The posting of what appear to be unretouched photos of Beyonce poked the BeyHive (as her die-hard fans are known). In the photos Beyonce’s skin is blemished and hardly the smooth, cover girl look usually presented.
In other words, Beyonce is (gasp) human.
But why should we even care?
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“Part of our curiosity is a way of learning what makes the great great in our own search for knowledge, fame and fortune,” author Sheila Kohler wrote in a blog post about our fascination with celebrities for Psychology Today. “We copy the famous, buy dresses that are similar or even the same, we wear our hair the way our idol does in an attempt to capture the glamor we admire.”
But at least some fans are pleased with catching a less-refined glimpse of a star who is known for having a tightly controlled image and whose publicist reportedly once demanded that unflattering pictures of the artist from her Super Bowl half-time performance be removed.
I'm glad these pictures of Beyonce leaked. She's not perfect. Nobody's perfect and she tries so hard to be perfect all the time.
