It’s here. The Bey & Jay statement is here.

Beyonce and Jay-Z have released a calm, sensible few lines about the fight that took place between Solange Knowles and Jay-Z in a lift at the Standard Hotel in New York on the night of the Met Ball. Footage of the fly-kicking altercation was leaked to gossip website TMZ this week.

While Beyonce posted a series of cryptic photographs of happy times between Knowles sisters, this is the first official comment we’ve had on the situation.

The power couple gave the statement to Associated Press today. Here it is in full:

No doubt, the world will keep speculating about the reason S & J fought – once you reach Beyonce-level fame, every request for privacy in a matter like this will inevitably be declined by a public hungry to see dysfunction among their favourite celebrities.

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