Identity said:

HohnerCatcher said:

I don't understand how a pregnancy could stimulate album sales.

A massive windfall of good publicity and social media chatter can help your career.

Anything instead of crickets chirping. Got it.

Identity said:

HohnerCatcher said:

I don't understand how a pregnancy could stimulate album sales.

A massive windfall of good publicity and social media chatter can help your career.

That's true, but Beyonce doesn't really need it. Whenever any really famous woman gets pregnant, or adopts a baby, it's treated like a big deal.

The world almost stopped when Brad and Angelina had their baby.

Britney was everywhere while she was pregnant.

Mariah was constantly in the news during her pregnancy.

I don't see how Beyonce getting pregnant is different from any other celebrity.

Paris9748430 said:

Identity said:

A massive windfall of good publicity and social media chatter can help your career.

That's true, but Beyonce doesn't really need it. Whenever any really famous woman gets pregnant, or adopts a baby, it's treated like a big deal.

The world almost stopped when Brad and Angelina had their baby.

Britney was everywhere while she was pregnant.

Mariah was constantly in the news during her pregnancy.

I don't see how Beyonce getting pregnant is different from any other celebrity.

It's not her BEING pregnant that's suspect, it's the WAY she announced it that makes it look like a stunt. Especially coming from the woman who refused to discuss her relationship before and after the marriage. But NOW she pops up on the red carpet at the VMAs (the bottom of the barrel of awards shows) in a needlessly matronly gown, holding her gut, and announces to PHOTOGRAPHERS "Hey, guys, guess who's knocked up???!!!" For real, who does that???? Maybe someone whose album tanked?

I can't recall ANY celeb, especially one of B's stature doing this kinda nonsense. Chile sit down, PLEASE!

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lazycrockett said:

N already whoring out the fetus.

!!!

There's gonna be so many baby camel jokes in the coming months. OMG....

Identity said:

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The real thing or a less than clever PR stunt to boost sagging sales of her singles?

Wasn't this picture just last month?

If that baby has grown that much in just over a month, her ass is gonna be HUGE!!!!!!

SCNDLS said:

Paris9748430 said:

That's true, but Beyonce doesn't really need it. Whenever any really famous woman gets pregnant, or adopts a baby, it's treated like a big deal.

The world almost stopped when Brad and Angelina had their baby.

Britney was everywhere while she was pregnant.

Mariah was constantly in the news during her pregnancy.

I don't see how Beyonce getting pregnant is different from any other celebrity.

It's not her BEING pregnant that's suspect, it's the WAY she announced it that makes it look like a stunt. Especially coming from the woman who refused to discuss her relationship before and after the marriage. But NOW she pops up on the red carpet in a needlessly matronly gown, holding her gut, and announces to PHOTOGRAPHERS "Hey, guys, guess who's knocked up???!!!" For real, who does that???? Maybe someone whose album tanked?

I can't recall ANY celeb, especially one of B's stature doing this kinda nonsense. Chile sit down, PLEASE!

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RIGGGHHHTTT.... its not even like they ASKED HER... she took it upon HERSELF to walk up to the PAPS to tell them.... COME ON NOW

You think Mariah or Angelina would have did some dumbass shit like that on a RED CARPET to go to an award shows?????

"Hey Paps... guess what? Im preggos wanna see? "

Ehhhhh NO

SCNDLS said:

lazycrockett said:

N already whoring out the fetus.

Come now, you should know that in the Knowles household you ain't never too young to turn a trick, I mean earn a dolla.

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Maybe it will be a twilight baby and eat its way out of her.

SCNDLS said:

Paris9748430 said:

That's true, but Beyonce doesn't really need it. Whenever any really famous woman gets pregnant, or adopts a baby, it's treated like a big deal.

The world almost stopped when Brad and Angelina had their baby.

Britney was everywhere while she was pregnant.

Mariah was constantly in the news during her pregnancy.

I don't see how Beyonce getting pregnant is different from any other celebrity.

It's not her BEING pregnant that's suspect, it's the WAY she announced it that makes it look like a stunt. Especially coming from the woman who refused to discuss her relationship before and after the marriage. But NOW she pops up on the red carpet in a needlessly matronly gown, holding her gut, and announces to PHOTOGRAPHERS "Hey, guys, guess who's knocked up???!!!" For real, who does that???? Maybe someone whose album tanked?

I can't recall ANY celeb, especially one of B's stature doing this kinda nonsense. Chile sit down, PLEASE!

[Edited 8/28/11 20:19pm]

Her album did tank, but how is announcing a pregnancy, 3-4 months after the album came out gonna do anything to change that? No, it's not.

Of all people, you think BEYONCE needs publicity and album sales?

No celeb ever did something like that? What about Britney Spears' reality show that came out suspiciously around the time she announced her pregnancy?

Like I said, I didn't see her official announcement on the Red Carpet, so I can't really judge.

Maybe, she's just really happy to be knocked up.

I don't see how it's any different than Mariah Carey tweeting every 10 minutes about "Dem Babies".

