More Tales From Creole World

“Of course I’ve had an ugly period. When I was around 10 or 11, my mother gave me this really ugly haircut and I was really, really chubby. So chubby that my family used to all lay me down flat so they could zip up my jeans. It took four of them and I would lie there on the bed while they all got to it.”

Damn, Tacky Mama Tina didn't think to buy this child bigger pants? Oh my bad, there was no House Of DeadWrong back then.

At one point in her life, Bey wasn't sure if she'd ever find Mr. Right:

“There were certain moments when I was 18 and would look out of the window and see girls going to parties with their boyfriends and think, ‘How am I ever going to meet anybody?’ I couldn’t just go on a date and nobody was going to ask me out. I was working too hard and not exposed to people my own age so I didn’t know how I was going to meet them.”