Musical power couple and friends of the Obamas, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, chose to remain seated during Demi Lovato’s stirring rendition of the national anthem at this year’s Super Bowl.
TMZ obtained photos and video of the two sitting as others around them stood for the anthem.
Lovato’s rendition of the song was by many accounts a terrific performance, harkening back to the legendary effort put forth by the late Whitney Houston in 1991.
The hip-hop moguls, however, weren’t motivated to stand, choosing to remain seated with their daughter, Blue Ivy.
“They clearly didn’t make an effort to get up during Demi Lovato’s performance,” TMZ reported. “A guy who appears to be a bodyguard of theirs was standing though, as was pretty much everyone else around them.”
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Michelle and Barack Obama are big fans of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, frequently filmed at concerts dancing to their performances.
In July of 2018, Rolling Stone magazine reported that the former First Lady had been spotted dancing “joyously to Jay-Z‘s ‘On to the Next One,'” which contains questionable lyrics interspersed with generous use of racial slurs.
Barack has also been seen getting down at the music duo’s concerts.
Videos of Michelle attending a private birthday party for Beyoncé have also appeared online, as the two couples grew close after Jay-Z and his wife attended Obama’s inauguration in 2008, serenading the new first couple with a rendition of Etta James’s ‘At Last.’
Mrs. Obama even dressed up like Beyonce from her “Formation” video as part of the singer’s birthday celebration. In the video, Beyoncé controversially dressed like a member of the militant Black Panthers organization, while anti-police messages were seen throughout.
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Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick caused controversy when he began kneeling for the national anthem before football games, claiming that it was a protest against police brutality and not a statement of disrespect toward the military.
This year’s game saw four centenarian World War II veterans honored by participating in the opening coin toss.
Yet, here were Beyoncé and Jay-Z, firmly planted in their seats as the nation’s anthem was being belted out by Lovato.
Jay-Z’s actions seem a bit odd considering he just entered into a partnership with the NFL, a move many believed was a slap in the face of Kaepernick.
“As long as real people are being hurt and marginalized and losing family members, then yes, I can take a couple rounds of negative press,” he said of the controversy.
You’re going to be taking a couple more now.
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I know you are right. They are so stupid just like all of the lemmings that follow the Dems. You can't comment to anyone that belongs in a mental institution.
KayJ. Give up this person is clueless. In this same thread you can find the "conversations" I had with "her". Based on my experience I would say there is a 60% It is female but I could be wrong, I haven't had a reply since my last rather scathing opinion of them because it mentions a "partner", not husband,wife or spouse.
The editor of the Law Review is chose as the editor because of their previous article for the Review. However, we have never been allowed access to any of the articles he wrote while on the Law Review. Why is that?
The editor of the Law Review is chose as the editor because of their previous article for the Review. However, we have never been allowed access to any of the articles he wrote while on the Law Review. Why is that?
Spoiled Brats my A**. Just a couple of ungrateful Blacks wanting attention.
And if you think criminal psych isn't intellectually demanding try this. With whatever education you may have in psychology try to analyze a person that you don't know personally or that isn't a patient. You should read my reply following this before this one. I'm gonna end this because I'm gonna be really PO'd if you come back at me with that holier than though attitude of the snowflake you are. From re reading our traded conversations you have the makings of a good person at the very least a liberal that is somewhat willing to listen not like most of the closed mind crazies you meet here. Bottom Line, you have your degrees, congratulations, now use them don't flaunt them and wear them like a suit of armour. One last comment on your "Politics" You congratulated me on my degree but the one thing an ordinary human being would have done is thanked me for my service to 'our' country first. Think about it. Where are your loyalties other than to your self?
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No charge for the evaluation, I saw a spark in there some where and thought it might be worth it.
I'm pretty sure that Beyonce and Jay-Z don't mind that you and your lots of friends are not part of their fan base. In fact, not only do they not know, but if they did, they wouldn't care. Yet, here you are caring about them. Don't say you don't care. You bothered to write.
Seriously? I'm a worthless Person Of Substance because I know something? Are we going to trade degrees? I have two Masters' degrees in subjects more intellectually demanding than Criminal Psychology. Yes. They're in the Liberal Arts. Congratulations on Criminal Justice, however. At least you are attempting to plumb the depths of your own mind. Now go study Trump's.
Your response, which is not an argument, is a sow's ear. I'm trying to make sense of it and it's pretty difficult to do. In order to explain to you why I can't reply, I'm referring to the emptiness of your statement. Talking and not making any sense. This must be a Repub thing!
Get a job Abby get off welfare go over the MSNBC or CNN they like your lies and your made-up conspiracy theories in this country we don't like Muslim terrorists and people that hate the United States and people that hate white people I'm a white person and very proud of it and I worked hard to have what I have nobody handed me nothing