Warriors’ owner’s wife reveals her interaction with Beyonce and Jay Z was about drinks

A moment with Beyonce and Jay Z captured on camera at Game 3 of the NBA Finals turned into a nightmare for Nicole Curran, the wife Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob.

On Wednesday night, Curran was seen speaking with the music icons while sitting courtside at Oracle Arena, and fans read into Beyonce’s reaction, thinking she appeared mad that Curran was speaking with her husband. The video spread everywhere and became a meme, and Curran shut down the comments section on her Instagram account because she was inundated with bee emojis from Beyonce supporters in a case of cyberbullying.

Jay-Z and Beyoncé are courtside for Game 3 😎 pic.twitter.com/6mmJuN8Odn

— ESPN (@espn) June 6, 2019

Apparently, it went even further than that. Curran spoke to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne and said she received “death threats” before shutting down her Instagram account entirely.

Just spoke to Nicole Curran, the wife of Warriors owner Joe Lacob, about the “incident “ with Beyoncé last night. She was in tears. Said she had been getting death threats on social media all night this morning she disabled her IG account just to make it stop.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019

Curran also spoke about what was actually said in that exchange:

Curran said she had no idea anything was even amiss until she got home and started seeing texts from friends and checked her social media. She’s invited Jay Z and Beyoncé to the game 3-4 times before. Last night she says she asked if they wanted drinks. Beyoncé asked for water

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019

Curran says Jay Z asked for a vodka soda. She asked if he wanted lime with that. But it was loud in Oracle and she couldn’t hear, so she leaned over. That’s where the photos of Beyoncé looking askance at her come from.

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019

Curran says she then went to go get them those drinks. “There was no hostility. I was trying to be a good hostess,” she said. “I’ve never experienced cyber bullying like this. I can’t believe our players go through this. That kids go through this.“

— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) June 6, 2019

There’s nothing more to say than how awful this is and how should never, ever happen.