After 21 successful years in the game, it is not everyday that Beyoncé sits down for an Interview. In fact, she is very selective with whom she interviews with. The singer recently decided on Vogue, the most prestigious fashion magazine, that after 126 years running crowned Beyoncé as the first Black woman to cover the September issue.
With her unprecedented control, the legend talked about her “FUPA”, emergency C-section and breaking the cycle of toxic relationships in her family “In Her Own Words.”
On July 14, 2017 Beyoncé broke the internet with the debut of her twins Sir and Rumi Carter. The trio posed in front of a floral background in the most ethereal state, but little did the world know Beyoncé was in the midst of recovering from an emergency C-section.
“I was swollen from toxemia and had been on bed rest for over a month. My health and my babies’ health were in danger, so I had an emergency C-section. We spent many weeks in the NICU.”
The mogul speaks of Jay-Z as a “solider,” her husband being a big piece of her survival. Their truth of betrayal and forgiveness falls perfectly in line with her desires to break the cycle of abuse and brokenness from her bloodline —
Like any mother, Beyoncé works hard to set an example for her three children, who can all see Queen Bey not only fighting for healthy relationships but can also see her in boss roles such as CEO or humbly paving ways for other artists of color.
“I want my son to have a high emotional IQ where he is free to be caring, truthful, and honest. It’s everything a woman wants in a man, and yet we don’t teach it to our boys. I hope to teach my son to not fall victim to what the internet says he should be or how he should love.”
Falling victim is something that Beyoncé found herself doing in her 20’s and even after the birth of her first born Blue. She admittedly put pressure on herself to be fit just three months after giving birth with her eldest daughter, but this postpartum go round she is choosing to embrace her more curvier figure.
In a twist of events, the same internet that has shamed her for her mommy FUPA has overnight taken solace in her words, which only validates her statement in her Lemonade visual “God is God and I am not” — a declaration that suggests she is just as human as the rest of us.
Sciler Williams
