Beyonce has remained one of music’s one enigmatic figures, often shielding her private life from public view.
Over the years, we’ve been blessed with glimpses of Beyonce as a mother, as a wife and a friend, but not nearly enough as we see her delivering show-stopping performances on-stage.
Fans have wondered all manner of things about the ordinary Beyonce behind the Hollywood smile: Does she eat midnight snacks like us? Does she ever get embarrassed? Does she also swoon over Rege-Jean Page while binge-watching Bridgerton for hours on a lazy Sunday?
Basically, is she just like us?
The answer friends is yes, Beyonce is just a regular girl deep down.
In celebration of Queen Bey’s 40th birthday, here are all the times she was less of a mystery and normal AF…
When she sneezed on-stage
When she was goofy during a girls’ sleepover…
And sang The Cardigans’ Lovefool with Kelly Rowland and Solange Knowles
When she was in the group chat with Kelly and Michelle Williams
When she shopped at Target
When Destiny’s Child were ‘high’ in an interview…
And Beyonce was obsessed with whales
When her mum Tina cut her hair
When she FaceTimed Jay Z
A scene in her Netflix documentary Homecoming showed Beyonce getting excited that she was able to fit into a dress and FaceTimed husband Jay Z to share the moment.
‘I’m back in my costume, it zipped,’ she told him in the video call.
His response? ‘Alright’. Not a man of many words, is he?
Bey gives him a thumbs up and replies, ‘Alright, just had to share,’ but she obviously wanted a bit more of a reaction judging by her eye-roll.
Her assistant had the same thought and wondered: ‘Why aren’t guys as excited,’ prompting Bey to shake her head clueless.
So. Normal.
When she got giddy about her wedding anniversary
In the Homecoming documentary, Beyonce gave her team a stern talking to about the rehearsals not progressing quickly enough. However, she then switched from boss-mode to loving wife in a heartbeat.
Her frown changed to a smile and she jumped up and down while doing a celebratory dance, announcing that it was her anniversary. She then smiled at Jay Z who was sitting beside her, before going off to enjoy some quality time on their special evening.
When she and Solange fell over
A real sister moment
When she got real about her FUPA
In a 2018 interview with Vogue, Beyonce got real about her weight gain and said: ‘To this day my arms, shoulders, breasts, and thighs are fuller. I have a little mommy pouch, and I’m in no rush to get rid of it. I think it’s real.
‘Whenever I’m ready to get a six-pack, I will go into beast zone and work my ass off until I have it. But right now, my little FUPA and I feel like we are meant to be.’
When she kept hot sauce in her bag
Or, at least sang about it on Formation…
When she played Connect 4 with Alison Hammond
When she got excited because her baby kicked
When she had a roller skating party for her 21st birthday
When she got her hair stuck in a fan
When she gave an interview via text message with emoji
In 2019, Beyonce appeared to give an interview to Elle magazine by text or email as her answers included an array of emoji. We can sleep at night knowing Bey loves an emoji just as much as us.
When she admitted she can’t cook
When she made up a secret handshake with Michelle Williams
When she confessed to wearing Spanx
During an interview on The View, Beyonce said she wears four pairs of tights to, well, keep things tight and we’ve never felt more seen.
When she revealed her super colourful bedroom in MTV Cribs
When she posts birthday shoutouts for her besties
When she got matching Timberland boots for the whole family
When she decided to ditch diets during lockdown
In a 2021 interview with Harper’s Bazaar, Beyonce made it clear she is done with dieting as she explained: ‘In the past, I spent too much time on diets, with the misconception that self-care meant exercising and being overly conscious of my body.’
She continued: ‘Your body tells you everything you need to know, but I’ve had to learn to listen. It’s a process to change habits and look past the bag of chips and the chaos everywhere!
‘During quarantine, I went from overindulgences to creating positive rituals drawing from past generations and putting my own spin on things.’
When she got embarrassed about her mum’s Instagram posts
When she embarrassed daughter Blue with a corny joke
When she took Halloween very seriously
When she was obsessed with Snapchat filters
When she made cheesy Christmas cards
When she let her daughter bury her in the sand
When she snacked hard courtside
When she embraced her inner tourist
When she showed off her daughter’s art
When she did the electric slide
When she turned Jay Z into an Instagram husband
When she showed off her Easter Egg decorating skills
When she had fun with family polaroid snaps
When she was obsessed with spinning class
When she got matching mother/daughter manicures
When she enjoyed a sneaky nap
When she posted #throwbackthursday snaps
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