10 Dirty secrets from pop star's past revealed in 'Becoming Beyonce'

joan

November 11, 2015 6:15 PM

According to author J. Randy Taraborrelli, Beyonce's life wasn't always so picture perfect. He has revealed the pop star's darkest secrets from her sad childhood in his new book, 'Becoming Beyonce'.

Beyonce

According to author J. Randy Taraborrelli, Beyonce's life wasn't always so picture perfect. He has revealed the pop star's darkest secrets from her sad childhood in his new book, 'Becoming Beyonce'. Here are 10 of them below:

Humble Beginning! Beyonce may be worth $250 million now, but growing up, her parents were broke as they struggled to make their daughter a superstar.
Broken family! Beyonce's parents first split in 1995. Tina left home with her girls—
Around this time, Beyonce lost her signature smile and became depressed.

Horrible tragedy: When Beyonce was 15, her mentor, Andretta Tillman, died after a battle with cancer. "It was as if she had a hole in her heart that she just wasn't able to fill," a source said.
A family still broken. In 1998, Mathew went to rehab for cheating and sex addiction for the second time, Taraborelli claims.
After Destiny's Child members

Taraborrelli claims Tina forbid Beyonce and her childhood boyfriend,
When Beyonce was 16 years old, she was involved in a scary car accident with her then-boyfriend, Locke, and cousin,

Beyonce finally ditched Locke in 2001 after he showed up to a family party at her home high on marijuana. "Oh, hell no!" Locke remembers her saying. Her father previously warned him that she would move on to another man.
That man was

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