The Beyoncé Outtakes

 

Beyoncé had so much to say in GQ's February cover story. And now, in the wake of that piece (not to mention news of her upcoming Super Bowl reunion with Destiny 's Child and performance at Obama's second inauguration), so do her fans. With the Twittersphere on fire about the GQ article and great Terry Richardson photos, let it never be said that we are not listening. When we read Tweets like this—

Michelle Janaye @michellejanaye
I would love to know what @msamywallace left #out of her cover story on Beyonce http://gqm.ag/Vlccu2 #LetMeSeeYourNotebook. #journostuff

—we got out our notebooks and got busy. Herewith, some outtakes from our interview that address some of the concerns of Beyonce's public:

From Twitter:
Bigg-EE @EASports_21
I'm confused didn't beyonce just have a baby? Why do she still look amazing perfect body nd perfect face. Jay-Z your lucky

bee$h. @BigBEESH
Beyonce & Jay Z have a beautiful relationship.

Lily @LilyZiegler
Beyonce & Jay Z = coolest couple in the world.

@_SHEdanie
Why does Beyoncé never where her wedding ring, what's the point then? You're married, you should where you're wedding ring.

From the GQ Interview:
"I was independent before I met my husband, and we have such a natural chemistry and a genuine relationship, and it's based on the things that relationships are supposed to be based on. I've seen, growing up, when a woman or a man in a relationship—it doesn't matter which one—doesn't feel confident, they feel a bit trapped. Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are."

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From Twitter:
Brazzers @Brazzers
I totally forgot that Beyonce is totally a MILF now.

Sin Jensen @blasianbabe_
Beyonce is the definition of a perfect woman

From the GQ interview:
"When I gave birth, that was the first time I truly let go and surrendered. And it taught me how amazing that feels... Giving birth made me realize the power of being a woman. I have so much more substance in my life.  And expressing that excitement and that sensuality and the connection I have with my husband—I'm a lot more comfortable with that now. I actually feel like my child introduced me to myself."






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From Twitter:
Realyze @Realyze4
Idc what nobody say Beyonce baby didn't come from her, she faked the pregnancy

Dee @DeeThicke
She probably had a surrogate pregnancy RT @_anadina: the million dollar question. RT @TheOnlyReed: Was beyonce really pregnant?

Anadina M @_anadina
I truly don't believe beyonce carried her child, but what do I know.

From the GQ interview:
"I felt like I kind of had to protect my mother, because when people made up the silliest rumor about me not really being pregnant She was there when I went through all of those things. And my sister.  They were very, very defensive.  It's not personal to me, and it comes along with the job, but the lack of respect—people  will just go too far sometimes."

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From Twitter:
Beyonce Lite @BeyonceLite
"I am so proud to announce the first original Destiny's Child music in eight years!" - Beyoncé http://www.beyonce.com/news/destinys-child-love-songs ...

Stephhh. @_stephhhIV
Destiny's Child is going to reunite midway through Beyoncé's Super Bowl performance.

Kristen James @_krissyj
The Super Bowl just got SO much better! Two Words: Destiny's Child! http://bit.ly/UEO5mf

From the GQ interview:
The members of Destiny's Child "were my family, and still are my family.  Unlike solo artists that started out, my foundation is being in a group and being with other women that needed—we needed each other so much. I mean, it's harmony.  And we were super tight.  We could walk into a room and not give each other the key and sing in perfect harmony. It gives me chills. So that union, that unity, that sisterhood, it is how I grew up.

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From Twitter:
Martin @thisisfail
Before Beyonce sleeps, she watches the show she did the night before, critiques and writes notes to improve others. #Virgo

Head HoncheauX @JAiiNDeauX
Get a Virgo "@JoelGreen: I want a woman with the work ethic of Beyonce"

From the GQ interview:
"Because I'm a Virgo, I will think myself into a crazy frenzy, and I will re-think and re-think and figure out, you know, way too many things."

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From Twitter:
cabbie richards @therealcabbie
A look into the Big Brother machinery of @beyonce by @msamywallace for @GQMagazine. Also, the photos are FIRE.

From an outtake that didn't make the GQ story:
Ed Burke, Beyonce's visual director and the co-director of her new film, knows precisely when his boss first realized she needed to exert more control over her realm. It was in 2005, he says, when MTV shot a bunch of footage of her, but later wouldn't let her use it. "Back in the day, MTV used to do all the B-roll for making a video," Burke says. "They did that, and used it for whatever they shot it for." But he says that when Beyonce asked to use the footage for her own purposes, MTV told her "she had to pay. She goes, 'But it's my image.' That's where it all started."

Beyonce hired Burke, a Brit who trained to be a teacher, not a filmmaker, as a full-time videographer. Early on, he wasn't entirely sure what she wanted him to do. "I will always remember one day, I was sitting in the back of the car, filming, and Bey and Angie, her cousin, were sitting in the front seat, talking about life, and Bey looked round, and goes, 'Oh, you don't have to film this.'  And I said, 'Well, how do I know if it's going to be good?'  And Angie laughed, and goes, 'He's got a point.' From then on, the access has been incredible, to the point where every facet of her life I've shot."

Here's the way it works now: If MTV or Access Hollywood or anyone else wants some footage of Beyonce and Beyonce thinks it's a good idea, Burke shoots it and lets them borrow it. "It's a win-win," Burke says. "They get better access—that's what we tell them—because I'm in the dressing room, where they would never be," he says. But Beyonce owns the footage. Same with still photos.

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From Twitter:
Beyonce De @BeyonceDe1
New Teaser For Beyoncé's HBO Documentary Has Bey Showing Off Her Bare Baby Bump http://on.vh1.com/Vss63n @VH1Music arac1l1 1yla

Courtney Pugh @CourtPugh
RT @jwilphotos: So I guess Beyonce is gonna be a daily topic until Super Bowl Sunday -> then her HBO documentary is 2 weeks later lol!

Raina K @discoparties
this article is funny cuz last week i made a joke about beyonce making a doc about herself called beyonce, starring beyonce

Raina K @discoparties
written & directed by beyonce, produced by beyonce, sound edited by beyonce, catered by beyonce, etc...

From an outtake that didn't make the GQ story:
Michael Lombardo, HBO's programming president, says when Beyonce's agents first pitched him and revealed that she was co-director, "my first response to myself was, 'Okay, that doesn't sound like something we normally would do.  It sounds a little bit like it's probably going to be a fluff piece,'" Lombardo recalls. "We have a long history at HBO in the documentary world and in the music world, and, the notion of any person of note being responsible for the editorial choices in a story about themselves is something I approach with some degree of cynicism." But after he watched the 90-minute film, he says, "I was entranced. I couldn't get it out of my head."

This was confusing, Lombardo admits, because what Beyonce had created was neither a concert film like Lady Gaga's 2011 ode to her Monster's Ball tour nor a warts-and-all, hard-hitting documentary. "It's some of that but not quite any of that," he says. "You feel the struggle of someone who has been handled for so long searching to find the part of her that she can disclose to the public. That vulnerability of someone searching for the comfort place where they're willing to be more than the image that has been fed to us—I was incredibly moved by that. Yeah, it's a brand play, it's an image play. It might be the most astute sort of self-packaging that we've ever seen. But I dare anybody to tune in and turn it off."