Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy slammed Beyoncé’s performance on Wednesday, Christmas Day, when the pop star performed during halftime of the Texans-Ravens game.
The “Texas Hold’em” singer rode a horse for her first performance since October 2023, but Portnoy, who is famously a big fan of Taylor Swift, didn’t like what he saw. .
“Beyoncé has been missing since Destiny’s Child,” he wrote to X, referring to the pop group she once belonged to alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
Beyoncé left the group in 2006 and began building a major career as a solo artist.
Portnoy wasn’t the only one who disliked the singer’s attitude, with several fans expressing their disapproval of X.
“I think Beyoncé’s shit is really bad and I can’t understand how other people see it,” one person said.
Beyoncé performs songs from album ‘Cowboy Carter’ on Christmas
However, this performance was unpopular with Dave Portnoy, who called her “lost”.
Beyoncé takes the stage in Houston, Texas for the first time since October 2023
“You guys may disagree, but Taylor Swift and Beyoncé make terrible music,” another man chimed in, insulting one of Portnoy’s favorites in the process.
“That Beyoncé performance was garbage,” added another.
But there were plenty of others who praised the 32-time Grammy Award winner.
“Honestly, I can’t get enough of you,” Serena Williams wrote, tagging the singer.
Former NBA player and current ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins said, “Beyoncé did it!”
The NFL’s official account called it “the best Christmas ever.”
The show also marked Beyoncé’s first live performance of songs from her latest album, Cowboy Carter.
As Netflix previously revealed, Beyoncé, who has performed at the Super Bowl twice during her career, was joined on stage by several “special guests” from her album “Cowboy Carter.”
The singer brought out the likes of Shabuzi and Post Malone for a performance.
Beyoncé makes a finger gun gesture during NFL halftime show, setting social media ablaze
Beyoncé knew the world’s eyes were on her during her halftime performance in Texas
Beyoncé’s performance featured musical guests including her 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy
Beyoncé’s halftime show during the Texas vs. Ravens game was canceled by music mogul and disgraced rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, who was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at the venue, and by her husband Jay-Z. It was also her first performance since she was accused of rape. MTV Video Music Awards afterparty in New York in 2000.
Jay-Z has strongly denied the allegations, and a lawyer for Diddy, who is currently in prison awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and trafficking of prostitutes, also denied the charges.
Beyoncé knew the eyes of the world were on her when she set social media on fire by performing during halftime of the NFL’s Netflix Christmas doubleheader and brandishing a finger gun gesture.
She made a gun gesture with her left index and middle fingers held high on the turf at NRG Stadium in her hometown of Houston, prompting social media users to ridicule NFL players for doing the same.
“We would like to draw your attention to Beyoncé’s dual-gun gesture and 15-yard penalty, which is prohibited in the NFL,” one NFL source said.
At the end of Beyoncé’s flashy halftime performance of her homeland hit “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM,” she was hoisted from a makeshift stage high into the air in the middle of the giant stadium, finger-guns in the air.
During the first half of Netflix’s NFL doubleheader, Kansas City Chiefs stars Travis Kelce and Xavier Worthy were both penalized 15 yards for a touchdown celebration.
Beyoncé’s Christmas show was her third major halftime show at an NFL game.
She was the solo headliner at the 2013 Super Bowl halftime show and appeared as a special guest with Bruno Mars at Coldplay’s Super Bowl show three years later.