Shortly after TMZ released the bombshell elevator security clip of Solange Knowles attacking Jay-Z, TMZ dropped the “full-length” three-minute version, which pretty much shows the whole elevator ride in real time. It also gives more insight into the dynamics of what is going on between Jay, Solange and Beyonce. Here’s the full-length video (again, there’s no sound, curse the heavens!).
It’s now clear that Beyonce really did try to act as a buffer between her sister and her husband several times during the fight and it’s clear that whatever was happening, Solange was not going to let it go. Even when the security guard put her in the corner, as far away from Jay as possible, she kept creeping in with that finger waving around. She was telling him off for something, and Beyonce looked uncomfortable and Jay looked… well, on guard, I guess. Like he was about to get smacked or kicked again. God, I wish we had audio.
Page Six has a lengthy analysis of the tape (they didn’t get any further with it than we did), but they did speak to The Standard Hotel (which is where this took place, after the Met Gala). The hotel is pissed that someone on the security staff leaked a second hand copy of the tape (TMZ’s video is clearly someone making a copy of the surveillance footage on their phone or something).
Meanwhile, Radar points out that Solange has a history of “erratic behavior” and that she canceled her tour last summer “amid rumors of drug use.” Solange has always maintained she smokes the weed, but I get the feeling she uses harder stuff than the occasional joint. Us Weekly says Solange also got into an argument with designer Rachel Roy at the Met Gala, so it seems like Solange was already in a pissy mood, I think. Radar also has a breakdown of Bey and Jay’s marriage, which they claim involves a lot of fights and name-calling.
Incidentally, as I thought I made clear yesterday… what Solange did was straight-up assault. It doesn’t matter than she’s a woman and he’s a man, it doesn’t matter if she had a “reason” to be mad at him. She assaulted him repeatedly within the span of less than four minutes.
Some of Bey’s Instagram posts from the Met Gala:
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and PR Photos.
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