'Beyonce's having a baby girl!' Singer's best friend Kelly Rowland lets big secret slip

By Eleanor Gower


The sex factor: Kelly Rowland, arriving at the X Factor studios for rehearsals in London today, has let slip that Beyonce is expecting a girl


Pregnant Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z have so far kept mum over the sex of their new baby.

But it seems their big secret may have accidentally come out.

Beyonce's best friend Kelly Rowland yesterday let slip in an interview that the Crazy In Love singer is expecting a little girl next year.


'I have no idea what I'm going to buy Beyoncé at the baby shower because Jay is going to buy that little girl every single thing possible,' the 30-year-old singer said.

Speaking at the Cosmopolitan Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2011 in London, Kelly added about the baby: 'She won't be spoiled but she will be very well looked after.

'I'll be on hand for babysitting duties and I'm actually very good with messy diapers!'


Babysitting: Beyonce's former Destiny's Child band mate said she'd be on hand to look after the new bundle of joy

Expectant: Beyonce looked positively glowing in white as she stepped out in New York yesterday


Kelly, who was a part of hit group Destiny's Child alongside Beyonce and Michelle Williams, is clearly looking forward to her friend's new arrival.

'I'm so happy for my sister and her husband,' she said. 'They're so happy in this moment right now, as they should be.

'They've made a little bundle of love, I'm so excited for them.'


Best of friends: Beyonce and Kelly found fame as part of hit group Destiny's Child along with third band mate Michelle Williams

Kelly was in London earlier today making her way to the X Factor studios in London where she continues to mentor the girls category in the TV talent show.

Meanwhile, according to Radar, Beyonce and the Jay-Z were initially 'hoping' for a boy, but are 'happy' to be expecting a daughter.

'Both Beyoncé and Jay are just so happy to be having a baby, they don't care what it is,' a source told the website.

'I just feel like it's time and I'm very grateful that God has blessed me with the biggest gift any human can have,' Beyonce has said about her pregnancy.

She was yesterday spotted out in New York looking positively glowing in loose white top, black leggings and black lace up boots.

Beyonce announced she was expecting at the MTV VMA awards back in August.



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Wigs factor: Kelly Rowland's secret weapon in the style war... hairpieces that even have nicknames

By Sara Nathan


With their long, glossy locks, the two new women on X Factor’s judging panel have made it clear they intend to follow Cheryl Cole’s bouffant example.

But it turns out Kelly Rowland has a secret weapon as she takes on Tulisa Contostavlos in the show’s style wars – wigs.

And the former Destiny’s Child singer is so fond of her selection of hairpieces that she has even given them nicknames, the Daily Mail has learned.

The 30-year-old’s impressive mane was much discussed by fans during Saturday night’s show, as it appeared to be different in every audition clip.

A friend said: ‘Kelly loves her wigs and they allow her to try out a different look.
‘She’s quite affectionate about them and even has names for them.

She’s ordered some more for the live shows so she can do some “up-dos”.’

‘It’s going to be the battle of the hair with Kelly and Tulisa. Dannii Minogue and Cheryl both looked so different, but Tulisa and Kelly have long manes.’

New judge Tulisa Contostavlos has been given similar Cole style brunette hair extensions, but with one lighter blonde streak at the front, giving her a chic look.

However, Miss Rowland insisted that she has no real rivalry with Tulisa, 23, describing her as a ‘wonderful, real chick.’

The former Destiny’s Child star also denied fellow judge Gary Barlow’s claim that ‘it’s costume wars every day’ on the X Factor.


From left: Sporting a long fringe on August 19, with glossy locks swept to the side on August 20 and sporting an asymmetric fringe on August 27

She told Now magazine: ‘Tulisa and I both have separate stylists - we call them and make sure we’re not wearing the same thing but that’s about it.’

She added: ‘People call me a diva because of my entourage.

‘I have two stylists, a make-up artist, an assistant and a publicist. But it’s just because I’m far from home.’

Miss Rowland will next week pick her finalists for the live shows in Miami, with her newly-pregnant best friend Beyonce Knowles to help her whittle down the hopefuls in her girls category.

Speaking about Beyonce’s pregnancy, which she revealed at the MTV Video music awards on Sunday night, she said ‘I think she’ll be an incredible mother, because she’s always been motherly.

‘She takes so many traits from her mother, and I just think it’s going to be so natural for her. It’s natural for her now!’

Miss Rowland added that she’s know about her friend’s pregnancy ‘for quite awhile’ Beyonce, 29, is expecting her first child with her husband, rapper Jay Z.


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'I am grateful for everything he has taught me': Beyonce and father cut ties as she announces he will not manage her anymore

By Daily Mail Reporter


Beyonce will no longer be managed by her father, Mathew Knowles, it has been confirmed.

The Grammy-winning singer and her father have parted ways 'on a business level,' her publicist Yvette Noel-Schure revealed in a statement.

'I am grateful for everything he has taught me,' Beyonce said in the statement.

'I grew up watching both he and my mother manage and own their own businesses. They were hard-working entrepreneurs and I will continue to follow in their footsteps.'

She didn't say what led to the split, but her father said in a separate statement to the Associated Press late on Monday that the decision was mutual.

Knowles has managed his daughter since she debuted as a teen in the multiplatinum-selling group Destiny's Child in the late 1990s and throughout her superstar career as a solo artist.

Knowles oversaw all aspects of Beyonce, from music to movies to fashion and more.

Her career includes 16 Grammy awards, top-grossing movies 'Dreamgirls' and 'Obsessed,' fashion ventures and lucrative endorsements.

The 29-year-old has released three multiplatinum albums - Dangerously In Love, B'Day and I Am ... Sasha Fierce - and has 12 Top 10 hits on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, including five No. 1s.

Destiny's Child had 11 Top 10 hits on the Hot 100 chart and six No. 1s.

During Beyonce's teen years in Houston, Knowles prepped her, her friend Kelly Rowland and two others for a rising career as an R&B girl group, and Destiny's Child released its self-titled debut in 1998.

Their sophomore album, 'The Writing's On the Wall,' came a year later and garnered multiple hits and two Grammys, but the success also shook up the band and Destiny's Child became a trio with Beyonce, Rowland and Michelle Williams.

Emotion: The singer hugs her father in November 2007 after winning the International Star of the Year Award at the American Music Awards


The three also released solo albums, all managed by Knowles. He launched his own label, World Music Entertainment, via Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music.

Rowland parted with Knowles as her manager in 2009 and Williams followed a year later.

In the statement, Beyonce stressed her devotion to her father on a personal level.

'He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly. I am grateful for everything he has taught me,' Beyonce said.

Knowles also got personal in his statement.

Beginnings: Knowles has managed his daughter since she debuted as a teen in the multiplatinum-selling group Destiny's Child in the late 1990s


'Business is business and family is family. I love my daughter and am very proud of who she is and all that she has achieved. I look forward to her continued great success,' he said.

Knowles and Beyonce's mother, Tina, divorced in 2009 after 29 years of marriage.

Tina Knowles worked as a stylist for Destiny's Child and continues to style her daughter. Together they launched a clothing line, House of Dereon.

Noel-Schure didn't comment on who Beyonce's new manager would be.

Knowles said his plans include focusing on his label's work in gospel and inspirational music, where he said the company has made a 'tremendous investment.'

Beyonce is currently working on her fourth studio album, a follow-up to 2008 disc I Am... Sasha Fierce.



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