think these two are faithful to each other nor would they divorce (the money and image that marriage brings them both is amazing) Is like in the Black Community/diaspora alone their story fake or real and their relationship is aspirational as hell Including the fact they found in each other equals in talent, money and the highest echelon in their field so yeeeahh BS
Ugh I hate having to cape for Beyonce cause the view of her here is so ..umm yeah no
@QQ This.
Unfortunate wording and referencing but he’s talking about beating up her pussy people, hitting it like Ike. Beyonce has a muddled vision of feminism at best.
Yup Davy and to your last point i’d love to add that Beyonce might indeed have a moronic view of Feminism but also garden variety Feminists by and large crucify her (especially this last cd and how she spoke to WOC) and choose to skip completely Womanism and intersectionality like, for a woman of color and our experience already, feminism as it stands often doesnt address a shitton of things (i.e. Slut walks and women of color oversexualization, Marriage as a source of economic strenght and upward mobility etc etc etc)
@QQ I think you make some valid points. As I said, I don’t pretend to understand the song. It describes a relationship much different than I have experienced. The idea that people would talk so roughly to each other before sex as a turn on (I’m guessing that is what you are saying) is pretty foreign to me. I’m not saying wrong, just something I don’t understand.
For me, her body language in the elevator video was much more bothersome to me than a song I didn’t understand. But again, this is merely speculation as we often do on this site.
Lucinda, Yeah, different strokes for different folks.. Like i said is also a cultural/subset thing as well… I agree on the last Point though the nonchalant body language is like “common place stuff happening” but also that’s a crazy position to be in SO vs Sister?
I don’t know if they’ll ever divorce (I think the Brand is too important)
BUT
they both look very shocked to hear the news on that Life and Style Cover! LOL @their faces.
Divorce! Dun dun dunnnnn
The color “green” speaks for itself
Nothing is perfect so I don’t understand why try to make it seem this way because anyone in a relationship will tell you this is beyond bs. It insults my intelligence when famous people promote this kind of perfect image because it just confirms they do it for the money
I guess I can believe together they’re worth 900 million. because I just happened to read details of the late Paul Newman’s will and he was worth around 600 million. I think with Jay Z’s various enterprises and both their royalites and assets – that figure sounds plausible at least
I believe they might be worth $900 million too. Jay Z made a ton of money from Rocawear and Roc A Fella records.
Mariah Carey has 500 million by herself, yes I can believe Be+ JZ have 900 million (check celebrity net worth) It is amazing how much money other people have, compared to me that is. Putin at 75 billion may have the most money of anyone right now 🙂
that’s why Mariah is the biggest Diva out there.
I think it’s because she has written her songs and she doesn’t own royalties to anyone.
I think Gates is still the richest person around?
Bill Gates is actually the richest around. However, he continually places 2nd on the richest in the world list because he gives so much money away to charitable causes. I think #1 is an owner of a telecommunications company in Latin America.
I like Bill Gates a lot…in that same vein I’d like to toss in that the awesome JK Rowling came off of the Forbes Billionaire list b/c of how much she gives to charity.
But yeah – I wouldn’t doubt that Beyonce and Jay Z have that kind of money. This is embarrassing but I love the idea of power couples like them and Posh and Becks. I know they’re likely sham marriages but I pretend they’re not. 🙂 So I choose to disregard this cover even though I can’t really doubt the story. I’m not even a huge Bey fan, I just like the idea of two such accomplished people finding their matches and being in twu luv.
If Jay-Z and Beyoncé decide to uncouple, I would be shocked. But I’ve been wondering for a while if something was rotten in Denmark with all of the recent in your face (via music) about how great their sex life is. When people start branding about all of the sex they are having and riding serfboards, it’s usually a sign of the opposite.
@ Patty-THIS!! When Paltrow started over-sharing about bj’s solving arguments with husbands I thought “here it comes, these two are going down” (and not in a good way). And then (I might get slammed for this one) Beyonce’s performance of that Drunk on a Sufbort song-well. I mean, come on-I was embarassed for her! And I thought “Wow she writhing around worshipping him onstage-things must be shitty”! I guess we’ll see what all shakes out.
Someone else said the same thing up thread. There certainly could be something to it but the more I think about it, the more I believe it will be her family that convinces her to leave if she ever leave but I don’t think she will. Not for a very long time.
Yeah, especially since they used to be so private.
Wonder what their actual charitable contributions are? They care no more than George Bush does about their own community or any community for that matter. Just insufferable greedheads. Remember, J-Z is the clown that sold OWS t-shirts and kept the profits until he was called out.
They only loves themselves, and how can their fans not see through it, and their music is average and unremarkable, at best.
You called it, keep preaching
I’ve heard a lot about Jays alleged other long term mistresses and illegitimate children for years on the urban blogs and blind items on CDAN etc. Seems to either be several very elaborate and pervasive lies or they have some sort of understanding.
Only $2.99 above Jay-Z’s head shot, and then “facing the most expensive divorce ever” below it, is immensely comical. I would consider a $2.99 divorce pretty reasonable, but maybe I’m filthy rich, who knows?
I don’t blame Beyonce’ for not wanting to attend this mess. But with Jay-Z & Rachel Roy going, it’s going to be grist for the gossip mill. Since an alleged hook-up between Hov and Roy was the reason for Slug-gate (talk about Dangerous Liaisons) it may overshadow the Wedding from Hell.
I have trouble believing JayZ is violent when he handled himself with such restraint when Solange assaulted him. I also have trouble believing Beyonce is violent given she also behaved with restraint, then.
These two seem pretty in control, at least when they decide to be. The marriage may be rocky, but I can’t believe it’s all that messy.
Is Rachel Roy Jay-Z’s mistress? Could explain the fight in the elevator. Hmmmm
don’t believe a thing unless it’s on E News Bey and Jay basically run this world they can’t split and they won’t i won’t buy into this shit
Bey doesn’t need JZ and he doesn’t need her financially,so they could split and both still be as successful as ever Talent and Brains don’t leave ,even if partners split. Beyoncé would be fine, so would JZ.
I kinda believe something is up,a split may happen, but it may be slow in coming,maybe within the next two years, unless she gets pregnant again,then no split for years and years maybe?