People Magazine has a surprisingly apocalyptic story about Beyonce and Jay-Z in this week’s print edition. You know The Hive is going to have to work overtime to explain away the fact that even People Magazine is now saying that a split could be happening any day now. It’s even more surprising given the fact that up until this weekend (or so), People was still on the damage-control beat, writing up every one of Beyonce’s “happy family” Instagrams and denying that there was trouble in BeysusWorld. So, here are some highlights from People’s story:
“Word around the industry has been that things are rocky at home,” a music source who was worked with Jay-Z tells People. “If they split, no one would be surprised.”
Such speculation is nothing new. Since they began dating in 2002, the stars have battled talk of infidelity.
“There has been tension between them for a while,” says a source close to Jay-Z. “To be honest, I thought they were going to get divorced before Blue Ivy was born.” A main reason they have stayed together, adds another source, is their daughter: “She is the centerpiece of their marriage.”
Over the years, the couple’s shared drive helped build an empire, but it could also prove to be their undoing.
“Their day-to-day lives revolve around business,” says an industry insider. “The constant pressure has taken much of the romance out of their relationship.” While a source says they lead “separate lives” when in New York, on the road they are the vision of domestic bliss.
Until they make some kind of official announcement, only they know the full truth. (Reps for both did not comment when reached.)
[From People Magazine, print edition]
SHOTS FIRED. I think it is flat-out fascinating that People is quoting for sources close to Jay-Z. Maybe those other sources were right – Jay-Z is over it. Everybody has been saying that Beyonce would have been okay with keeping up the charade and just living separate lives, but Jay is the one who doesn’t want to pretend for much longer. So, what does it mean for The Hive if People Magazine is even saying they’re going to split?
Also – it was announced yesterday that Beyonce will be receiving the 2014 MTV Video Vanguard Award this year. The VMAs are August 24th, a Sunday. The Emmys are the 25th, a Monday, just FYI. That should be an interesting couple of days for us! As for Beyonce, she’s already nominated for eight awards at the VMAs, so the Video Vanguard Award is just the icing on the cake. The question I have is whether Jay and Bey can keep up the act until then?
Photos courtesy of Beyonce’s Tumblr & Instagram.
Uuuuhhhh that must be true then….
I was recently attacked by a Beyoncè fan who told me to stfu because I alluded to the fact they could split up.
I wonder how many people will have their hearts shattered by them splitting up. General meltdown?
Not trying to be cynical but I personally never saw them as a romantic couple more like a business partnership, if they split my first tought is gonna be what about the money , not aw but they were so cute together.
This, exactly. I’ve never seen them as romantic, either.
Exactly…he promoted Bey for years, and I often thought of her just on her own as a star, not really the two of them. I thought of him as her guy, yes, and as her promoter. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I really saw them on stage together. I liked Beyonce in the early years, but lately, she seems different, maybe overly sexualized on stage, and harder looking, but I preferred her the other way somehow.
This is going to be like the Twihard meltdown post mini-cooping pics. We will have to take cover from the internets for at least a week. Bey stans will be devastated.
It seems so. This lady acted so defensive and she really posted something rude in response to my post where I was implying they could be a business couple… Doh!
Beyonce fans are the worst. Many of them (not all) are crazy. There is no reason you should be that defensive of someone who could care less about you. I think they’ll make it to the VMA so they can “make a point”. If they are giving her that award I’ll be passing on watching the show this year.
Good point Diva – I believe bey cares less about her “fans” than just about anyone in the biz – this is a business to this robotized pop star, and her fans are the props that make her rich. Glad i’m not one.
Oh dear, I had that happen to me, my niece an avid Bey fan went ballistic on me, for implying that JayZ cheats. I told her a few years ago, I had a vibe that JayZ may be cheating with Rhianna. Oh Lordy ! I opened up the gates of Hell. My niece was almost foaming at the mouth, how dare I say such things JZ would never cheat! …I told her mom, my sis, don’t go in the room for awhile, because I had unleashed something. My sis laughed and said, I should have told u don’t discuss anything about Beyoncé with her.
