Jay-Z Explains Why He and Beyoncé Didn't Stand During the Super Bowl

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But actually, there was nothing deep about the move, Jay-Z said during a Columbia University Q&A, according to Page Six. He was asked whether it was meant to be a

political statement.

“It actually wasn’t—sorry,” he said. Had they intended to do that, “I’d tell you…I’d say, ‘Yes, that’s what I’ve done.’ I think people know that about me.”

What actually happened is he got caught up with Roc Nation's work as a Super Bowl producer. He wanted to ensure Demi Lovato’s performance went off well.

As Jay-Z explained, “What happened was, we got there, we were sitting, and now the show’s about to start. My wife was with me and so she says to me, ‘I know this feeling right here.’ Like, she’s super-nervous because she’s performed at Super Bowls before. I haven’t. So we get there and we immediately jump into artist mode…now I’m really just looking at the show. Did the mic start? Was it too low to start?…I had to explain to them [that] as an artist, if you don’t feel the music, you can’t really reach that level.”

“So the whole time we’re sitting there, we’re talking about the performance, and then right after that, Demi [Lovato] comes out and we’re talking about how beautiful she looked, and how she sounds and what she’s going through, and her life—for her to be on the stage, we were so proud of her. And then it finished and then my phone rang. And it was like, ‘You know you didn’t …’ I’m like, ‘What?'”

He added that there's no way he'd include his eight-year-old daughter in any protest like that either. “Blue [Ivy] was right next to us, we wouldn’t do that to Blue and put her in that position," he said. "And if anyone who knows Blue … If we told her we were going to do something like that, you would have seen her attacking me 100 times. She’s the kid that gets in the car and closes the door and says, ‘Are we there yet, daddy?’ So she would say, ‘What time? Are we doing it? Are we doing it now? It’s 7:05, daddy … It’s 7:06.'"

elle.com

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Actual title: Jay-Z Explains Why He and Beyoncé Didn't Stand During the Super Bowl

Bambino title: Jay-Z has a crush on Demi Lovato, watches her while Beyonce sits next to him

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 r/thathappened

[HoneyB 27,926]

That’s so sweet of them praising Demi, if I’m not mistaken Jay is the one who actually got her to sing the national anthem this year 

Regardless if their intent was on accident or on purpose it doesn’t really matter. Demi did a really good job!

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Just like I said in the first thread, why would they protest and not talk about why they protested?  

[Kimmo 80,951]

 Scooter reading the story:

[COOOK 76,406]

So he's saying it's not a protest, but no further explanation. Just-

[Floppy 7,951]

3 minutes ago, Red said:

Just like I said in the first thread, why would they protest and not talk about why they protested?  

Right we know the carters love money exposure and recognition. They don't make "statements" and not advertise them.

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1 minute ago, COOOK said:

So he's saying it's not a protest, but no further explanation. Just-

He literally forgot to stand up

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What the hell...Beyoncé's every action is important to our society and so when they didn't stand, they hurt millions of americans and millions of fans... what a disgrace Beyoncé and Mister Z, they should be ashamed ! Does they not realize how important they are?

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9 minutes ago, kyanewest said:

What the hell...Beyoncé's every action is important to our society and so when they didn't stand, they hurt millions of americans and millions of fans... what a disgrace Beyoncé and Mister Z, they should be ashamed ! Does they not realize how important they are?

Is this sarcastic? I hope it is

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11 minutes ago, Floppy said:

Right we know the carters love money exposure and recognition. They don't make "statements" and not advertise them.

This isn't what I meant at all but go off I guess

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14 minutes ago, Red said:

This isn't what I meant at all but go off I guess

It's true though. 

[River 117,674]

People acting like they didn't stand at a ceremony about 9/11 or soldiers that died in a war..

It's the Superbowl, it's entertainment, money hungry event, chill..

[StrawberryBlond 14,903]

Either it was a political statement and he's pretending otherwise or they literally couldn't be bothered standing. But I don't buy this convoluted explanation for a second. They say a good trick to spot a liar is if their story/explanation rambles on and on with totally unnecessary details. A truth teller will just tell their story without embellishment and stick to the important points and not have much more to say. Excessive detail commonly gets mistaken for coming across as truthful when it does exactly the opposite.