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Beyoncé and Nicole Curran Courtside Interaction

Beyoncé and Nicole Curran Courtside Interaction

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Updated Jun 06, 2019 at 04:35PM EDT by Adam.

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Overview

Beyoncé / Nicole Curran Courtside Interaction refers to a moment in Game 3 of the 2019 NBA Finals in which Nicole Curran, wife of Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob, leaned over Beyoncé to speak to Beyoncé's husband Jay-Z. For a brief moment, Beyoncé appears to look irritated at Curran. Initially, this was joked about online as users interpreted Beyoncé's look as her fuming about Curran possibly flirting with Jay-Z. However, the situation quickly escalated as Beyoncé fans harassed Curran on Instagram with death threats, causing her to deactivate her account.

Background

On June 5th, 2019, during Game 3 of the 2019 NBA Finals, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Curran, and Lacob were seated next to each other in that order. At one point, Curran leaned over Beyoncé to speak to Jay-Z. The moment was captured by the ESPN cameras (shown below).



Of note, Jay-Z has a history of alleged infidelity with Beyoncé, which has supposedly been the cause of his elevator fight with Solange and inspired several tracks off Beyoncé's album Lemonade.

Developments

After ESPN tweeted the clip, Twitter users joked that Beyoncé looked incensed at Curran. User @_brandoc[1] joked "beyonce is so annoyed by this woman and hov gon’ hear about it on the jet" (shown below, left). Twitter user @KaraRBrown[2] posted "I would leave the earth if Beyonce looked this ready to smack me," gaining over 4,800 retweets and 32,000 likes (shown below, right).


Brandon Caldwell @brandoc beyonce is so annoyed by this woman and hov gon' hear about it on the jet fapen Plae JAY-Z BEYONCE 0:11 From ESPN KB @KaraRBrown I would leave the earth if Beyonce looked this ready to smack me ESPN @espn 17h Jay-Z and Beyoncé are courtside for Game 3 Paper Ple BEYONCE JAY-Z 0:11 10:38 PM Jun 5, 2019 Twitter Web App

The following day, ESPN senior writer Ramona Shelburne[5] tweeted that Curran had invited Beyoncé and Jay-Z to games several times before and that in the video, she was asking the couple what they wanted to drink (shown below).


Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne Curran said she had no idea anything was even amiss until she got home and started seeing texts from friends and checked her social media. She's invited Jay Z and Beyoncé to the game 3-4 times before. Last night she says she asked if they wanted drinks. Beyoncé asked for water 2:10 PM Jun 6, 2019 from Oakland, CA Twitter for iPhone

Nevertheless, after the interaction spread online, Beyoncé fans discovered Curran's Instagram and flooded it with the bee emoji, representative of the "Beyhive," as Beyoncé fans call themselves.[3] Shelburne[4] also reported that the harassment included death threats, leading Curran to deactivate her account (shown below, right). The story was covered by Uproxx[6] and Buzzfeed.[3]


smbizela NAUN nnnttnMLNUS warriornicole Follow Comments 35s Reply terrellamari Sorry, but this is just business baby sis. guilherme.herdt 1m Reply 3m 1 like Reply iamkim2 A 34s Reply 2m 1 like Reply kall_it_karma I was coming to put some but your caption is Hamilton so l'll leave you alone 1m Reply flawlesss4395 « bigbadbazzzz 34s Reply 2m Reply makeupebony eTE SE 1m Reply 31s Reply beonciivy 14s Reply Ramona Shelburne @ramonashelburne Just spoke to Nicole Curran, the wife of Warriors owner Joe Lacob, about the "incident " with Beyoncé last night. She was in tears. Said she had been getting death threats on social media all night this morning she disabled her IG account just to make it stop 2:07 PM Jun 6, 2019 from Oakland, CA Twitter for iPhone

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External References

[1] Twitter – @_brandoc

[2] Twitter – @KaraRBrown

[3] Buzzfeed – Beyoncé's Reaction To A Woman Leaning Over Her To Talk To Jay-Z Has Sparked A Huge Drama

[4] Twitter – @RamonaShelburne

[5] Twitter – @ramonashelburne

[6] Uproxx – Nicole Curran Received Death Threats After Her Interaction With Beyoncé And Jay-Z At Game 3

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