My niece gave me the evil eye for months after that every time I’d visit. She has calmed down now, but no way will I ever say anything but nice things about Bey and J around her. She practically did a Linda Blair head spin on me when I said JZ was cheating on Bey!
I actually love Beyoncé the entertainer ,I think she’s stunning, but I must say I think she’s a terrible dresser. Her clothes are awful.
Yikes. I really think it’s true, as much as I hope I’m wrong…
I think it is true. Look at Kanye and Kim. They are soooo Happy . Kim is now showing North West’s face again and doing publicity. They believe they will take bee and J’s spot.
Sincere question: Are fans truly invested in their coupling? I would think: who cares? If you like the music you’ll still like the music, together or apart.
Yes. Yes they are. Like when people freaked about Justin and Britney’s break up. Posters ripped off thousands of teenage kids’ walls. Tiger Beats DESTROYED! The universe is cold and loveless!
*slams bedroom door* *slides down wall and sobs*
lol
Oh my god in my school it was apocalyptic. Girls missed school, girls crying in science lab, girls lamenting how perfect they were and how it was on temporary.
slides down the wall..hahahahahahahahahaha
ahaha I’m dying here!
*slow claps*
I am crying over this!!! Hahahahaa
teeheehee!
LMAO Abbott, nothing like some good old teenage drama. I think many of us, though smart, are still like that in our hearts; that is why we read this site. What better way to distract from my own drama than reading about the never ending drama of celebrities. LOL
Love it! 😀 HA!
Much like people are invested in them solely, there are those invested in them as a couple. Remember K-Stew and Rob Patt? Yeaa. But worse.
I generally don’t get fandom. I appreciate good artists, I would love an autograph or a hug, but then I go about my business because they really are no better than me. I mean I think highly of myself, but whatever, you know?
“I mean I think highly of myself, but whatever, you know? ”
Lol, too bad celebs aren’t as humble as you!
Not exactly the same, but when Take That split, the government set up phone lines to deal with the suicidal fans in the UK, so some fans are majorly over invested.
K-stew and R-patz had nothing else, both Jay Z and Beyoncé have talent and careers beyond their association, I don’t think they’re comparable.
I was wondering the same, Kiddo. Why are they acting like there’s going to be major fallout from this? I mean, I’m sorry to hear any marriage is ending, too bad, so sad, but do they think people will blame one of them or hate both of them or what? I can see this kind of plotting and secrecy if say, the President wanted a divorce or something, but these two? I don’t get it.
Me too.
Maybe the buildup/faux secrecy is in order to get people to care. If they just broke up, then people would be like, “Meh. Sucks for Blue Ivy.” But since they’re creating this whole “zOMG Bey and J might BREAK UP” atmosphere, people are wondering if they should be shocked and devastated. It has a little whiff of eau de famewhore. It also sort of reminds me of when B gave birth to BIC and acted like she was the only woman in the world who had ever gone through birthing a child. Now she and Jay are the first couple to ever go through a DIVORCE, y’all!!
@STEF Leppard. I am really big Beyonce fan,I really don’t care about Jay-Z or their relationship but I get exactly what you’re saying. It’s like them closing a whole suite when she gave birth or when they kept talking about( but not revealing any wedding details). It’s the whole we love to keep people guessing everything for the attention. It’s a game of cat and mouse with the media so people can talk about it even more. They will talk regardless but they will even get even more people to talk.
Also this was a big celebrity marriage which represented a positive image for many fans in the black community, even though Beyoncé and JZ success has crossed all nationalities, all nations, all backgrounds. They are billionaires, successful , cross over success internationally, Worldwide. Beyoncé can be easily said to be the biggest female star in the world right now and she’s African American, a positive for entertainment, magazines, music, etc. Although I think many of the whispers in the community were being heard ages ago, and people around know the truth , but still on the world stage, they don’t want them to split, or be exposed, because it ruins a image of a African American celebrity marriage. JMO
hate to admit, i’ve definitely been one of those people over-invested in their couple-ship :\ but hey! at least i can admit it lol
Will you not like them apart?
@Kiddo- I definitely will still listen to both their music apart. I’m obviously not as invested in them just staying together if it’s a business arrangement. I think for those of us who find ourselves invested in their relationship, it’s probably because it feels like a union of two equals and two partners, matched. They’re extremely successful individuals with a rare quality of perseverance, discipline, and hardwork that I’m sure few people understand like they do about each other.
