Why was Beyonce left out of Kanye’s ‘Famous’ video?

27 June 2016
By Fashion Quarterly

ICYMI Kanye released his racy and super controversial music video for ‘Famous’ in the weekend.

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Among the plethora of naked bodies was Kanye himself, his wife Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, Chris Brown, Rihanna, Kim Kardashian’s sex-tape-making ex Ray J, Amber Rose, Caitlyn Jenner, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Anna Wintour and George W. Bush. All very famous people, right?

So where was Beyonce, the Queen B of fame? Why didn’t she feature?!

Well apparently it has nothing to do with how famous she is – if it was she would have made the cut, obvs – but Kanye has way too much respect for Bey an insider has said.

“Beyonce was never an option to be in the video at any point. Kanye never thought once to put her in the video because he has way too much respect for her,” the source told Hollywood Life.

“We all know how he has stuck up for her in the past and he remains with those thoughts and would never put her into a situation like he did with all the other celebs he put in his ‘Famous’ video. The thought never crossed his mind once to add her.”

So what does that say for the people Kanye did include? Hmm…

Also keep in mind that Jay Z is really good friends with Kanye so it’s not like he’d do that to his buddy’s wife anyway (you’d hope).

After this release Yeezy’s going to need all the mates he can get.

Watch the video here:

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