[Stephen]

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From the moment she stepped into the spotlight, Beyoncé has been the center of her fair share of rumors.

But even PEOPLE’s 2012 Most Beautiful Woman was caught off guard when, while pregnant with her first child, whispers started swirling that she and husband Jay-Z had settled on a surrogate to carry their daughter.

“That was crazy. It wasn’t hurtful, it was just crazy,” the songstress, 30, tells PEOPLE. “[I thought] ‘Where did they come up with this?’”

But perhaps the person most affected by the surrogacy speculation was not the expectant mom herself, but rather her own mother, Tina Knowles.

“I thought it was very unfair and very cruel that someone would think that someone would be that diabolical to keep up a charade like that for nine months,” she says. ”As a mother it was painful for me to hear the crazy rumors. And I even had people ask me, which was so ridiculous.”

Alluding to an Australian interview in which it was later suggested that Beyoncé had been sporting a prosthetic bump, Knowles says, “It was a fabric that folded — does fabric not fold? Oh my gosh, so stupid.”

Fortunately, the protective mom adds, her daughter’s global fan following offered plenty of support. “There was so much love and well wishes from all over the world — it made it easier to deal with the stupid rumors.”

But the dust didn’t settle once the couple welcomed their baby girl.

Amidst the joy of welcoming Blue Ivy on Jan. 7, the new parents were said to have upset the hospital with their high list of security demands — a rumor that Beyoncé clarifies is “so crazy” and “ridiculous.”

Put the rumors to rest

[monkey29992]

“I thought it was very unfair and very cruel that someone would think that someone would be that diabolical to keep up a charade like that for nine months,”

This is exactly what I thought. People are so stupid sometimes.

[zombaland]

It was an obnoxious rumor that some even used as receipts.

[SLAYANNA NAVY]

“I thought it was very unfair and very cruel that someone would think that someone would be that diabolical to keep up a charade like that for nine months,” she says. ”As a mother it was painful for me to hear the crazy rumors. And I even had people ask me, which was so ridiculous.”

Exactly, the fact that even to this day people still believe the surrogacy rumors is just

[LCTV]

how crazy and ridiculous..

[Rock That Beat...]

Yas Bey get them trashbags together. I just cannot even imagine that someone would even believe that. I mean you got to be extremely stupid to believe such a thing.

[Musiclover1987]

Originally posted by monkey29992

This is exactly what I thought. People are so stupid sometimes.

Yes. Me too.
I got so mad sometimes. I didn't want the stupid rumors ruining what was a great time in their lives.

[Chrome]

I didn't think she would actually respond to the rumors since she's so private. Clock them haters, Bey!

[SaDaré]

Shut them rumors down. Only a brain dead individual would believe that.

[Stephen]

The gifs on this page

[Igrt]

I never believed that silly ass rumor.Almost as silly as them damn "Gaga has a ****" rumors back in 09.IDK what Beyonce has done to warrant all this ridiculousness in the first place tbh,but I guess it's in her DNA to make the lessors SEETHE!

[CaptainMusic]

Originally posted by LCTV

how crazy and ridiculous..

Originally posted by SaDaré

Shut them rumors down. Only a brain dead individual would believe that.

[Stepfon]

People try so hard to bring this woman down and she remains a class act.

[evan93]

Originally posted by LCTV

how crazy and ridiculous..

why do y'all have always to start ****?

[ESSENCE_OF_SEAN]

Why is a britney stan even trying it? Let's not go there with the kiddie thang okay!

[lucarvallho]

[WFL]

C'mon! It wasn't the fabric that folded. I think she was using something to make her bump look bigger. Her face tells everything:

[KeirGrey]

So she didn't use one?

[Smooth Criminal]

Ingrid Jackson >

[ESSENCE_OF_SEAN]

Originally posted by WFL

C'mon! It wasn't the fabric that folded. I think she was using something to make her bump look bigger. Her face tells everything:

Until Rihanna gets pregnant! Don't worry about Beyonce's baby bump! clearly it was real and Baby Blue confirms that!