Beyoncé Slammed Over New Photos

Beyoncé is facing backlash for a series of photos that she recently uploaded to Instagram.

Some people are accusing her of "looking white", while others have slammed the pop star for not speaking out about the Israel-Hamas war. Newsweek contacted a Beyoncé representative for comment via email Tuesday.

On October 7, Hamas led a surprise attack on Israel, which it said was retribution for worsening conditions for Palestinians under Israeli occupation. The Israelis declared war on Hamas and launched hundreds of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, followed by a ground invasion. At least 1,200 people were killed in Israel, the Associated Press has reported, and more than 19,400 Palestinians have been killed as of Tuesday, according to health authorities in Gaza, the AP says.

Beyoncé is yet to share a statement about the ongoing conflict—and people aren't happy. Instead, she recently shared a carousel post to Instagram that included photos of her outfit, as well as of her and husband Jay-Z enjoying an expensive bottle of wine. People have taken to the comment section to criticize her silence.

"Girl, people are dying ain't nobody give a F[***] about your cute outfits and the world you live in," one person wrote.

"Really - people are being massacred but this is how you use your platform," posted another.

"Ummm...a little tone deaf. You're partying and living it up and there are multiple genocides going on right now...." a third person commented.

This isn't the first time that people have questioned the performer's stance on the war in Gaza. Beyoncé was previously criticized by fans due to her Renaissance concert film being screened in Israel.

Released on December 1, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé documents the creation of her 2022 album and record-breaking world tour. However, pro-Palestinian fans are unhappy that the movie is being shown in Israeli cinemas and have taken to social media to slam the singer. They have criticized her for championing causes such as civil rights and female empowerment but not taking a stand in the Israel-Hamas conflict.

In protest of the escalating military attacks on Gaza and the West Bank, many called for the movie to be removed from Israeli theaters, but their requests were ignored. Others have said they will boycott Beyoncé and the film altogether.

Then, on December 1, a video of Beyoncé fans in Tel Aviv waving the Israeli flag and singing the lyrics to her song "Break My Soul" during a screening of the film was posted to TikTok. A different TikTok video shows attendees singing the song "Heated" before yelling "Am Yisrael Chai" (The people of Israel live) in the lobby of the theater.

AMC is the theater chain handling distribution for the Renaissance film, and it has partnered up with local theaters to bring the film to countries worldwide, including Israel.

Beyoncé didn't only receive backlash surrounding her silence on the Israel-Hamas war in the comment section of her Instagram post. Others have taken to criticizing her appearance as they think she "looks white." Some have even compared her looks to that of reality star Kim Kardashian.

"I literally thought this was Kim k, are they morphing into each other," one person posted.

"Beyoncé has officially pulled a Michael Jackson and started bleaching to become white...so sad," another commented.

"She must hate being Black!!!! She's getting whiter& whiter!!!!!!" a third user wrote.

People first started questioning whether the star had lightened her skin when she attended the premiere of her Renaissance film on November 25.

She turned up to the event with long ice-white hair, a silver dress and silver gloves. Her hairstylist Neal Farinah shared an Instagram post of the finished look. While many people praised it, a variety of negative comments eventually rolled in.

"Why does it look like they edited her skin to be extra light! Her brown is beautiful no need to filter it lighter," one person asked, while another posted: "She all about black power while trying to not look like a black woman."

Beyoncé's mom, Tina Knowles, wasn't going to let people level this criticism at her daughter without responding, so she took to social media to speak out about the negative remarks.

On November 28, Knowles uploaded a video to Instagram comprised of multiple clips of her daughter being interviewed at events and was set to her song "Brown Skin Girl." The clip starts with an image of Beyoncé's premiere look with some of the negative comments she received popping up over it.

"Came across this today and decided to post it after seeing all of the stupid, ignorant self, hating racist statements about her, lightening her skin, and wearing platinum hair wanting to be white," Knowles captioned the post.

"She does a film, called the Renaissance, where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet, and suggested silver attire and you bozos decide that she's trying to be a white woman and is bleaching her skin?"

Knowles added: "How sad is it that some of her own people continue the stupid narrative with hate and jealousy. Duh, she wore silver hair to match her silver dress as a fashion statement clown. ALIEN Superstar duh!"

Her statement went on to say jabs were making her "blood boil" and people were "lying and faking" and being ignorant over the fact that "black women have worn platinum hair since the Etta James days."

In her post, Knowles said she was "sick and tired of people attacking her [daughter]" with her hard work often met with ridicule by "sad little haters" who "come out the woodwork."

Knowles added: "Jealousy and racism, sexism, double standards, you perpetuate those things. Instead of celebrating a sister or just ignoring if you don't like her, I am sick of you losers."