By Katherine Tinsley
2:03pm PDT, Jul 28, 2025
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Donald Trump took to Truth Social to accuse
Beyonce and other A-listers of accepting hefty paychecks to attend campaign events for Kamala Harris. However, the president's claims were previously disproven by Harris' team, which shared that celebrities were not and cannot be paid for endorsements by the campaign, which paid for the events. "I'm looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, Eleven Million Dollars to singer
Beyonce for an ENDORSEMENT (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!), Three Million Dollars for 'expenses,' to
Oprah, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to very low-rated TV 'anchor,'
Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely NOTHING," Trump alleged. "These ridiculous fees were incorrectly stated in the books and records."
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Donald Trump accused
Beyonce of breaking the law by showing her support for Kamala Harris. "YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PAY FOR AN ENDORSEMENT. IT IS TOTALLY ILLEGAL TO DO SO," he wrote on Truth Social. "Can you imagine what would happen if politicians started paying for people to endorse them. All hell would break out! Kamala, and all of those that received Endorsement money, BROKE THE LAW. They should all be prosecuted! Thank you for your attention to this matter."
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The allegations first gained popularity after conservative commentator
Candace Owens shared the rumor on her podcast, but
Beyonce's mother,
Tina Knowles, shut down the claims in a passionate Instagram post. "So this has been flagged on Instagram as fake news and taken down. It's called False Information," she wrote. "Sadly other platforms with a lack of integrity still have it up. The lie is that
Beyonce was paid 10 million dollars to speak at a rally in Houston for Vice President Kamala Harris. When In Fact,
Beyonce did not receive a penny for speaking at a Presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris' Rally in Houston."
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"In fact, she actually paid for her own flights for her and her team, and total Glam," Tina Knowles continued. "They are not only lying and disrespecting
Beyonce's name but they are trying to further discredit the power of our vice president! When [do] the lies and rumors stop? Of course you won't see this in the news!"
