Kelly Rowland’s “Worst Mistake” Has to Do With None Other Than Beyoncé

Beyonce and Kelly Rowland on a red carpet

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published 18 July 2023

Kelly Rowland and former Destiny’s Child bandmate Beyoncé Knowles Carter have been more than just friends since both were little girls—they are more like sisters. And, when Rowland spoke of her biggest mistake, per People, it centered around Queen Bey.

It happened in 2011, when Beyoncé was pregnant with her first child—the baby that become dance phenomenon Blue Ivy Carter. On the latest episode of the “Yeah, I F—ed That Up” podcast, Rowland reflected on her biggest mistake, a moment when she accidentally revealed the sex of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s first child on “Bang Showbiz.”

“Oh my God,” Rowland said. “When I made a mistake and told the sex of [Beyoncé’s] baby when she was pregnant with Blue.” It slipped out when, at the time, Rowland said Jay-Z was “going to buy that little girl every single thing possible.”

“That was the worst moment ever,” she said. “It was bad because it was no one’s business. I felt terrible because it’s not my news. It was honestly the worst. It wasn’t my news to share, and I didn’t mean it like that. The ‘she’ just kind of slipped out.”

Beyoncé ultimately welcomed Blue in January 2012, and in June 2017 welcomed twins Sir and Rumi.

And speaking of Beyoncé and gender reveals, a viral moment from the singer’s Renaissance World Tour saw her reveal the sex of a concertgoer’s baby. During her stop in Cologne, Germany, the performer paused her show to acknowledge a fan’s sign asking for her assistance: “I wanna do this right, because, since the beginning of the show, I’ve seen this sign that says ‘Do my gender reveal,’” Beyoncé said. “I just want to do it right! Do I have to open the envelope? Can somebody hand me the envelope, please?” As she opened the letter containing the sex, she gave a sly smile.

“The Grammy Award winner simply said ‘girl’ into the microphone in a tone similar to her 2011 hit single ‘Run the World (Girls),’" People reports. “She then gave her well wishes to the soon-to-be parents as the crowd cheered.”

“Congratulations!” Bey said. “Congratulations, beautiful! God bless you!”

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Rachel Burchfield is a writer, editor, and podcaster whose primary interests are fashion and beauty, society and culture, and, most especially, the British Royal Family and other royal families around the world. She serves as Marie Claire’s Senior Celebrity and Royals Editor and has also contributed to publications like Allure, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, InStyle, People, Vanity Fair, Vogue, and W, among others. Before taking on her current role with Marie Claire, Rachel served as its Weekend Editor and later Royals Editor. She is the cohost of Podcast Royal, a show that was named a top five royal podcast by The New York Times. A voracious reader and lover of books, Rachel also hosts I’d Rather Be Reading, which spotlights the best current nonfiction books hitting the market and interviews the authors of them. Rachel frequently appears as a media commentator, and she or her work has appeared on outlets like NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, CNN, and more.

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