Beyoncé’s Mother Reacts to Traffic Reporter Dropping Song Titles During 'Flawless' Segment
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"Traffic is getting 'Heated' and it's starting to 'Break My Soul' just a little bit."
Philadelphia traffic reporter Sheila Watko has at least one fan, and it’s Beyoncé’s mother.
The NBC10 personality recently wove a whopping 15 of the superstar’s song titles and lyrics into her morning coverage, delighting members of the Beyhive everywhere.
"I always appreciate it when you 'Say My Name,'" she joked with meteorologist Bill Henley after he introduce her, throwing it back to hit from Beyoncé’s Destiny’s Child’s days.
"If you're just waking up, I hope that you had some 'Sweet Dreams,'” she continued, with the song count displayed on screen. “I just heard a groan,” she laughed, continuing with, “I hope that you had some 'Sweet Dreams,' but traffic is getting 'Heated' and it's starting to 'Break My Soul' just a little bit."
She shifted focus on the first area of Monroe Township, noting, “If you think it looks slower than usual, it’s not just ‘All Up In Your Mind…’” Then, as traffic started to back up in an area Watko had already said looked good, she called herself a “Beautiful Liar.” And as yet another highway began to get crowded, she called it “the final ‘Countdown.’”
Moving on to Center City, someone can be heard snorting as she said, “We’ve had a ‘Formation’ of traffic cones all morning on the westbound Pennsylvania turnpike…” causing a blockage in two right lanes. She encouraged drivers to move over “to the left, to the left,” sneaking a lyric from “Irreplaceable” into the mix.
In Delaware, a blocked left lane “formed a ‘Partition,’ of sorts, with that right lane” which elicited an impressed “ooooohh” from someone else off camera.
Watko started to wrap up by warning everyone to use caution as they head out the door to make money to pay those “Bills, Bills, Bills,” reminding viewers to “Bey alert.”
As the camera zoomed out, another anchor could be seen bending over in laughter. “If everyone takes it easy this morning, we can be ‘Crazy in Love’ with a nice, calm commute. Erin and Keith, you know that I love you like ‘XO,’ I’m gonna send it back to you.”
Watko then revealed she’d been planning the segment since Friday, the day Renaissance dropped, but unfortunately, a major crash had delayed her ability to surprise everyone. Still, she was delighted to finally celebrate Bey’s new album.
Co-anchor Keith Jones was very impressed with Watko's ability to recite the segment off the top of her head, making sure everyone at home knew she wasn't reading a script. He even jumped in with a few name drops of his own, along with co-anchor Erin Coleman.
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Watko shared the full segment on TikTok on August 4, captioning it, “When traffic is *jumpin, jumpin*, it's time to pay tribute to Queen Bey, who I am *dangerously in love* with👑🐝,” and it caught the attention of Queen Bey’s mom, Tina Knowles, rather quickly.
The fashion designer reposted the segment to her Instagram feed, writing, “This Soo cool !! All Song tittles😂❤️.”
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Watko’s TikTok commenters were quick to join in on the game, with one writing, “She missed a PRIME opportunity to add Check On It after Countdown,” and her mom’s followers were just as impressed.
While “Me, Myself and I” are still waiting to hear if Beyoncé has seen the clip, we’re sure she’d be just as “Speechless” as the rest of us over Watko’s creativity and dedication.
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