Beyonce Pregnant Again? Laughs Off Pregnancy Rumors on 'TODAY' During 'Chime For Change' Concert Interview (VIDEO)
Beyonce appeared on NBC's TODAY show on Monday and laughed off her pregnancy rumors when asked about it.
The 31-year-old was interviewed by TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie while backstage at Chime For Change: The Sound of Change Live Concert on June 1. She was sitting alongside Salma Hayek and Gucci's Creative director Frida Giannini.
Guthrie told the mother-of-one, "I would be remiss if I didn't give you a chance to dispel any rumors about whether you're expecting."
The singer didn't confirm or deny in her answer: "What kind of rumor? Huh?" Beyoncé asked, and added, "I don't know what you're talking about" then burst into laughter with Hayek and Giannini.
Several incidents sparked rumors that hip-hop's First Couple - Beyonce and Jay-Z - are expecting a second child. When she wore a blue sparkle catsuit on and called her daughter Blue Ivy to the stage at London's O2 Arena in May, a fan photo taken of the singer from the side made her appear to have a baby bump.
A week later, a "quasi-official" source from Beyonce's "team" said the 31-year-old mother-of-one is eight weeks pregnant and her growing baby bump is the real reason her United Kingdom publicist banned press from taking pictures of her.
"Only photos that do not show her stomach up close are released to the public," the insider explained toMedia Takeout.
On May 6, the multi-Grammy winner attended Metropolitan Museum of Art's Gala for the exhibit Punk: Chaos Couture, wearing a black strapless high-waisted Givenchy Couture gown. Beyoncé told The Huffington Post the corset to her dress was so tight that she was going to "need scissors to cut the string."
A week later on May 13, New York Post published a report that "multiple" entertainment industry insiders who also attended Metropolitan Museum of Art's Gala said she wore the corseted high-waisted dress because it "camouflaged" her growing baby bump.
Jay-Z later denied that Beyoncé is pregnant with the couple's second child.
The hip-hop mogul debunked the rumor in a reply email to New York radio station host Ebro Darden of Hot 97 FM, who sent an email congratulating him on the news.
"Jay-Z emailed Ebro over the weekend and told him that the pregnancy rumour is false," Darden said. "I hit him to say congratulations... It's not true, the news is worse than blogs," Darden added.