Or Demi Moore's cover of Vanity Fair. Which came out after several of her movies tanked.

They're in the business of publicity.

Which is worse? Leaking your "private" porno to become famous or pimping your unborn fetus to help your lagging record sales?

I was raised to believe that it was bad luck to be pimpin in your first trimester.

Paris9748430 said:

SCNDLS said:

It's not her BEING pregnant that's suspect, it's the WAY she announced it that makes it look like a stunt. Especially coming from the woman who refused to discuss her relationship before and after the marriage. But NOW she pops up on the red carpet in a needlessly matronly gown, holding her gut, and announces to PHOTOGRAPHERS "Hey, guys, guess who's knocked up???!!!" For real, who does that???? Maybe someone whose album tanked?

I can't recall ANY celeb, especially one of B's stature doing this kinda nonsense. Chile sit down, PLEASE!

[Edited 8/28/11 20:19pm]

Her album did tank, but how is announcing a pregnancy, 3-4 months after the album came out gonna do anything to change that? No, it's not.

Of all people, you think BEYONCE needs publicity and album sales?

No celeb ever did something like that? What about Britney Spears' reality show that came out suspiciously around the time she announced her pregnancy?

Like I said, I didn't see her official announcement on the Red Carpet, so I can't really judge.

Maybe, she's just really happy to be knocked up.

I don't see how it's any different than Mariah Carey tweeting every 10 minutes about "Dem Babies".

Or Demi Moore's cover of Vanity Fair. Which came out after several of her movies tanked.

They're in the business of publicity.

None of that has anything to do with my point which is: It's a stunt to announce a pregnancy on the red carpet at the VMAs of all awards shows, at least do it at the Grammys.

A classy celeb goes on David Letterman or Jay Leno to properly milk their pregnancy.

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lazycrockett said:

I was raised to believe that it was bad luck to be pimpin in your first trimester.

Guess this means no more skin bleaching or blonde weaves for her now?

Meanwhile... in Solange World....

http://twitter.com/#!/solangeknowles/status/107726499884441600

Beyonce was probably pregnant when the album came out; if she wanted to exploit her condition for profit, she could have done it a lot sooner. I don't know what kind of lemmings the rest of you are, but to this day I have never bought any CD because the singer was pregnant. If next week Katy Perry or Lady Gaga were to announce they were having a baby, I still wouldn't go near their albums with a 10 ft. poll.

Pregnant women tend to be happy about their pregnancy; they tend to want to share their news with those who'll listen. This is just another prince.org attempt to attack Beyonce with a bunch of unnecessary cynicism.

I'm just glad that Jay Z finally was able to bust a nut in her. Congrats..... and now to every other chick in the game, its time to put out the best album of your career and perform to the best of your ability. Strike while that bitch is down and out.

Identity said:

Yep. Thats what she did at the end of her performance. She might as well hung a sign around her neck with the words "BABY INSIDE" w/a flashing neon arrow pointing at her belly.

PlayboyOriginal said:

I'm just glad that Jay Z finally was able to bust a nut in her. Congrats..... and now to every other chick in the game, its time to put out the best album of your career and perform to the best of your ability. Strike while that bitch is down and out.

I bet this pregnancy wasn't even planned and wouldn't be the least bit surprised if Ciara and Amerie replaced her birth control pills with blanks and Kelly gave them the key and blueprints for the house.

SCNDLS said:

Paris9748430 said:

Her album did tank, but how is announcing a pregnancy, 3-4 months after the album came out gonna do anything to change that? No, it's not.

Of all people, you think BEYONCE needs publicity and album sales?

No celeb ever did something like that? What about Britney Spears' reality show that came out suspiciously around the time she announced her pregnancy?

Like I said, I didn't see her official announcement on the Red Carpet, so I can't really judge.

Maybe, she's just really happy to be knocked up.

I don't see how it's any different than Mariah Carey tweeting every 10 minutes about "Dem Babies".

Or Demi Moore's cover of Vanity Fair. Which came out after several of her movies tanked.

They're in the business of publicity.

None of that has anything to do with my point which is: It's a stunt to announce a pregnancy on the red carpet at the VMAs of all awards shows, at least do it at the Grammys.

A classy celeb goes on David Letterman or Jay Leno to properly milk their pregnancy.

[Edited 8/28/11 20:37pm]

It's a stunt to announce a pregnancy anywhere!

Whether it be on Letterman, Leno, Twitter, or through a Publicists statement.

You know why they call them Publicists? Because they're job is to get publicty for their client!

Any time a celebrity announces a Pregancy, it's for publicity!

Nobody's any different! Beyonce, Demi Moore, Mariah, Jennifer Garner, they're all the same!

If she announced the pregancy yesterday, folks would be saying she's trying to upstage the VMA's.

If she announced it during a show, she'd just be doing it for ticket sales.

If she announced her Pregancy anytime within the past 3-4 Months, it would be because her album sales tanked.

