Not everybody loved Beyoncé’s Christmas Day halftime efficiency.
All eyes have been on the famous person, 43, when she hit the sector at NRG Stadium in Houston on Wednesday throughout a break within the NFL sport the place the house crew Texans battled the Baltimore Ravens.
Shining in a white bodysuit, chaps and cowboy hat, Beyoncé carried out a number of hits from her “Cowboy Carter” album alongside Submit Malone and Shaboozey — however when she made a selected transfer, viewers at residence misplaced their cool.
Whereas wrapping up her set after singing “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the singer was lifted above the sector on a platform and made the finger-gun gesture together with her left hand.
On the identical time, a banner studying “BANG” was launched underneath the platform.
The Nationwide Soccer League bans the gun gesture, which ends up in a 15-yard penalty for any offending participant, per Each day Mail.
The mixture infuriated viewers, who unloaded their grievances on social media.
“Is the @NFL going to fine @Beyonce for finger guns?!” one offended watcher shared on X (previously Twitter).
“I was thinking the same thing!! How many players were fined for that?” a second X consumer replied.
“Where is the flag on Beyoncé for the finger guns?!?!” posted a 3rd.
“Still not sold on Beyoncé as a country artist. Still seems like a pop star that just threw a cowboy hat on. It’s also hilarious that the league has been fining players left and right for finger guns and she’s throwing them around like it’s her job,” added a fourth.
The Submit has reached out to the NFL for remark.
The 32-time Grammy winner is married to Jay-Z, who has thick ties to the soccer league.
The NFL entered right into a partnership along with his media firm Roc Nation in 2019, agreeing that the corporate could be the league’s “live music entertainment strategist.” It’s additionally sticking by him within the wake of his scandal.
Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old woman with Sean “Diddy” Combs at an after-party for MTV’s Video Music Awards in 2000.
It’s necessary to notice that Jay-Z has not been charged and has denied the allegations, calling them “heinous” and the lawsuit a “blackmail attempt.”
His lawyer additionally had some stern phrases in regards to the rising variety of inconsistencies which have surfaced because the lawsuit was filed.
Whereas Jay-Z wasn’t at Beyoncé’s practically 13-minute Christmas Day efficiency, their oldest youngster, Blue Ivy, 12, stole the present when she got here out and danced alongside her mom.
