Confused Beyonc fans think Jay Z had an affair with TV chef Rachael Ray
Beyonc fans confuse Rachael Roy with Rachel Ray
If the rumours are true, celebrity chef andsqueaky-clean(relatively speaking)FoodNetwork hostRachaelRay has been hooking up withBeyonc'shusband behind herback.
Her fierce,flawless,irreplaceable back.
RING THE ALARM!TheproverbialBey-hivehas been kicked and Beyoncfansare on an emoji spamming rampageright now in defence of their queen.
Unfortunately for Ray, who's best-known for her clever kitchen tips and saying things like "Yum-O!", a good chunk of those fans havedigitally swarmed the wrong woman after hearing of Jay-Z's alleged affair with fashion designer Rachel Roy.
lmfaooooo people are getting Rachael Ray and Rachel Roy confused noo pic.twitter.com/7cIl0alXVn
—@itsnickslife
The confusion started bubbling upon Saturday night afterBeyonc dropped her new album,Lemonade,viaher rap mogul husband'sstreaming service Tidal.
Released alongsidea one-hourHBO special featuring music videos from the album, fans dove straight into Queen Bey'ssixth LP,eager todecipher the artist'ssometimes cryptic prose.
It didn't takea fine-toothed comb to find somethingworthy of Tweeting about right away for the Beygency.
Amidthe multitude ofheavy personal and political statements to be foundon Lemonade,one line from the track Sorry,about infidelitya topic Beyonc has been known to explore inher workstood out:
"He only want me when I'm not on there / He better call Becky with the good hair."
"He better call Becky with the good hair." What did Jay-Z do?!? #LEMONADE
—@VOICEOFCHID
Me trying to google and find out who Becky with the good hair is!!! #LEMONADE pic.twitter.com/y7KoOElDQt
—@michaelcollado
TWITTER: FIND BECKY WITH THE GOOD HAIR RIGHT NOW, I NEED HER @
—@dearwavybee
Speculation that Beckya namedescribed in the Genius notes for Beyonc'ssongas "a stereotypical archetype in the black community that refers to the average white woman" was Rachel Roy began almost immediately.
"Roy had previously been connected to rumoured BeyoncJay Z marital strife back in 2014," wrote Vanity Fair of the lyric. "At the time,tabloids citedJay Z's close friendship with the designer as the reasonSolange Knowlesattacked himin the elevator of Manhattan's Standard Hotel after that year's Met Gala."
Whether this is true or not, Roy appeared to be playing the nod up on Saturday night after Lemonade premiered by posting a photo to Instagram with the caption "Good hair don't care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies. or self truths, always. live in the light #nodramaqueens."
That post has since beendeleted from the American fashion designer's Instagram account.
Beyonc'sincredibly zealous fans have been harassing Roy en massesince Lemonade dropped,filling her social media feeds with lemon emojis, nasty comments and their trademark bees.
The designer'sWikipedia page wasreportedlyedited 182 times in just over an hour on Saturday night before it was locked down, once to make her name read"Rachel Roach" and then to make it"Dusty Side Hoe that died under a lemonade stand."
Roy addressed the dragging on Twitter Sunday afternoon, writing "I respect love, marriages, families and strength. What shouldn't be tolerated by anyone, no matter what, is bullying, of any kind."
I respect love, marriages, families and strength. What shouldn't be tolerated by anyone, no matter what, is bullying, of any kind.
—@Rachel_Roy
The Bey-hive doesn't care. In fact, many are nowcalling outRoy even harder for trying to backtrack out of her Instagram comments.
By Monday, the fight had become so messy that it was observed spilling over onto the similarlynamed host of30 Minute Meals.
Ray, who has not beenromantically linked toJay, is forthe first time evermore synonymous online right nowwith the words"side chick" than "side dish" and it's really confusing to some people.
@rachaelray how the hell could you let jay-z cheat on Beyonc you ghoul
—@mymilkjakes
I can't believe @rachelray helped Jay-Z do that to the Queen. Never makin' those 30 minute meals again
—@ElizabitchWine
.@rachaelray such a good person you're out here breaking up marriages. Smdh.
—@Mew619
The TV personality has yet to respond to any of the nasty "homewrecker" comments she's receivedonInstagram photos of her 11-year-old rescuedogandlovelyartichoke burgers with tarragon special sauce.
Perhaps she's taking the high road or maybe she's just too busy running multiple businesses, hanging out with her husband andmaking awesome food to care about the bee emoji people.
Likewise for Beyonc.
BEYONC JUST WON CUSTODY OF THE INTERNET IN THE DIVORCE. #LEMONADE
—@ellievhall
Jay Z has also refrained frompublicly addressing these rumoursalthough, interestingly enough, he hasn't been receivingnearly as much criticism as any ofthe women involved.