I think those are some reasons why people are invested in them as a couple. Feels like at the end of the day, nobody would understand each other better than the two of them.
Congrats to Bey. It’s been a great year for her and she deserves that award.
She does.
👍👍👍 agreed!
she showcases her crotch better than anyone else out there right now so she deserves it the most
So this is really their farewell tour?
Let this be a lesson to all business moguls and future moguls: one elevator can destroy an empire.
Lmao! This hoopla is now getting to be funny.
Oh well, IF People deems it so, it MUST be true. *eye roll*
Time will tell. Everyone needs to put down their pitchforks and torches and let this play out organically.
Lol. I am not even a fan of these two publicity hounds but feel the uneasy need to now defend them. * dials therapist*
+10000
Co-sign all of this
ITA…Sometimes in the rush to gossip, I think we forget that these are real people., and divorce is never easy.
People are not after them, but you can’t deny that elevator incident showed a huge crack in their perfect marriage, add to this the daily stories about their rocky relationship, how are we supposed to react ?
How though? Beyoncé at one point stood in front of Jay so it’s not like she didn’t care at all. It’s hard doing something when it involves 2 of your closest people.
She watched her sister going after her husband without batting an eye for a good 10 seconds, she only starts reacting when she kicked him like crazy, and what about Beyonce changing her lyrics hitting at marriage troubles ?
Everybody in that elevator was quite calm besides Solange which was the biggest indicator that everybody knew S. had a temper. Before she entered she was composed, she knew she was being watched (obviously, the MET is not some lowkey party 🙂 ) and she calculated her attack. I don’t want to re-watch the footage but I’m pretty sure B. stood in front of J. because she kept going like you mentioned. So she did care but again, it’s her family against her husband. Not sure how this can be twisted into ‘B. don’t care’ but you have your opinion.
B. hints at a lot of things, this is not new for fans. She has been singing about (un)faithfulness since her first solo album. Resentment is a song from at least 6 years ago so he was cheating back then too but now people are analysing the lyrics? B. also acts ‘tough’ in her lyrics when in real-life (like everybody saw) and like she said a lot of times, she’s quite shy. This is why Sasha Fierce was created, because B. isn’t that fierce herself.
I see you’re a huge fan Artemis. Anyway my point is it’s normal for people to question the state of Beyoncé/Jay Z marriage this days, ever since that elevator fight everything aims to make us think something wrong , if you want to blame someone blame the tabloids and their sources which are most likely close to Bey and Jay, you can also blame Beyoncé who keeps teasing us.
@Artemis
What was most interesting in the elevator video was Beyoncé standing there looking straight ahead like a stature. She looked like everyone else in the elevator was a stranger to her for a full minute. She only started to move slightly when Solange stepped on her dress and she fluffed out her dress and moved to the slide to avoid being kicked. The only time she moved to stand slightly in front of her husband was towards the end when the elevator was stopping and they were getting ready to step out into public. That video was very telling of who’s side she was on and it wasn’t JayZ’s that why everyone with eyes realized their was trouble in paradise and blood in the water.
All the elevator incident told me is that Solange needs anger management.
My whole thing is until they announce their split, I do not believe they are splitting. I never said their marriage was perfect but no marriage is.
All I see are magazines, newspapers and people foaming at the mouth over rumors that may or may not be true. There are lots of high profile couples who have had split rumors circulate about them and everyone writes it off as gossip but for whatever reasons all the rumors about these two are supposed to be fact?!
I will be a believer when it happens. That was all I was saying.
I think Solange attacked Jay-Z because of their problems. I even think she was sticking up for her sister even if it had nothing to do with her. Something wasn’t right in paradise and Solange didn’t hide her emotions like Beyonce. We don’t know why she went off on him but there had to be a reason. You see Beyonce walked out smiling like a Stepford wife, like nothing was wrong. She hides her feelings while her sister doesn’t.
