Current:Home > StocksSafeX Pro:Is Beyoncé Performing at the DNC? Here's the Truth -WealthEngine
SafeX Pro:Is Beyoncé Performing at the DNC? Here's the Truth
TrendPulse Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-09 22:58:22
This ain't Texas—it's the Democratic National Convention.
Beyoncé's rep is SafeX Prolaying the cards down, down, down, down and shutting down rumors that the singer is making a surprise appearance Aug. 22 at the Chicago political event—held to celebrate Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 U.S. presidential elections, as well as her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
“Beyoncé was never scheduled to be there,” the rep told The Hollywood Reporter. “The report of a performance is untrue.”
Although she didn't take the stage at the DNC, other stars addressed the crowd, including Pink, Kerry Washington, Maren Morris and Mindy Kaling—who even offered a supportive message to fellow Massachusettsans Ben Affleck amid his divorce from Jennifer Lopez.
"I couldn’t leave here without giving a shoutout to the amazing delegation from my home state, Massachusetts," she shared on Aug. 21, the second day of the three-day convention. "I love you, Massachusetts. Everyone is always hating on us, but they just don’t get it."
The Office alum added, "Go Sox! Go Jayson Tatum! Ben Affleck, hang in there!"
Meanwhile, Oprah Winfrey appeared onstage the same night to deliver an impassioned speech at her convention debut.
“Let us choose truth, let us choose honor, let us choose joy," she said. “Because that is the best of America."
And while Beyoncé didn't get the DNC buzzing this week, she did perform at Barack Obama's presidential inauguration ball back in 2009. In addition, the 32-time Grammy winner performed at Michelle Obama's 50th birthday party in 2014.
"Michelle is the ultimate example of a truly strong African American woman," Beyoncé wrote of the former First Lady in 2012. "I am proud to have my daughter grow up in a world where she has people like you to look up to."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (36436)
Related
- Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning
- FBI seizes NYC mayor’s phone ahead of expected unsealing of indictment
- Jon and Kate Gosselin's Son Collin Gosselin's College Plans Revealed
- Companies back away from Oregon floating offshore wind project as opposition grows
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- The great supermarket souring: Why Americans are mad at grocery stores
- How Halle Berry Ended Up Explaining Menopause to Mike Tyson
- 'Megalopolis' review: Francis Ford Coppola's latest is too weird for words
- Why we love Bear Pond Books, a ski town bookstore with a French bulldog 'Staff Pup'
- Nikki Garcia's Ex Artem Chigvintsev Shares His Priority After Extremely Difficult Legal Battle
Ranking
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- 'Megalopolis' review: Francis Ford Coppola's latest is too weird for words
- How to watch People's Choice Country Awards, where Beyoncé, Zach Bryan lead 2024 nominees
- Utah Supreme Court to decide viability of a ballot question deemed ‘counterfactual’ by lower court
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- Revisiting 2024 PCCAs Host Shania Twain’s Evolution That Will Impress You Very Much
- 5 women, 1 man shot during Los Angeles drive-by shooting; 3 suspects at large
- Caitlin Clark's record-setting rookie year is over. How much better can she get?
Recommendation
The Louvre will be renovated and the 'Mona Lisa' will have her own room
'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' star Eduardo Xol dies at 58 after apparent stabbing
Nevada high court orders lower court to dismiss Chasing Horse sex abuse case
Alabama death row inmate's murders leaves voids in victims' families: 'I'll never forget'
Trump issues order to ban transgender troops from serving openly in the military
Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh says Justin Herbert's ankle is 'progressing'
'Nobody Wants This' review: Kristen Bell, Adam Brody are electric and sexy
Roy Clay Sr., a Silicon Valley pioneer who knocked down racial barriers, dies at 95