'If I were you, I wouldn't take it!' Wendy Williams says Beyonce’s 'Becky' is a 'slur' against white women
On Monday, she accused Beyonce and Jay Z of setting up the drama over 'Becky with the good hair' to boost album sales.
And now Wendy Williams says that the term 'Becky' is a racial slur against white women.
The 51-year-old talk show host told her audience on Friday: 'Becky is, to me, a slur against white women and if I were you all, I wouldn't take it. I wouldn't.'
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Offensive? Wendy Williams says that the term 'Becky' is a racial slur against white women
The television host was talking about Iggy Azalea, who also raised concerns about the term and incurred the wrath of Beyonce's fans - known as the Bey Hive.
Iggy tweeted on Monday: 'Don't ever call me a Becky'.
'The Bey Hive has found its latest victim and that's Iggy Azalea,' Williams said, on her Friday show.
'Well you know, in Beyonce's song Lemonade she says "Becky with the good hair." And I said earlier this week that Becky is not a nice term - I find it offensive for you white women,' she went on.
'No. I do. If you called me Shanico I'd punch you in the face, okay? Becky?!' she exclaimed.
Debate: The television host was talking on Friday about Iggy Azalea, who also raised concerns on Monday about the term and incurred the wrath of Beyonce's fans - known as the Beyhive
Fans have been clamoring to figure out who 'Becky with good hair' is since the album was released on Saturday.
It has been rumoured that that 42-year-old fashion designer Rachel Roy is 'Becky' - the woman Beyonce refers to in the song Sorry, in what is believed to be a reference to the 46-year-old rap mogul's alleged infidelity.
The media personality gave her two cents about the ugly situation on Monday, as she said: 'Rachel Roy, first of all, you're not this fighting girl unless you're on Jay Z and Beyonce's payroll.
'And they paid you to mix it up to add, I guess, sales for Lemonade.'
Slur? Wendy explained the history of the debate
Hot topic: She read the details from a card on her talk show
Speaking out: The 51-year-old talk show host told her audience on Friday: 'Becky is, to me, a slur against white women and if I were you all I wouldn't take it. I wouldn't'
The rumors about Jay Z's alleged cheating re-surfaced after his wife Beyonce hinted he had not been faithful in songs featured on her new album Lemonade.
In the song Sorry, Beyonce sings: 'He only want me when I’m not on there / He better call Becky with the good hair.'
Following the song's release Roy posted an Instagram message in which she appeared to out herself as the 'other woman' stating: 'Good hair don’t care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. live in the light #nodramaqueens.'
Chat: The controversy started last Saturday when Beyonce released Lemonade
The themes of infidelity in Beyonce's new track were so strong that even Monica Lewinsky, who infamously had an 'inappropriate relationship' with former President Bill Clinton, made a joke about it.
The 42-year-old made a joke on Twitter as she wrote: 'hey, will someone let me know if it's safe for me to listen to #LEMONADE? #sarcasmfilter.'
The saga comes on the back of previous rumours of Jay Z, 46, cheating on his superstar wife and mother of his four-year-old daughter Blue Ivy with Roy.
His infidelity was believed to have been behind the infamous elevator fight between Jay Z and Beyonce's sister Solange in 2014 following the Met Gala.
Who is Becky? The rumors about Jay Z's alleged cheating re-surfaced after his wife Beyonce hinted he had not been faithful in songs featured on her new album Lemonade
Roy was at the celebrity-packed, invite-only Met Gala after-party, held at New York's Standard Hotel, when he and Solange began to argue.
Solange looked she would 'explode' when she approached Roy at the exclusive event, sources claimed at the time.
Later security footage of Solange leaving the event with her sister and Jay Z showed her arguing with the hip hop star as they got into one of the hotel's elevators.
In the video Solange is seen yelling at her brother-in-law before lunging across the elevator kicking and punching him.
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