#WhoBitBeyonce

About

#WhoBitBeyonce is a hashtag categorizing the online discussion surrounding an interview with actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish who alleged an unnamed celebrity bit recording artist Beyoncé in the face.

Origin

On March 26th, 2018, GQ^[1] published an interview with actor Tiffany Haddish. During the coversation, Haddish alleged that an unnamed celebrity bit Beyoncé in the face at a Jay-Z. Desribing a story of the time she met the singer at a part, GQ writes:

“There was this actress there,” continues Haddish, keeping her voice low, “that's just, like, doing the mostest.” One of the most things she did? “She bit Beyoncé in the face.”

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Haddish says she told Beyoncé, “I'm going to beat somebody ass at your party. I just want to let you know that.” Beyoncé asked her not to--told her to “have fun” instead. (Haddish leveraged this moment into a selfie with Beyoncé.)

“Near the end of the party,” says Haddish, describing her final run-in with Mrs. Carter sometime later, “Beyoncé's at the bar, so I said to Beyoncé, ‘Did she really bite you?’ She was like, ‘Yeah.’ I was like, ‘She gonna get her ass beat tonight.’ She was like, ‘Tiffany, no. Don't do that. That bitch is on drugs. She not even drunk. The bitch is on drugs. She not like that all the time. Just chill.’"

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Following the release of the article, Vulture^[3] published an investigation into possible suspects based on The Cut's^[2] reporting what celebrities who were also at the concert. They included, Rihanna, James Franco, French Montana, Queen Latifah, rapper G-Eazy, Sara Foster, Jen Meyer and Sanaa Lathan.

Responses

Responding to online discussion, Sara Foster denied the allegations in an Instagram ^[4] post. She said, "Flattering that anyone thinks I could get this close to Beyoncé." The post (shown below, left) received more than 7,600 likes in 24 hours.

Chrissy Tiegen posted a series of tweets claiming to know the person who bit Beyoncé. In series of responses, she wrote,^[5] "My initial guess was wrong. The real person? I *never* would have guessed. I’VE SAID TOO MUCH." She continued,^[6] "Update it is NOT the person I think is the worst. IM DONE." Finally, she tweeted,^[7] "I AM NEVER TELLING I’m scared I’ve said too much KNOWLEDGE IS A CURSE!"

That day, Sanaa Lathan tweeted,^[8] "Y’all are funny. Under no circumstances did I bite Beyonce and if I did it would’ve been a love bite 💋." The post (shown below) received more than 3,800 retweets and 12,900 likes in 24 hours.

Additionally, Twitter user @1BabyBye tweeted, "Media Takeout is saying it was Taraji. #WhoBitBeyonce." Haddish responded,^[9] "No it wasn't." The post (shown below) received more than 140 retweets and 1,200 likes in 24 hours.

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