There’s a long-running gossip theory that Beyonce and Kim Kardashian dislike each other or have some kind of beef. There are different variations on the beef theme, the most common of which is that Kim has been desperate for Beyonce’s friendship and approval for a decade and Beyonce thinks she’s trash. Other variations have Kim copying Beyonce’s style, hair, everything. Personally, I’ve always believed that the beef was always between Jay-Z and Kanye West, and it was about music, business, respect, credit and Ye’s well-documented mental health issues. I think their wives were mostly okay-ish with each other – not best friends, but they got along. Apparently, Beyonce likes Kim well enough to send her a dedicated birthday message on her site:
Beyoncé wishes @KimKardashian a happy 41st birthday. 🎉https://t.co/EoiUY4UJT5 pic.twitter.com/oeakaq4cAy
— BEYONCÉ LEGION (@Bey_Legion) October 21, 2021
The Beyhive is already mad about this! It’s funny, right? The hive gets so mad on Beyonce’s behalf and she’s just doing her thing, being friends with everyone. I do think Bey has gotten to the place in her life where she doesn’t have beefs with anyone really. She’s rich as hell, she does what she wants creatively, and no one can touch her personally or professionally.
Bey and Jay-Z were in Italy for Alexandre Arnault’s wedding in Venice last week, and they turned the trip into a full Italian holiday. Beyonce dropped her personal photos this week! She had Italian Bangs!! She looks great with bangs, and I’m saying that as someone who obviously hates bangs. Some women have “the face” for bangs and Bey is certainly one of those women.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Instagram.
I thinks its more powerful to extend grace to everyone. Kim has never done anything to Bey so why should she waste her energy.(plus she’her assistant’ does these baby/childhood pics birthday wishes for everyone). Kim aint special lol
I say good morning, happy birthday to people and make small talk but that does not mean I like them. I only do that due to work and that’s it. I do not think this is a story more like he media trying to get click bait by pinning two woman against each other.
Controversial but I don’t like her bangs.
Agreed. They don’t suit her face at all.
I loved these photos! And yes, Bey in bangs is a banger. And yeah, she’s probably fine with Kim these days. Before, husbands had issues for sure, but even before that, when the Kardashians were the “sex tape to the top do anything for fame” family, Beyonce’s brand strategy probably tacitly said no to being part of the K machine (arguably, at some point, Beyonce’s endorsement would have been equal to Anna Wintour putting Kim and Kanye on the cover of Vogue).
Anyway! Bear with me, it’s relevant to these photos – I’ve been thinking a lot about who is designated “fat/big.” Adele’s gotten fit and lost significant weight (these don’t always go together, and that’s fine!), but looking back, she hasn’t been very fat for at least five years now. I really think Adele has just been a normal sized woman for the last few years, but now that’s she’s very slim in real life probably, she’s finally been pubicly designated as “slim.” That’s a problem! Society sees very slim women as normal, average-sized as fat, and then anyone beyond that as obese. That’s why women have such skewed views of their body maybe?? Anyway, all to say, I loved these pics of Beyonce, and then I had the (slightly sickening) realization that if she was introduced to us at her mama-of-3-I’ve-paid-my-dues-so-I-will-eat-and-enjoy-red-wine body, she’d be considered full-figured?? When she’s probably unambiguously slim and toned in real life.
Anyway, what are we going to do about this?? It’s really bad that Adele was considered fat in the green dress she wore at the 2017 Grammys! And that Beyonce could be considered full-figured now!
I just peeped at her Instagram. She looks amazing as always. I don’t get the hair look on Jay though. It just doesn’t suit his whole vibe and persona.
He’s changed his vibe/persona to full freedom, which includes letting his hair do it’s thing/be Basquiat-inspired. Also challenges notions of what hair is acceptable on Black people in rooms and positions of power. I don’t love the look, but I get it for him and what it symbolizes for others.
Thanks for the info! I fully support natural black hair being de-stigmatized so I hope I didn’t come off as being against his hair due to that… it’s just not a look I expected from him and his personality. But if he’s helping others to be able to wear their hair as natural as they want then that’s awesome.
No worries, I think there are Black folk all around the world who don’t love it due to preferences and also internalized pressure to be neat/respectable.
I would only add that this is his personality (for) now, believe him when he tells us that 😉
I second the thank you. I too was wondering what was going on and I get it. Rock on Jay Z, but treat your Queen like the Queen she is. That is all.
I really like his locks. I think it suits him. To each his own.