Wendy Williams ain't afraid of the Beyhive, because she is slamming their queen once again.
Earlier this week, the talk show host criticized Beyonce for dropping her new "Lemonade" album in the wake of Prince's death, opining that she should've postponed the release out of respect.
And now Williams is accusing the pop star of using a racial slur.
In a song off the album, Beyonce refers to her husband Jay Z's mistress as "Becky with the good hair," and fans have been clamoring to find out who "Becky" is ever since.
But Williams thinks Beyonce's choice of words were racially motivated and inappropriate.
"Becky is not a nice term," Williams said. "I find it offensive for you white women."
"I do!" she cried after her words incited laughter from the audience. "If you called me 'Shaniqua' I'd punch you in the face."
"'Becky'" is, to me, a slur against white women, and if I were you all, I wouldn't take it," she said.
In hip hop culture, "Becky" is a generic name used to describe some white women - particularly overprivileged, snobby ones.
The term likely originates from the Sir Mix-a-Lot song, "Baby Got Back," in which a white girl ogles a black woman's large backside and scoffs, "Oh ma gawd, Becky, look at her butt."
Williams isn't the first celebrity to come down on the use of the term. In fact, she was echoing the thoughts of Iggy Azalea.
"Dont call all asian women 'ming lee' dont call white women 'becky' dont call black women 'sha nay nay,'" Azalea wrote on Twitter.
This, of course, led to an avalanche of angry tweets from Beyonce fans, which prompted Azalea to defend herself.
"No I don't think Beyonce is racist nor do I think calling someone 'Becky' is the same as a racial slur," she tweeted. "I don't think its great to use stereotypical names to describe any race..."
What say you? Do you consider "Becky" to be a racial slur?
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