I’ll believe when I see it. I can believe that these people have marital problems, but because of the timing of all these stories I just get the feeling it’s capitalizing on the Solange-thing. And secondly, their circle has always been tight. The people selling these stories probably aren’t inner circle.
i agree : i think they’re just whoring out the incident in the hope of more ticket sales
I don’t know about this marital issue. I just don’t really feel and think that they are going to split. Beyonce especially is superficial, she won’t let this happen. She’s the queen and her life is perfect so I think this act and business marriage will go on until the end of time.
I’m sure they’ll attend the VMA hand in hand and prove to everyone that they are going strong.
The phrase always used in these stories–that the source ‘wouldn’t be surprised’–is such a copout, the ultimate in hedging your bets. You’re not saying they ARE splitting, you’re saying that IF it happens, you wouldn’t be surprised. So you’re covered either way–either they split (and you’re not surprised) or they don’t (and you didn’t say they were). You’re really saying, or confirming, absolutely nothing.
I won’t believe it until it happens. Somehow all this “divorce” talk feels calculated.
Kaiser, you’re salivating. Lol!
LOL!
LMAO! I use to give couples the benefit of the doubt, but when tabloids are backing each other up and they are pretty good at their gossip (PageSix and NYDN) then you know it is true. I loved and still love my entertainers, flaws and all. Those are the people I grew up with. If they mess up I just hope for them and say keep on pushing. As long as they are not a murderer, child molester, rapist, or wife beater I will stick with them most likely. That is if they are talented. The 80’s and early 90’s were bursting with talent. I guess grandpa…Jay-Z..wants to get real. He has gotten all he could out of the Beyonce relationship and I think wants to hustle his money behind the scenes, since he is getting old now.. She still wants to play super star couple. He knows the real money is behind the scenes and that is where he wants to go. Hopefully they grow from this, but I don’t know…doubt it.
@ SOZUAL,
And + Beyoncé and JayZ are having their lower-level workers and friends to say that they are fine. It’s pathetic. It’s like, know you’re going to split. It’s hilarious because I’ve never seen a celeb couple do that, haha. I mean I get why the tabloids say a “source close to them said” because they don’t want to put on front street the person (mole) in the celebs’ inner circle that is telling the celebs’ truth and getting paid for it, but for Beyoncé to have her lead dancer to do it, and some other close friend confirm that their together while they continue to take fam photos is just pathetic. I saw those interviews on Yahoo. Gee, this is the end.
Lol! If they were going to stick it out for any real time they would just release a statement. I think to save face they will announce it at the beginning of next year, but I don’t think she wants to lie because then the beehive wouldn’t trust her anymore.
People have marital troubles and don’t split up. Shocking, I know. Why is everyone pulling for them to split up? It isn’t like the rumors of him smashing Rhianna are new (Bossip for one, WSHH another, and I could keep going), just now the general media got a-hold of it.
I’ve always seen her like a robot. Everything about her is staged and I couldn’t think of anyone less sexy. If they split upit’s their own business.. shit happens. I really don’t care much but I think she’ll be more relaxed and less controling if they’ll do.
A couple as successful as them definitely has an iron clad prenup, that will prevent any issues. Alone they each made major fortunes, so I’m sure even if there wasn’t a prenup it really wouldn’t be like anyone is getting the short end of any stick. I think their charade has been up for the last year, honestly, and Solange was just what broke the camels back. I don’t like Bey or Jay as people (not really as entertainers either) but I’m sure they’re going to be fine. She’ll bounce back with some new songs about him and he’ll go f*cking every girl in town. Say it ain’t so.
I feel like I’ve seen this post every day for the past month….
I would guess that Bey, like many superstars, has her primary relationship in life with her image and fans.
Michael Jackson was much closer to his fans than he ever was to his wives. He knew a lot of them by name, and when they said, ‘I love you!’ he said ‘I love you more!’ and meant it.
Joan Crawford spent the last lonely years of her life doing nothing but corresponding with fans.
What the heck is up with all their hand signs? Are they like in a gang or something?
Yes. Just like Zoe Saldana.
See?
http://www.celebitchy.com/380266/zoe_saldana_im_definitely_not_a_girly-girl_my_sisters_and_i_are_thugs/
LMAO. A gang who hangs at The Hamptons. I’m sorry for Blue Ivy, of course, but that’s about it. I have a feeling these two can take it. They created it, after all.
