A resurfaced The Tyra Banks Show interview with Beyoncé has gone viral for all the wrong reasons – and fans think it may be the reason the superstar doesn't do interviews anymore.
Beyoncé appeared on the supermodel's talk show in 2008 to promote her third solo album I Am... Sasha Fierce, but instead of being asked about her work, was greeted with a series of cringeworthy, pun-filled questions.
In the clip, a giddy Tyra Banks asks Beyoncé questions themed on words that rhyme with her name which – as you can imagine – gets really awkward, really fast.
Among the, er, highlights: "Séa-yoncé – If you could communicate with anybody that has passed away, who would it be?"
"Brie-yoncé – What's you favourite cheese?"
"Grey-yoncé – When you get older, are you going to dye your hair?"
This is why Beyoncé doesn’t do interviews anymore pic.twitter.com/OOPKAuGgpR — Holekage of the Hidden Bussy Village (@CAdreamboy) August 5, 2022
And it didn't stop there. Banks moved the puns from Beyoncé's name to the album title, asking:
"Squash-a Fierce - What sport do you like to play?"
"Wash-a Fierce - Do you sing in the shower?"
Superstars like Beyoncé get asked the same questions hundreds of times, but it's unclear whether Banks' cringe-worthy inquisition was any better than what she'd heard before.
Somehow, things went from worse to – whatever this is – as Banks started riffing on Beyoncé's smash hit "If I Were A Boy" with: "If I were Tolstoy - Can you do a Russian accent?"
The clip left fans amused and mortified in equal measure.
"Lmaooo this went FAR TOO LONG!!! Bey was TIREDT!!!", one wrote , with another joking that : "She was Tiredoncé".
Some submitted their own questions, following Banks' rhyming theme:
“TREEyoncé- What’s your favorite type of tree?”
“SkiYoncé- Snowboard or Skiing?”
“BiYoncé- have you ever hooked up with a woman?”— ChampagneBaddie (@OkHeDidTHAT) August 6, 2022
Others reiterated just how 'over it' Beyoncé actually looked.
My girl was exhausted pic.twitter.com/KZMXjAHYLs — Holekage of the Hidden Bussy Village (@CAdreamboy) August 6, 2022
As Beyoncé's star has risen, she's become notoriously private and rarely gives interviews.
When she does, the star chooses her collaborators carefully – as she did when she gave British Vogue editor Edward Enninnful a rare sit-down to discuss her new album Renaissance.
Our guess is that if The Tyra Banks Show gets a reboot, it won't be getting a call from Queen B.
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