The Beyhive is stinging Lainey Wilson.
The country star, 33, has been accused of copying Beyoncé’s iconic 2024 Christmas Day NFL halftime show.
Wilson performed during this year’s Dec. 25 game between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings, alongside Snoop Dogg, K-pop group HUNTR/X and opera singers Andrea Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli.
Lainey Wilson performs during the halftime show of the 2025 Christmas Day NFL game. AP
Beyoncé performs during the halftime show for the 2024 Christmas Day game at NRG Stadium. Getty ImagesWilson wore an all-white ensemble and rode in on a massive sleigh before she sang a rendition of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.”
Her performance immediately drew comparisons to Beyoncé’s show last year. The “Halo” singer, 44, similarly wore all white and entered the stadium on a white horse during the game between the Houston Texans and the Baltimore Ravens. She brought out daughter Blue Ivy, 13, during her performance.
When Netflix shared footage from Wilson’s performance on Instagram, fans flooded the comments section with memes of Beyoncé and accusatory comments.
Lainey Wilson performs at halftime during the Christmas Day game. Getty Images
Lainey Wilson performing in Minneapolis on Christmas. Getty Images
Lainey Wilson performs at the halftime show on Christmas. Getty Images“Well… shoutout to Bey,” one fan wrote.
“Oh Beyoncé you will always be famous 🔥,” someone else wrote.
Another fan added, “*ahem* Beyoncé did it better.”
“They wanna be Beyonce so bad,” a different account insisted.
Beyoncé performs at the Christmas Day game in 2024. Getty ImagesFans went after Wilson on X as well.
“I’m screaming at the blatant plagiarism,” someone tweeted.
“Didn’t try and change up the outfit or nothing,” another fan stated.
A different Beyoncé defender said, “I thought this was ai when I first saw it…. This is WILD.”
“Reheated TF outta beyonces nachos,” another account wrote, as someone else said, “Stole beyonce’s entire concept.”
Beyoncé performs at the Christmas Day 2024 NFL game in Houston. Getty ImagesThe Post has reached out to Wilson’s rep for comment.
Wilson previously spoke highly of Beyoncé when addressing the “Cowboy Carter” artist’s crossover into country music.
“I love it. The more the merrier,” Wilson told Extra at the 2024 People’s Choice Awards. “I’m like, again, it’s about that storytelling. It’s just about making people feel at home … and everybody wants to feel at home.”
Lainey Wilson performs during the 71st annual BMI Country Awards in Nashville in 2023. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK
Beyoncé promoting her whiskey brand. Beyonce/InstagramWhen the reporter noted that Beyoncé had caught “a bit of backlash” for writing country music, Wilson replied, “Hey, you know what? Everybody is going have something to say about everything. I bet you wouldn’t say it to her face. I love Beyoncé.”
Earlier this year, Wilson defended Beyoncé again when she was asked if it was “frustrating” that she lost the Best Country Album award at the Grammys to Bey.
“Not for me at all,” Wilson, who won the award in 2024, said in the March 2025 interview. “Just because, at the end of the day, when I first started doing this and dreaming about doing this, I never in a million years was thinking, like, ‘I’m doing this just for the awards.’ You know, just to have the shiny stuff up on the shelf. I’m doing this to play shows and put butts in seats and make people feel something.”
Lainey Wilson accepts the award for best country album during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Robert Hanashiro / USA TODAY NETWORK
Beyoncé in an Instagram photo. Beyonce/Instagram“So I got an opportunity to meet [Beyoncé] at the Grammys, and I walked up to her like 7-foot tall security guy and I’m like, ‘Can I meet her?’” Wilson recalled. “We both share a deep appreciation for what each other does and I think that she’s introduced a lot of people to the country genre that maybe never even knew that they liked it, and country’s on fire right now.”
