DNC executive producer says staff thought Beyoncé was going to appear

nme.com:

Beyoncé was set to make an appearance at last week’s event in support of Kamala Harris.Last Thursday (August 22), rumours began spreading that Beyoncé was going to make an appearance at the final DNC event to perform ‘Freedom’ and throw her support behind Harris.

However, those rumours were quickly put to bed, as a representative for Beyoncé issued a statement confirming that the singer wasn’t going to be present.Despite Beyoncé’s absence being confirmed, DNC executive producer Ricky Kirshner has revealed that staff working at the event refused to believe she wasn’t showing up.

Kirshner said to The Hollywood Reporter: “We never put out anything about Beyoncé. We denied it every time the media asked us — even though, by the way, people on my staff didn’t believe me.”Kirshner continued: “I kept getting texts from news organizations saying, ‘When is Beyoncé coming out?’ But come on, we have the biggest star, the Democratic nominee for president.

Why would we overshadow that?”Fellow executive producer Glenn Weiss added: “This is the internet taking on a life of its own and people taking something as fact — literally to the point that people in my booth are saying, ‘Is she coming?