Beyoncé accepts the Best Rap Song award for 'Savage' onstage during the 63rd Annual GRAMMY Awards at Los Angeles Convention Center on March 14, 2021 in Los Angeles.
Kevin Winter/GI for The Recording AcademyBeyoncé attended the 2022 Super Bowl alongside husband Jay-Z and daughter Blue Ivy Carter on Sunday (Feb. 13), and wore a show-stopping outfit that commanded attention, despite not performing at the annual sporting event.
The “Love on Top” singer shared images of her look to Instagram following the big game. Her outfit featured a host of stylish pieces, including a short, tan trench coat, a black lace black bustier top, and high-waisted blue denim shorts. To accessorize, Beyoncé donned simple strappy black heels and cat-eye sunglasses. But she really took things to the next level with a diamond choker necklace and earrings.
Though Jay-Z and Blue Ivy took centerstage at the game by hanging out on the field prior to kick off, eagled-eyed fans of the 28-time Grammy winner later spotted her in the stands alongside close friend and former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland, singing along to Mary J. Blige’s two-song performance during the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Beyoncé has performed at the Super Bowl on two occasions: in 2013 as a solo act, with a special appearance from Destiny’s Child members Rowland and Michelle Williams, and in 2016 alongside Coldplay and Bruno Mars. In 2016, the 40-year-old recalled how exhilarating it was to perform at the event, and said her 2013 performance wouldn’t have been possible without Rowland and Williams by her side. “It’s one of those magical performances you can’t recreate,” she told CBS. “I wanted it to be something iconic and something that people would never forget.”
“I couldn’t do this without bringing Kelly [Rowland] and Michelle [Williams]. Some of the biggest songs of my career have been with Destiny’s Child. It’s a part of my legacy, it’s a part of my history,” she added. “That was really a beautiful, wonderful thing to have my sisters left and right of me. I’m just very grateful that I had them there and I think they elevated my performance so much. And the fact that we hadn’t performed together in so long. It was like old times.”
Though Beyoncé doesn’t have any release date set for her new music, in her September Harper’s Bazaar cover story, she teased that she was in the recording studio working on material. She confirmed, “Yes, the music is coming!”
See some of the fan-snapped photos of Bey at Super Bowl 2022, and check out her Instagram for the full head-to-toe look:
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Barry Keoghan has responded to speculation that he was unfaithful to Sabrina Carpenter while they were together, calling the claim “a narrative that’s not true”.
Their relationship first sparked talk in September 2023, before they were seen together publicly for the first time at a Grammys after-party the following February. After that, they appeared side by side at the MET Gala, Carpenter referenced his well-known Saltburn moment during Coachella 2024, and the The Banshees of Inisherin star featured in the video for her popular track ‘Please Please Please’.
Reports later suggested the pair had gone their separate ways in December 2024, with cheating rumours circulating at the same time. The actor then spoke out online about what he described as “disgusting” behaviour from some users, saying his name had “been dragged across the internet”.
Now, following a short break away from the spotlight, he has given a fresh interview where he strongly rejected claims that he had been unfaithful during the relationship.
While speaking with Benny Blanco, Lil Dicky, and Kristin Batalucco on their Friends Keep Secrets video podcast, he described the clips spreading online rumours as “absolutely disgusting and vile”, adding that the situation created what he felt was a “very unfair” environment.
He went on to explain that the situation made him feel like he needed to “disappear”, saying: “I have been avoiding stuff. I came off Instagram and social profiles. I stopped going to events. I’ve stopped just socialising.”
“It’s because there was a narrative out there that was never really even spoken on, a narrative that’s not true, and I never confirmed or said anything about it. I just disappeared,” he added, before one of the hosts asked him to clarify what exactly he was referring to.
“It’s that I cheated. I don’t want to ever bring anyone else into it, but unfortunately, having a relationship in the public eye, it’s we all know this from our own stories it gets put out there,” he replied, without directly mentioning Carpenter by name.
“I don’t want to bring anyone else into it,” he continued. “I’m not asking for people to become my fan and like me, because that’s not normal either, but I’m asking for people to stop assuming and to stop jumping on this narrative, attacking me, and dragging me down in any way you can.”
The 33 year old Oscar nominee shares a three year old son with a previous partner, and has previously been open about a difficult upbringing that included time in foster care. His mother passed away when he was 12 after dealing with addiction.
“[It’s] just absolutely disgusting and vile,” he said, referring to clips he has come across online “involving my parents” and claiming that they “hate him”.
“Because for someone who went through a lot and I’m not saying this for a pity card but why is it cool to hop on and beat somebody who’s come from a lot?,” he said.
“Stuff I’ve seen as a kid and shit that I have to fight every day and do a lot of therapy. I went through addiction myself and I am in sobriety and battle all of that. To then want to drag that person…”
The actor also appeared to touch on how Carpenter referenced their breakup on her seventh studio album ‘Man’s Best Friend’. The lead single ‘Manchild’, for instance, includes lyrics about unreliable men, which led some listeners to assume it was aimed at Keoghan.
She later addressed the reaction during a conversation with Gayle King on CBS Mornings last September, acknowledging that her music had contributed to him receiving “a lot of backlash”, but adding that she believes “most of the time, past boyfriends been pretty flattered when they get a song written about them, good or bad.”
Referring again to the speculation linked to ‘Man’s Best Friend’, Keoghan said that “a girl made a video” discussing their relationship, but later posted another clip saying “Sorry for making that up”, although he pointed out that “no one seemed to latch onto” that follow up.
Alongside the Friends Keep Secrets appearance, Keoghan has previously urged for more understanding online, and shared on The Louis Theroux Podcast that he has been hurt by accusations suggesting he is not present as a father.
He later reinforced that message in a post, writing: “Each and every day I work harder to push myself on every level to be the healthiest and strongest person for that boy I need you to remember he has to read ALL of this about his father when he is older. Please be respectful to all.”
More recently, he revealed that comments targeting his looks have made him feel reluctant to leave the house.
The actor is widely recognised for his performances in Saltburn, The Banshees of Inisherin, and the upcoming Peaky Blinders film. He is also set to portray Ringo Starr in a forthcoming four part biopic series about The Beatles, appearing alongside Harris Dickinson as John Lennon, Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney, and Joseph Quinn as George Harrison.
