When Beyoncé got here out together with her album “Lemonade” in 2016, the Beyhive was all abuzz attempting to decode the report, which alluded to a Jay-Z dishonest rumor. In one of many songs, “Sorry,” the lyrics included the road, “Becky with the nice hair,” which had followers questioning who the opposite lady was. They seemingly received a solution after the album’s launch when dressmaker Rachel Roy posted a laughing selfie with the caption, “Good hair do not care,” per The Each day Beast. Followers instantly related the dots and assumed “Becky” had outed herself as Jay-Z’s love curiosity. Sadly, many confused Roy with movie star chef Rachael Ray. 

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One fan on X, previously Twitter, wrote, “Cannot consider Jay-Z cheated with Rachel Ray. Was juice well worth the squeeze?” One other tweeted, “I did not suppose Rachael Ray was even Jay-Z’s sort. That should be some brisket.”

Following the accusations, Ray hilariously confirmed her shady facet with an Instagram publish alluding to Beyoncé’s album. “Shake up your Sunday with @ChefDPhillips’ lemon shake-up with lemonade lavender ice cubes,” she posted on Instagram. “She has a humorousness,” a fan commented. Not solely did the previous cooking present host chortle off the rumors, however when requested in regards to the incident a yr later, Ray admitted she was really flattered to be related to Jay-Z in any capability.

Rachael Ray might have gotten a variety of warmth for being mistaken for Rachel Roy, however she loved being a part of the cool crowd for a bit. “I believed that was hilarious. I assume I checked out that as essentially the most final backward praise — simply the concept anyone would suppose that I groove in a universe the place I get to hang around with Jay-Z or Beyoncé or all that,” she advised Yahoo! Information in 2018. It additionally helped that Ray was used to getting trolled on-line and finally gave up caring in regards to the haters. “There’s simply so little time on the planet; perhaps we go round once more, perhaps we do not. Why spend time placing destructive vitality on the market?” she identified.

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After the Jay-Z dishonest rumors started circulating, Roy tried to place a cease to them by firmly sharing with Individuals, “I wish to put the hypothesis and rumors to relaxation. My Instagram publish was meant to be enjoyable and lighthearted, it was misunderstood as one thing aside from that.” The style designer added, “There isn’t any validity to the concept the tune references me personally. There isn’t any fact to the rumors.”