And it would be the same with every other celebrity!

chamber said:

Beyonce was probably pregnant when the album came out; if she wanted to exploit her condition for profit, she could have done it a lot sooner. I don't know what kind of lemmings the rest of you are, but to this day I have never bought any CD because the singer was pregnant. If next week Katy Perry or Lady Gaga were to announce they were having a baby, I still wouldn't go near their albums with a 10 ft. poll.

Pregnant women tend to be happy about their pregnancy; they tend to want to share their news with those who'll listen. This is just another prince.org attempt to attack Beyonce with a bunch of unnecessary cynicism.

Not if her team thought the album would be selling like gangbusters.

Sorry folks, we've seen celebrities much bigger than her deny being pregnant and getting away from it. We've also seen celebrities have babies without a single pregnancy photo published. This was a publicity stunt plain and simple. How many articles are going to mention her being on the VMA's performing her new song off her new album? How is that not working your fetus for a buck?

chamber said:

Beyonce was probably pregnant when the album came out; if she wanted to exploit her condition for profit, she could have done it a lot sooner. I don't know what kind of lemmings the rest of you are, but to this day I have never bought any CD because the singer was pregnant. If next week Katy Perry or Lady Gaga were to announce they were having a baby, I still wouldn't go near their albums with a 10 ft. poll.

Pregnant women tend to be happy about their pregnancy; they tend to want to share their news with those who'll listen. This is just another prince.org attempt to attack Beyonce with a bunch of unnecessary cynicism.

That IS true BUT based on the personality that Beyonce tries to convey well puts on for the public which is private and family orientated that seemed out of character that she would walk to a pap and tell them she was pregnant. This is the same woman who kept her relationship with Jay Z private before and after marriage.

Its not so much that she was pregnant like some have said but HOW she did it BASED on the PERSONALITY she tries to put on. It was a clear motive behind it.

Its not like she told a close friend or a family member which kinda what you are saying. In this case, She knew going to a pap would expose she was pregnant. It seemed inappropiate to do it at a red carpet.. kinda tacky and attention seeking that she would WALK UP to a PAP HERSELF and reveal it. It kinda makes her interviews and her persona she was tryna front so far in this era not really convincing cause she was pregnant all along.

Like some have said I think revealing in a different setting would have been appropiate. Those times she lied about being pregnant in those sit down interviews would have been a perfect opportunity.

NaughtyKitty said:

Y'all missed it. Beyonce just performed and at the end of her performance she opened up her jacket and rubbed her belly.

Beyonce is pregnant. What else is there to discuss?

Paris9748430 said:

SCNDLS said:

None of that has anything to do with my point which is: It's a stunt to announce a pregnancy on the red carpet at the VMAs of all awards shows, at least do it at the Grammys.

A classy celeb goes on David Letterman or Jay Leno to properly milk their pregnancy.

[Edited 8/28/11 20:37pm]

It's a stunt to announce a pregnancy anywhere!

Whether it be on Letterman, Leno, Twitter, or through a Publicists statement.

You know why they call them Publicists? Because they're job is to get publicty for their client!

Any time a celebrity announces a Pregancy, it's for publicity!

Nobody's any different! Beyonce, Demi Moore, Mariah, Jennifer Garner, they're all the same!

If she announced the pregancy yesterday, folks would be saying she's trying to upstage the VMA's.

If she announced it during a show, she'd just be doing it for ticket sales.

If she announced her Pregancy anytime within the past 3-4 Months, it would be because her album sales tanked.

And it would be the same with every other celebrity!

Okay, I don't even care about it that much, so I'll let you go on with your tirade, while I get back to laughing at her desperate stunt. Thanks!

SeventeenDayze said:

lazycrockett said:

I was raised to believe that it was bad luck to be pimpin in your first trimester.

Guess this means no more skin bleaching or blonde weaves for her now?

What "skin bleaching"? Beyonce has always been the color that she is now. Btw, Beyonce's hair is naturally long. Maybe she adds a few pieces here and there like Britney and every other star. However, it's not like she has to add hair in order for it to be long. All you have to do is to look at younger photos of her. She is the same color as she is now and her hair has always been long.

mimi07 said:

NaughtyKitty said:

Y'all missed it. Beyonce just performed and at the end of her performance she opened up her jacket and rubbed her belly.

Damn, muhhfuckas work FAST!!! EPIC!

Free2BMe said:

SeventeenDayze said:

Guess this means no more skin bleaching or blonde weaves for her now?

What "skin bleaching"? Beyonce has always been the color that she is now. Btw, Beyonce's hair is naturally long. Maybe she adds a few pieces here and there like Britney and every other star. However, it's not like she has to add hair in order for it to be long. All you have to do is to look at younger photos of her. She is the same color as she is now and her hair has always been long.

Bey's hair is nowhere near as long as it was when she was a kid. And she STAYS in wigs and weaves. Her real hair is only past her shoulders and thin, prolly from so many years of wigs and weaves which are damaging. And I think she bleaches her skin too.