Beyoncé Admitted Her Relationship With Jay-Z Is a ‘Power Struggle’
Beyoncé and Jay-Z are both very successful people at the top of their careers. They married in 2008 and have given little insight into their relationship over the years. Once, Beyoncé was candid about their dynamic, though. She admitted that it felt like they were in a power struggle with one another.
Beyoncé shared what her dynamic with Jay-Z is like
Both Beyoncé and Jay-Z are highly accomplished in their fields and are used to people listening to them. She admitted that learning to compromise was a challenge for them.
“It is a power struggle,” she told Elle.
She said she liked having to figure out how to navigate the relationship, though. She wanted a partner who could match her strength.
“I’m finding out [how to approach it],” she said. “But if I didn’t respect someone and they didn’t have that strength, then I would be bored. I wouldn’t be attracted to them. But at the same time, I’m not looking for someone to dominate me.”
She also liked that having to learn to compromise made her a better person.
“Find somebody who makes you a better person,” she said. “You are who you’re around. And if I don’t want to be like you, I don’t want to be around you.”
Beyoncé doesn’t talk much about her relationship with Jay-Z
While Beyoncé admitted that her relationship was a power struggle, she didn’t give much further insight. She said that she dislikes talking about her relationship.
“I don’t actually talk about who I’m dating, who I’m not, because I think it’s important that I concentrate on the music and when you start talking about those things, then that becomes bigger than the art,” she said (per Today).
Jay-Z agrees. He believes that he needs to keep some parts of himself out of the public eye.
“I just think it’s really a part of your life that you gotta keep to yourself … You have to, or you’ll go insane in this type of business,” he said, per Yahoo!. “ You have to have something that’s sacred to you and the people around you … I shared so much of my life, my childhood, and my family, the death of my nephew with the world. I should have something to hold on to. You need something for your sanity to say, ‘Okay, I could chill out, and this is it.'”
She reportedly feels devastated by the recent allegations against him
Currently, Beyoncé and Jay-Z are dealing with tumult in their relationship. He was recently named in a lawsuit alleging that he and Sean “Diddy” Combs raped a 13-year-old girl at a party.
“Beyoncé isn’t in a good place at all and is surrounded by her mother and other friends at their home in LA,” a source told the Daily Mail. “She has cancelled some surprise promotional appearances. Jay has reassured her that he isn’t guilty of anything and is infuriated that his friendship with Diddy has dragged him into this.”
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