Music superstar Beyoncé found out about one of life’s great equalizers on Sunday night: Los Angeles traffic.
As she won Best R&B Song for her hit “Cuff It” off of last year’s Renaissance, folks attending this year’s Grammy Awards began to wonder why Beyoncé wasn’t the one going to the stage to accept the award.
Well, show host Trevor Noah announced to the crowd that Queen Bey was stuck in L.A. traffic and on her way to the ceremony.
Legendary musician Niles Rodgers got some very deserved stage time to accept his role in creating the song, but Beyoncé’s absence mainly just left everyone wondering what Lizzo said earlier in the show.
“Where’s Beyoncé?”
And the #GRAMMYs for Best R&B Song goes to…CUFF IT by Beyoncé pic.twitter.com/VVDwt6PKc2
— BEY-Z🐝⬢⬡ · fan account (@beyzhive) February 6, 2023
.@lizzo saying what we are all thinking: "Where's Beyoncé?" #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/DwcTKnUqIH
— MTV NEWS (@MTVNEWS) February 6, 2023
As you can guess, the internet was aflutter as Beyoncé missed her first award of the night, one that tied her for the record for all-time Grammy wins.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé notches third Grammy Award win on Sunday, tying conductor Georg Solti to earn a share of all-time win record.
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 6, 2023
While the megastar wasn’t present, newly minted EGOT winner Viola Davis did love getting to announce Beyoncé’s first win of the night. So that’s nice!
.@violadavis announcing Beyonce's victory in the ‘Best R&B Song’ category pic.twitter.com/PPOy11lDYI
— Beyoncé Press. | Fan Account (@beyoncepress) February 6, 2023
Beyoncé right now pic.twitter.com/XNWemrYGiA
— Beyoncé Press. | Fan Account (@beyoncepress) February 6, 2023
beyoncé when cuff it was announced pic.twitter.com/jDnTFJIA2b
— . (@ungodlywanda) February 6, 2023
beyoncé backstage hearing them say she’s stuck in traffic pic.twitter.com/cKeZApvmex
— alex (@userctrI) February 6, 2023
Beyoncé getting congratulations text while stuck in traffic pic.twitter.com/hRbI8GC3ia
— Nicolas is in distress (@niggaolas) February 6, 2023
"beyonce thanks y'all"
— Craig Bro Dude (@CraigSJ) February 6, 2023
Beyoncé being 45 minutes late to the Grammys where she breaks the record might be Peak Beyoncé.
— Matthew Belloni (@MattBelloni) February 6, 2023
beyoncé is now tied with lydia tár for most grammy wins ever
— Vulture (@vulture) February 6, 2023
Lizzo “i’m here just to see Beyoncé”
Adele: “yeah me too, where’s she?” pic.twitter.com/7HKgtvo8yP
— Beyoncé Press. | Fan Account (@beyoncepress) February 6, 2023
beyoncé is late to the #GRAMMYs because she's manually sending out all of your Verified Fan rejection emails
— matt gehring (@mattryanx) February 6, 2023
TAYLOR CLAPPING FOR BEYONCE!!!! pic.twitter.com/MEBHVdCGMH
— Liam 🌙 (@Notfancy_) February 6, 2023
Beyoncé is literally there and just decided to not accept that award lmao
— Sean Garrette (@seangarrette) February 6, 2023
#Beyonce is hiding 🙈😂😂 I’m upset 😭 https://t.co/Fz2b9bGhzr
— Anna García (@annaxmonica) February 6, 2023
Beyoncé stuck in traffic is hilarious u really can’t avoid LA
— Xanthippe (@theexanthippe) February 6, 2023
You might have to use chopper to airlift Beyonce from traffic. Imagine breaking that record while in traffic?
— Eagle 🦅 (@Damite2ky) February 6, 2023
me every 5 seconds pic.twitter.com/jR9aNrjkQ1
— Beyoncé Press. | Fan Account (@beyoncepress) February 6, 2023
even Beyoncé gets stuck in traffic 😌 validated
— tatumᵕ̈ ⎕ (@TatumLambert) February 6, 2023
