More drama in the Beyhive…
On Monday, fashion designer, Rachel Roy cancelled a scheduled public appearance in New York City amid speculation that she was the infamous “Becky with the good hair” – a representation of infidelity in Beyonce’s new song, Sorry.
The stylist was signed on to present a talk at the Mastering Your Metier seminar on Monday evening, but she decided to back out despite the short notice.
“Due to a personal emergency, Rachel Roy has had to cancel this evening’s event. Our apologies for any inconvenience,” read the email sent to the guests.
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The news of her abrupt cancellation comes just days after Beyonce released her new album, Lemonade.
A song on the record entitled Sorry explores the themes of marital infidelity with the lyrics, “He only want me when I’m not there / He better call Becky with the good hair”.
Fans quickly assumed that Queen Bey was alluding that her husband, Jay Z, had cheated with a mystery woman with the code name ‘Becky’.
It wasn’t long after the track dropped that Rachel became the centre of speculation, encouraging fans to believe that the evocative lyrics referred to her.
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Further adding fuel to the already-fierce fire, Rachel took to Instagram to share a now-deleted photo along with a suggestive caption.
“Good hair don’t care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. Live in the light #nodramaqueens,” Rachel penned alongside a selfie on her account, which has now been changed to private.
Despite changing her account preferences to private, her post didn’t go unnoticed as she later took to Twitter to defend herself against the social media storm that resulted from the pic.
“I respect love, marriages, families and strength. What shouldn’t be tolerated by anyone, no matter what, is bullying, of any kind,” Rachel, who was previously married to Jay Z’s business partner Damon Dash, penned.
Rachel was linked to the 99 Problems hitmaker in 2014 after Beyonce’s sister Solange was famously caught punching and kicking Jay Z in an elevator at a Met Gala after-party at the Standard Hotel in New York.
At the time, a source alleged to E! News that “Rachel was being flirtatious” at the event.
“Rachel is a little too close to Jay Z,” a source said to The Daily News. “Solange doesn’t like it, and Beyoncé doesn’t like it.”
Beyonce and Jay Z married in 2008.