Ikr. And why the hell is he throwing up “westside” when he’s from New York. So stupid. I’ve never seen people that believe in their own hype like these two.
It would actually be a really big deal if Beyonce broke it off, because then she would really become a free and independent woman. She may be a multi-millionaire career woman, but not an independent one, emotionally and mentally speaking. She relies on her husband now the way she relied on her father back then.
My intuition tells me that she actually wants to take that plunge and see what there is for her on the other side, while the other half of her keeps going and going with the business side of herself that she’s always known.
She’s a business woman who runs her own company and manages her own tours, albums etc. She goes on world wide tours constantly without her man by her side. She controls her empire. Jay-Z has no say, really. Just like she has no say in his business. It’s separate. What other magical requirements does she need to fulfil? Because she’s married she isn’t independent? All independent women can’t get married because then they won’t be “free”? Yikes. Yes, her songs may not be all about independence but she really doesn’t take any sort of cue from Jay when it comes to her business.
Preach!
Beyoncé wants to be Madonna by having her own company etc. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen behind the scenes footage of this woman doing days and days of shooting and preparing and Jay standing to the side and watch/support her or B saying she’s finally going home to her husband. These are HER shows, how is Jay controlling her? During her I am tour, there was footage of B counting down the days she could see Jay, they were/are often apart.
Like, they split up in 2006 because she put her career first (Jay’s words!) and everybody knows it was Jay who wanted to have a child more than B yet he waited until she was ready. Until she felt her career was solid enough to take a break and become a mom. Sounds pretty sane and normal. She’s a planner. Like Madonna, like Jolie and like many many high powered independent woman. Saying otherwise is a lie.
What you both say is true, although that isn’t exactly how I meant it. She described her father as someone who withheld love from her in order to push her to be stronger, which worked fantastically in terms of career but I can’t help but think has some pretty tough repercussions in the personal sphere. I listen to her visual album so much that my neighbors probably know the words by now, and I love it, but the biggest chunk of its themes revolve around being hot for her man.
Which is, obviously, not a problem at all, but the repetition of it does have tinges of “like me! like me!” I’d like to see what kind of artist she would be if she were free of that, and really stared at herself as a woman with no man to look to. Maybe we’ll see this one day, and maybe we won’t. I got the sense that her little tricky messages (changing the lyrics, instagram pics, etc.) were controlled by her to “get her feet wet” into this new phase of life.
I dunno, I just don’t believe this at this point. I think they’re simply spending way more time together than they’re used to. For example, my husband works and I’m currently a SAHM. So we have at least 9 hours apart. If I worked, we’d still have at least that much time apart. So typically most couples are used to having more time apart and to themselves.
So I imagine that these two are used to spending way more time apart than the typical couple due to their careers; touring and work related stuff in the past probably kept them apart for long bouts of time and they’re used to being alone. Now, they pretty much would be together 24/7. That’s a big change. And it’s work, too. A lot of people wouldn’t be able to be at the same job with their SO all day, and then come home all day and be together all night and not have a hard time keeping themselves sane.
But maybe I’m thinking to hard about it.
I’ve always said this in general, but I feel like people who constantly feel the need to post photos or status updates about how great, thrilling, joyful, perfect etc etc they’re lives are on social media, whether it be tumbler or facebook generally are hiding something. I love when I log into facebook and you see the same posts from the same people that read:
“My husband is the best husband and we are on cloud 9, everything in our lives is AMAZING! OMG!” Then 6 months later they’re divorcing and both have been cheating the whole time and now they’re posting cryptic, vague status updates and fighting over custody of their dogs.
But long story short, I feel like if you’re genuinely happy and content, you DON’T feel the need to constantly push this overly happy image of yourself. I think if their split is really happening, then Beyonce’s tumbler and her custom selected images of perfection were really a facade to distract us and her from the inevitable,
But Beyonce has never said anything like that. Fans of hers know that she’s acknowledged issues in the relationship years ago. She never claimed they were perfect. Even on her latest album, she’s talked about some of their problems. Jay also has a song where he talks about the problems they had and even that they had broken up for awhile. Nevertheless, she loves her family and I think that’s why she posts pictures. I don’t understand the idea that posting pics means you want others to view you as perfect. I post pics of my husband and I at times. We are far from perfect but we love each other deeply. Every relationship has its hardships.
