Beyonc Praised For Old Interview About Britney Spears | HuffPost Entertainment

Beyonc is apparently also the queen of shutting down negative remarks about other musicians.

The Queen Bey was celebrated on social media this week for refusing to insult Britney Spears in a resurfaced interview clip posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday.

During the 2007 interview with 60 Minutes Australia , Beyonc discussed being in her mid-20s and having ample time to take on a different career path should she have decided to do so.

Interviewer Liam Bartlett then brought Spears into the conversation, saying that the same could have been said about Spears, as the two women are just three months apart in age.

And look at the difference, complete disaster, he said, referencing Spears.

Well, I mean, people handle different things differently, Beyonc responded. And thank God Ive been surrounded by honesty, and thank God Ive chosen to still be around people that I trust.

She continued, Its really difficult when youre a celebrity to know the difference.

That time Beyonc didnt fall for the interviewers attempt to get her to shade Britney Spears, but instead defended her & basically said Brit didnt isnt surrounded by people who have her best interest at heart
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That time Beyonc didnt fall for the interviewers attempt to get her to shade Britney Spears, but instead defended her & basically said Brit didnt isnt surrounded by people who have her best interest at heart
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Britney Spears Crave (Fan Page) (@britneyscrave) October 25, 2023

A fan page for Spears that posted the clip on X credited Beyonc for defending the Gimme More singer.

Other commenters said that the Break My Soul singer handled the interview professionally, and with grace.

The 60 Minutes interview was conducted the same year Spears shaved her head amid a very public breakdown. The Womanizer singer notably became the subject of cruel tabloid fodder , and was routinely ridiculed on late night TV.

Beyonc not only demonstrated compassion toward Spears in the 60 Minutes interview, she made a poignant point about the importance of having a strong support system.

Spears was placed under a court-ordered conservatorship in 2008, amid a series of public struggles. Her father, Jamie Spears, was assigned as her conservator for most of the duration of the arrangement, which was dissolved in 2021.

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The singer has since publicly criticized her family for the conservatorship, calling it abusive.

Spears discusses the arrangement in her new memoir, The Woman in Me, writing that it upended her entire life, The New York Times reported .