Beyonce Knowles talked with Cosmopolitan UK March 2009. Here is an excerpt:
On keeping her relationships private: “There are certain things that are kind of obvious, and if you start talking, the questions will never stop. I think there’s more to life than sharing it with everyone … At school, if I dated someone, I didn’t tell everyone. I fee like if everyone knows my stuff, it’ll take the beauty and pureness out of it.”
On her wedding to Jay-Z: “I’ve never been the girl who went to a wedding and thought, ‘Oooh, I want to get married.’ So I didn’t want anything big and dramatic [for my wedding day] … And I think that people can put way too much emphasis on the day. It’s just so temporary and it goes in a second … I think it’s important for women to have their moment, whether it’s your prom or your birthday … but to me, marriage is not about that moment. It’s about something way deeper.”
On her wedding ring: “I usually take it off for interviews because I don’t want anyone to write about it. There’s a tattoo underneath [the ring] … It’s of the number four, but the significance is private – it’s between me and my guy.”
On having children: “I do eventually want all of that (children) but I’ve seen the reality of having a kid through my nephew, Jules, and I know I’m not ready for it! Although, you know, if something happened … People always say when it’s your kid it’s different.”
On keeping fit: “I do circuit training and run about two-and-a-half miles every day. When I was in my best shape I got up at 6am, so I’m trying to do that again – but I’m not there yet … I do a lot of things with my trainer, but I don’t enjoy working out … he doesn’t have to fight me [though] as I understand that if I don’t do it, I’m the one who’s going to be on stage, out of shape.”
On what she’d change: “I wish my arms and thighs were tighter, and I wish my feet were different. I used to love them until I started dancing around in stilettos … [and] my ears are pointy.”
On being told to eat less: “My stylists mention it when the clothes aren’t fitting anymore! And my mum tells me, yeah … I go through phases. Right now I’m eating veg and drinking water … it’s boring. Usually when I get 5-8lb heavier than my ideal weight, I’ll start eating healthily and make an effort to exercise more. At the moment if I snack it’ll be fruit. Or I have these yoghurt-covered almonds. But this is when I’m being good. When I’m being bad, I’m bad. All the way. Burgers, pizzas, French fries, the lot…”