They shouldn’t have mixed business with personal. It’s the same story with her father, he was her manager first and her father second and in the end he was nothing anymore. With Jay I bet it is business first as her work ethic trumps her love for him (yes I do think there is love between those two, their courtship + Jay proposing to a woman who is more gone than home is enough proof).
Besides their relationship lasted for so long and Jay has been ‘lazy’ for a while in the music department of his life while B wants more. Like any couple, their relationship is maybe hitting a rough patch + a child complicates things too.
If they would split, the world would keep on turning though. I want to see who Beyoncé would date next :D! As a couple, they do nothing for me.
Tbh I don’t really care about what happens behind closed doors, but what I do not like at all is that there are celebrity couples who pretend that everything is for real and rosy and create a false image for the outside world – that is their fans, some of them being really “invested” in the their favorite celebs. What would be the right word, manipulation? Hypocrisy? Again, I do not care, I am just making an observation.
I do believe Jay is extraordinarily talented (see his “dirty” video of “Can I Get a What What” featuring Amal), but I think Beyonce is pure pop candy. They’ll be fine without one another.
i hope that, if they do split, they can keep it low-key, civil, and classy, for BIC’s sake.
LIES!!!!!!!!! THESE STORIES COME FROM KRIS JENNER / KIM / JONATHAN CHEBAN (PR FRIEND). THEY’RE STILL MAD THE CARTERS DIDN’T ATTEND THAT TACKY WEDDING.
THE CARTERS ARE DOING FINE. LOVE THEM. LOL
Ever since Elevatorgate,it’s been all rumors about them splitting. Maybe it’s true.
I like them as a couple, but 99% of celebrities split eventually and half of all regular married folk do. They are no different for it to possible for.
I think they will seperate after the tour, step out of the spotlight after the tour or she will be pregnant shortly after the tour. It is what it is. I think people are fascinated because this is the most we have ever been “let in” to their world. I am not a huge fan but I enjoy their music. They built their brand on their exclusiveness and mysteriousness. This mess has pulled back that curtain and exposed cracks in their “perfect brand.” As horrible as it sounds, people are fascinated with watching someone else’s downfall.
Is it downfall….or people just annoyed with two folks acting like they are so talented and acting like they do so much for others besides themselves. Two people that never go away.
I really don’t care about their marriage. Do or don’t break up, doesn’t effect me.
However, I am OBSESSED with her eye make-up on this tour. The teaser photo of her with the mask on, her eyes look amazing. I wish I had better makeup application skills!
This marriage was is and always has been a business arrangement. Just like Kimye. Pure money. Disgusting. What a pretense. What lies. How do they live with themselves? But we are the fools.
I’m not a big fan of either, but I hate to see a marriage end. Way off the subject, but I just love Jay-Z’s shirt.
The carnage is good for ticket sales. It’s like the Roman
Colosseum @historical breakup.
I’ll grant that bey is a good entertainer – but so are a zillion others- but real talent, please, SHe doesn’t write or arrange her own music, play a musical instrument, as a singer she is average, her outfits and choreography are done by others – her fans talk about her like she has the musical talent of Miles Davis or Jimi Hendrix – but beneath all the breathless hype she’s pretty average in the talent department. But, yah, she can entertain.
I’m surprised they haven’t vanished up their own asses by now
Many people love her and don’t even know who she’s married to. Haha.
My husband has no clue who JZ is. I just don’t see Beys career as so connected to JZ that she’ll take a fall somehow if they split. I actually think she’ll thrive.
Beyoncé was a star before JZ and she’ll be a star on her own after JayZ.
Beyoncé is a worldwide Superstar in her own right. I don’t believe
that somehow her voice will stop working, he body will stop dancing, her beauty will stop existing because she and JZ divorce, Beyoncé will thrive and have a whole new level of career as a single, divorced woman. IMO
ala Cher, Diana Ross, etc….