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Blue Ivy, 12, towers over mom Beyonce as they square dance during epic NFL halftime performance in Houston
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s eldest child – daughter Blue Ivy Carter – eclipsed her 5ft6in frame while dancing side by side during the epic NFL halftime performance at NRG Stadium in her Houston hometown on Christmas day.
The 43-year-old pop diva and her beleaguered husband Jay-Z will celebrate their ‘gorgeous baby girl’ officially becoming a teenager on January 7 when she turns 13.
Blue coordinated with Beyoncé in all-white western wear as she served back-up dancer duties for the climactic, closing number – Texas Hold ‘Em.
Knowles-Carter gave her precocious nepo-baby a discreet shout out mid-song when she changed the word ‘boy’ to ‘Blue’ in the lyric: ‘Then spin me in the middle, Blue, I can’t read your mind.’
Indeed, after the 32-time Grammy winner and Blue two-stepped and line-danced with the rest of the group they interlocked arms for a do-si-do, square-dance moment.
The two-time Guinness World Record holder might only be 12 but she’s already garnered a Grammy Award, MTV VMA Moon Man, NAACP Image Award, Voice Arts Award, and two BET Awards.
Blue previously danced back-up for Beyoncé’s songs My Power and Black Parade during her $579.8M-grossing, 56-date Renaissance World Tour last year.
Knowles-Carter certainly sleighed – performing a 15-minute, eight-song medley during the football game where the Baltimore Ravens absolutely creamed the Houston Texans 31-2.
The Texan songstress also invited Post Malone and Shaboozey onstage to perform with her during the Netflix-streamed concert.
Beyoncé raised eyebrows using a finger-gun gesture just as a big ‘Bang’ banner unfurled beneath her platform, a move which is illegal for NFL players to make on the field.
Noticeably absent from the family festivities was the 55-year-old Roc Nation founder, who supported his prolific daughter at the December 9th premiere of Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King because she made her acting debut voicing Kiara.
Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter) is in the midst of a legal war against attorney Tony Buzbee, whose Jane Doe client accused him of raping her, at age 13, in 2000 alongside Diddy in a civil lawsuit.
‘We are aware of the civil allegations and Jay Z’s really strong response to that,’ Roger Goodell said at a December 11th press conference.