Beyonce was pictured for the first time since she was hit with ‘skin bleaching’ accusations, as she headed out for dinner with husband Jay-Z, Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill on Wednesday.
The singer, 42, tried to go incognito as she was pictured heading inside London private members’ club Oswald’s – which commands a £2,500-per-year fee – with her very A-list pals.
She wore a white hood which only partially concealed her recently lightened blonde hair, paired with dark sunglasses.
The megastar wore white trousers, a suit jacket and boots and completed her look with a mink coat, while her musician husband Jay-Z, 53, wore black tracksuit bottoms, trainers and a large overcoat.
Floppy-haired Tom Cruise, 61, and Henry Cavill, 40, both wore dark suits, with Henry added a colourful plaid tie for good measure.
Blonde Beyonce was seen for the first time since she was accused of ‘lightening her skin’ as she dined with Jay-Z, Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill at London members’ club Oswald’s
Beyonce wore a white hood which only partially concealed her recently lightened blonde hair, paired with dark sunglasses for her night out with husband Jay-Z, above right
Floppy-haired Tom Cruise wore a dark suit as he was pictured outside the venue
Superman star Henry Cavill also wore a dark ensemble and a bright plaid tie for the occasion
The outing comes two days after Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles furiously struck out at online critics accusing her daughter of lightening her skin in an Instagram video posted Tuesday.
Tina, 69, was responding after some commenters on social media complained that the superstar appeared to have lighter skin and also wore a platinum blonde wig in a photo snapped from her appearance at the Renaissance concert film premiere on Saturday.
Some had suggested that the hitmaker ‘was white now’, while others complained that ‘she’s not a Black woman!’
‘I am sick and tired of people attacking her,’ Knowles wrote in a lengthy caption to the video in which she denied commenters’ concerns.
‘Came across this today and decided to post it after seeing all of the stupid ignorant self-hating racist statements about her, lightening her skin, and wearing platinum hair wanting to be white,’ Knowles began her lengthy caption.
She explained that Beyoncé’s look was solely for her Renaissance documentary, ‘where the whole theme is silver with silver hair, a silver carpet, and suggested silver attire and you bozos decide that she’s trying to be a white woman and is bleaching her skin?’
‘How sad is it that some of her own people continue the stupid narrative with hate and jealousy,’ she seethed. ‘Duh, she wore silver hair to match her silver dress as a fashion statement clown. ALIEN Superstar duh!’
She also castigated Black commenters on social media who had accused her daughter of trying to lighten her skin, calling them ‘bozos’.
‘Lying and faking and acting like you’re so ignorant that you don’t understand that black women have worn platinum hair since the Etta James days,’ she wrote. ‘I just went and looked at all the beautiful talented black celebrities who have worn platinum hair and it has been just about everyone of them at one time or another. Are they all trying to be white?’
The megastar wore white trousers and boots and completed her look with a mink coat and a mini metal minaudière evening bag by Brandon Blackwood
Jay-Z was happy to sign autographs for fans on the way out of the venue
Tom ran his fingers through his hair as he left after the meal… and also stopped for autographs
One fan persuaded Cruise to take a selfie with her and the star happily obliged
Then it looked like it could be a Mission Impossible to get home as Cruise posed with more fans
He seemed thrilled when someone pulled out a Top Gun poster
Jay-Z (left) was dressed almost completely in black for the A-list dinner, while Henry Cavill smiled for onlookers
Beyonce looked picture perfect in her chic get-up as she carried a tiny box clutch in her hand
Beyoncé’s mother Tina Knowles, 69, struck out at online critics accusing her daughter of lightening her skin in an Instagram post on Tuesday
Tina Knowles was responding after some commenters on social media claimed her daughter appeared to have lighter skin and also wore a platinum blonde wig in a photo taken during her appearance at the Renaissance concert film premiere