Trump demands probe into Harris campaign's alleged $11M payment to Beyonce for 2024 endorsement

WASHINGTON, DC: President Donald Trump has accused former Vice President Kamala Harris of paying Beyonce $11 million to endorse her in the 2024 election.

"According to news reports, Beyoncé was paid $11,000,000 to walk onto a stage, quickly ENDORSE KAMALA, and walk off to loud booing for never having performed, NOT EVEN ONE SONG," Trump wrote in a Sunday night post on Truth Social.

Trump promised to push for a full investigation into what he’s calling illegal celebrity endorsements.

“Remember, the Democrats and Kamala illegally paid her millions of Dollars for doing nothing other than giving Kamala a full-throated ENDORSEMENT,” he added in another post. “THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ELECTION SCAM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL! IT IS AN ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION! BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, OPRAH, BONO AND, PERHAPS, MANY OTHERS, HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO!!!” 

Trump also called out “unpatriotic 'entertainers’” and threw shade at Springsteen, asking exactly how much Kamala’s campaign dropped to get The Boss to perform.

Donald Trump offers zero proof to back allegations 

While unverified social media posts started floating around last November claiming Kamala Harris paid millions for Beyonce’s Houston appearance, there’s no official record of an $11 million payment.

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) hasn’t logged any such transaction from the Harris campaign to Beyonce personally, Newsweek reported.

What they did show was a $165,000 payment made on November 19 to Parkwood Production Media — Beyonce’s production company that she founded back in 2008. The payment was described as “campaign event production.”

The singer announced at the October rally, “I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here as a mother, a mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in, a world where we have the freedom to control our bodies, a world where we’re not divided.”

Her longtime publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told PolitiFact in November that the whole idea that Beyonce was paid for the endorsement was “beyond ridiculous.”

Tina Knowles wasn’t having it either. She took to Instagram, calling the rumor a “lie” and “false information.”

“Beyonce did not receive a penny for speaking at Presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris’ Rally in Houston,” she wrote. “In fact she actually paid for her own flights for her and her team, and total Glam.”

Other celebrities who faced similar claims

Even Oprah defended herself from such claims. Last year, she told TMZ she never received a dime for her endorsement — not personally, at least.

Her production company reportedly got paid for media-related services (as did Beyonce’s), but nowhere near the numbers Trump’s tossing around.

As for Bruce Springsteen, who performed at a Harris campaign stop in Philly last October, there’s zero evidence at this time that he was paid to be there. But Trump has had beef with The Boss brewing for a while.

Trump was raging at him just last week, after Springsteen criticized him during his international tour. The commander-in-chief called the rocker “dumb,” a “prune,” and even told him to “KEEP HIS MOUTH SHUT” until he gets back to the US.

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