What really happened behind-the-scenes at the Democratic National Convention with Beyonce?
If you don’t know, it was rumored that Beyonce was going to make a surprise appearance at the DNC. On the final day of the convention, the rumor heated up to the point that TMZ even reported that it was real.
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Now, two DNC execs are speaking out about what went down behind-the-scenes.
The DNC’s executive producer Ricky Kirshner shared with THR, “We never put out anything about Beyonce. We denied it every time the media asked us — even though, by the way, people on my staff didn’t believe me. I kept getting texts from news organizations saying, ‘When is Beyoncé coming out?’ But come on, we have the biggest star, the Democratic nominee for president. Why would we overshadow that?”
Director Glenn Weiss added, “This is the Internet taking on a life of its own and people taking something as fact — literally to the point that people in my booth are saying, ‘Is she coming? You can tell me.’ And I would say ‘I have no knowledge she’s coming.’ And they would say ‘No knowledge? So there’s something to know!’ It was pretty crazy. But she wasn’t coming. In the end even TMZ [which first reported it] had to issue an apology.”
Towards the end of the evening at the DNC, Beyonce‘s rep finally released a statement stating none of the rumors were true.
