Sanaa Lathan was the mystery actress who bit Beyonce, according to TMZ

June 2024 · 3 minute read

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Is the Beyhive losing their mojo? Because I expected to know the identity of #WhoBitBeyonce within a matter of hours, but it didn’t turn out that way. Here’s the timeline: after dropping some hints about a juicy blind item, Tiffany Haddish spilled the tea in her GQ profile, which was published Monday morning. The tea was that a Mystery Actress not only openly flirted with Jay-Z in front of Beyonce, but the Mystery Actress BIT BEYONCE ON THE FACE. The Beyhive claimed that they were going to suss the identity of the Mystery Actress by midnight Monday. It didn’t happen. It felt like it was going to be the most haunting blind item of the year. But no – according to TMZ’s sources, the Mystery Actress was… Sanaa Lathan?

We know who the biter is in the Beyonce mystery … we’re told it’s none other than Sanaa Lathan. Multiple sources tell TMZ, Tiffany Haddish has told multiple people the culprit is Sanaa.

One source said it was not an aggressive bite … it was playful and noninvasive, but still caught Beyonce off guard.

Sanaa tweeted a faint denial, saying “Y’all are funny. Under no circumstances did I bite Beyonce and if I did it would’ve have been a love bite.”

The incident in question went down in December, at an after-party for Jay-Z’s 4:44 concert at The Forum.

The story goes … Sanaa was talking to Jay in a way that made Bey uncomfortable. Beyonce went over to Sanaa who brushed off any insinuation of inappropriate conduct and then gave her a jokey bite. Tiffany told Beyonce she was going to kick Sanaa’s ass, but Bey told her to let it go.

[From TMZ]

Here’s Sanaa’s half-assed denial tweet:

Y’all are funny. Under no circumstances did I bite Beyonce and if I did it would’ve been a love bite 💋

— Sanaa Lathan (@justsanaa) March 26, 2018

Now, do you believe TMZ’s sources? Here’s the thing: out of the list of alleged culprits, Sanaa’s name was the one that leapt out at me, but from what Chrissy Teigen tweeted, I got the feeling that the Mystery Actress was NOT the most obvious possibility. I mean, a lot of gossip-followers have heard rumors about Sanaa, and as I said, her name seemed to come up a lot during the speculation. I dismissed her as being much too obvious. But I guess I was overthinking it. So… Sanaa Lathan is on drugs and she was flirting with Jay-Z and then she bit Beyonce and then she told Tiffany Haddish to stop dancing. Sanaa needs to go into witness protection from the Beygency, I swear to God.

Meanwhile, in case anyone in the Beyhive is still mad at Tiffany for spilling the tea, she posted this defense:

It’s true though? Most of Beyhive members who are now criticizing Tiff are the ones who would have been sharpening their switchblades to take out The Bitch Who Bit Beyonce. Of course, the Beyhive isn’t really mad that Tiffany was going to fight Sanaa Lathan on Beyonce’s behalf. They’re mad at Tiffany because SHE TALKED. Because she had the chance to be in Bey’s crew permanently but not anymore because she talked so much.

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