Beyoncé's Epic Side-Eye at the Warriors Game Is Now a Sassy Meme
Last night, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were in Oakland for the Golden State Warriors home game against the Toronto Raptors for Game Three of the NBA Finals.
The Carters' courtside seats were next to Joe Lacob, the owner of the Warriors, and his wife, Nicole Curran.
When Curran leaned over Beyoncé to speak with Jay-Z, Twitter immediately noticed the uncomfortable look on Bey's face. Users quickly turned Mrs. Carter's reaction into a viral meme.
Yesterday, the Carters arrived in Oakland to watch Steph Curry and the star-studded Golden State Warriors play against Drake's beloved Toronto Raptors in Game Three of the NBA Finals (the Raptors won). Naturally, Beyoncé and Jay-Z were courtside for the high-stakes game, seated next to the Warriors's owner, Joe Lacob, and his wife Nicole Curran.
In a 13-second clip uploaded to ESPN's Twitter account, Curran, who was seated between Beyoncé and Lacob, leans around Bey to speak with Jay-Z. Before he had time to answer, Jay and Bey made eye contact with fans across the court and began to wave and smile at them. However, Bey's smile quickly fades as Curran continues to lean over to talk to the superstar's husband. In the last two seconds of the video, Beyoncé is seen adjusting herself in her seat.
Although we don't know for sure what they discussed, the Twittersphere and the Beyhive quickly saw the brief interaction between Curran and the Carters and immediately shared their hot takes.
Below, we explore the 20 best Twitter reactions that range from petty to hilarious.
Jay-Z and Beyoncé are courtside for Game 3 😎 pic.twitter.com/6mmJuN8Odn
- ESPN (@espn) June 6, 2019
Before the interaction, a basketball fan was stoked that her fave made a surprise visit to the Oracle Arena for the important game.
me watching the @warriors game and Beyoncé shows up in the background of a tight shot pic.twitter.com/xOtwhoiNaK
- Courtney Mascarella (@courtmascarella) June 6, 2019
Beyoncé’s front camera when it realizes who’s holding it: pic.twitter.com/Brz3k8qI3T
- Hector Perez (@Hectoronii) June 6, 2019
After ESPN posted the Twitter video, fans quickly flooded the social networking site with their thoughts. Some even questioned why Curran thought it was okay to speak over Bey.
Somebody betta tell Becky she betta BACK👏🏽UP👏🏽OFF👏🏽BEY! 👀 #JayZ #Beyonce #NBAFinals pic.twitter.com/LaD5V1jAwQ
- Power 106 (@Power106LA) June 6, 2019
beyoncé’s face when shorty leaned over to talk to jay 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/5PqIhCmgGy
- iffy (@somalijawn) June 6, 2019
Beyoncé don’t like that girl beside her at all.
- Jason Rose (@JasonRoseEh) June 6, 2019
How dare her talk across Beyoncé pic.twitter.com/raVdi3OfyR
- Aries Mar (@lyricalmar) June 6, 2019
beyonce is so annoyed by this woman and hov gon’ hear about it on the jet pic.twitter.com/0na9BTL6C6
- Brandon Caldwell (@_brandoc) June 6, 2019
I would leave the earth if Beyonce looked this ready to smack me https://t.co/Yaf4JKeMhN
- KB (@KaraRBrown) June 6, 2019
Beyonce: “This Becky with the good hair bout to get her wig split” pic.twitter.com/1BpSWdYzNB
- Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) June 6, 2019
Body language pic.twitter.com/YfbsWjOLnx
- L U N A (@JustMoleboheng) June 6, 2019
Hive gonna make sure she’s not an issue by the 3rd quarter at the latest pic.twitter.com/t6SexhstfU
- Limearita Papi (@kibirdie) June 6, 2019
🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝
- fluctuat nec mergitur (@pippintimetofly) June 6, 2019
While others were focused on that "petty" nudge at the end of the video.
beyonce definitely didn’t think that tonight of all nights that she’d have to hit a woman with a shoulder nudge in rare burberry but here we are.
- Brandon Caldwell (@_brandoc) June 6, 2019
Beyoncé. queen of the FOH nudge.
- Resha (@ChefResha) June 6, 2019
Beyoncé shoving her ass over at the end is the level of petty we deserve from our queen 👑 https://t.co/xDNXipQKiF
- Jem (@JustJem24) June 6, 2019
A few people even thought Bey had the power to get the co-owner's wife removed from the stadium. However, that wasn't the case.
She got removed 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/AWg0RfrVtI
- MUFASA 🦁 (@Jazocracy) June 6, 2019
Nah she didn’t get removed. That’s Nicole Lacob, the wife of the Warriors owner Joe Lacob. She left & then Joe took her seat next to Bey.
- Shirley (@SFsportschick) June 6, 2019
It's funnier this way pic.twitter.com/Wr9xl6Saa2
- OnlyAyos (@onlyAyos) June 6, 2019
The Beyhive got in formation and found Curran's personal Instagram account, where they left countless bee emojis under her pictures.
They done found the poor lady IG from the Warriors game with Beyoncé and Jay-Z pic.twitter.com/REmlutF5E5
- JayLenard 📸 (@_JayLenard) June 6, 2019
Comments are currently disabled on Curran's Instagram account. However, she did post a screenshot of her and Bey with a caption that reads: "We should all help and support each other."
We should all help and support each other.
A post shared by Nicole Curran (@warriornicole) on Jun 6, 2019 at 2:11am PDT
While the memes are mostly lighthearted, there is one important lesson we learned here: Don't mess with Beyoncé and the Beyhive.
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