Beyonce pregnant with twins: 7 shocking facts from losing her virginity to depression

The superstar just announced that she is expecting twins with husband Jay-Z.

The happiest of news hit headlines, although many fans are also worried that she won’t headline Coachella, as planned.

As Beyonce builds her family we look at her own childhood, her marriage to Jay-Z and some of the most surprising facts about teh biggest female star in the world.

Beyoncé Running The World: The Biography by Anna Pointer, lifts the lid on the mother-to-be. 

1. LOSING HER VIRGINITY

Beyoncé’s first boyfriend was a boy called Lyndall Locke, a boy from her church group who she began dating aged 12. They were an item for seven years, but she was less than complimentary about him in later years, saying their first kiss ‘sucked.’

Lyndall later admitted cheating on the star – citing the somewhat lame excuse that he didn’t feel worthy of her!

However, it’s thought that Beyoncé decided not to lose her virginity to him – and that she waited until she was with Jay-Z for that to happen.

2. EARLY DAYS WITH JAY-Z

Beyoncé first got together with Jay-Z after sparks flew on a Vanity Fair shoot in 2001, but their courtship was very innocent at first and for the first 18 months it was conducted solely over the phone.

The pair were extremely wary of creating a media circus – especially as Jay-Z hailed from a difficult background.

He was once a crack dealer on a tough New York estate and even shot his brother in the shoulder after believing he had stolen his ring.

3. SHE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION

After two of the original members of Destiny’s Child, LeToya Luckett and LaTavia Roberson left the band amid a swirl of controversy, it hit Beyoncé very hard. She struggled to eat and shut herself away in her room, later admitting she suffered depression for two years.

LeToya and LaTavia claimed Beyoncé received special treatment in the group and that Tina Knowles ordered them to have tanning sessions to darken their black skin.

On the counter-attack, Beyoncé questioned their singing skills and even branded LeToya ‘tone deaf.’

4. SHE WAS TEASED AT SCHOOL

Despite her beauty, Beyoncé was terribly insecure as a child.

Growing up in Houston, she got teased about her ears which she jokes ‘were bigger than my head’, and earned her the nickname Dumbo.

Bey also says she was a “chubby kid”, and grew so convinced that other girls would cut off her long hair that she wore her hair in a bun for the first six months of middle school.

5. THE INVENTION OF SASHA FIERCE

She may seem to be the epitome of confidence and star-quality but her stage persona Sasha Fierce was dreamt up by her cousin Angie when they were kids as a way of helping her cope with crippling nerves whenever she performed.

The name stuck around for years – until Beyoncé made the decision to kill Sasha off in 2010.

6. IS SHE JEALOUS OF RIHANNA?

Beyoncé’s marriage has come under vast scrutiny over past few years and her husband has been linked to many famous women – including his young protégée Rihanna.

Though the two women have both denied rumours that they don’t get on, Beyoncé reportedly once banned any of Ri-Ri’s music from being played at a clothing launch for her House of Deréon range in Toronto.

7. SHE’S HAD ENOUGH OF BEING BOOTYLICIOUS

A true cultural phenomenon of our times, Beyoncé’s invented word ‘Bootylicious’ was even added to the Oxford English dictionary in 2008 – but she later admitted she found the word “really irritating.”

Somehow, we don’t think that will stop anyone saying it…

Beyoncé Running The World: The Biography by Anna Pointer is out now.