Beyoncé fans were dealt a bit of a blow on Thursday night when rumours of her putting in an appearance at the Democratic National Convention proved to be nothing more than that.
Speculation about the chart-topping star topping by the event to lend her support to Kamala Harris began as the result of a widely-shared rumour claiming a surprise guest would be making an appearance that only a select few knew the identity of.
TMZ then added fuel to the fire when they claimed that the Texas Hold ’Em singer had made the journey to Chicago and was “getting ready to pop out” and voice her endorsement Harris in the upcoming US election.
Given that former Beyoncé collaborators The Chicks and Pink both sang during the event, some even thought the record-breaking Grammy winner might put on some class of performance, particularly given her 2016 song Freedom has become synonymous with the Harris campaign.
Imagine fans’ disappointment, then, when Bey was a no-show, and her rep later confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that she was “never scheduled to be there”...
TMZ later edited their original article, commenting: “To quote the great Beyonce, We gotta lay our cards down, down, down ... we got this one wrong.”
Interestingly, this isn’t the first time this week that Beyoncé has made headlines in connection with politics.
After Donald Trump’s campaign manager shared a video on social media accompanied by Bey’s song Freedom, reports claimed that she had issued the ex-president’s team with a cease-and-desist.
While the former Destiny’s Child star has not addressed these rumours publicly, it’s worth pointing out the video did disappear from the Trump team’s account shortly afterwards.