12 Insane Beyoncé Conspiracy Theories People Actually Believe Are True

The more famous you are, the more mud people try to fling at you - and no one is more famous than Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter. The sheer amount of Beyoncé conspiracy theories that circulate through the blogsophere on any given day is tremendous, but what are some of these crazy conspiracies?

The oddest Internet theories about Beyoncé include the idea that she never was pregnant with her first child, daughter Blue Ivy Carter. This "Beyoncé pregnancy conspiracy" went viral and still pops up every now and then, even years after Blue was born. Also up there among the nuttiest of Beyoncé theories are stories about how she controlled her Destiny's Child bandmates at every opportunity; that she, not her mom Tina, gave birth to her sister Solange; and that she killed Joan Rivers. That's not to mention the theory that she and her husband Jay Z are secret members of the Illuminati.

What are the most bizarre Beyoncé theories you've heard of? Keep reading to uncover more crazy stories, and vote the most insane up to the top of the list.

Controversy around Beyoncé's true age has swirled for years. Although she was born in 1981, her dad, Mathew Knowles, not-so-subtly hinted that she's at least a few years older in an interview. Actress Gabrielle Union, who is nine years older than Beyoncé, mentioned the two were friends in their teens, while a GMA host who's at least three years older than Bey says they went to high school together. Jay Z has also been a victim of these age-spiracies, with people claiming the 47-year-old mogul is actually in his 50s.

Record-setting siblings Beyoncé and Solange have always been close, but rumors have cropped up that Bey is actually Solo's mom, not her big sis. The two are only five years apart in reality, but the story could potentially make sense if Beyoncé is older than she claims to be. Sources claim that Beyoncé had Solange when she was 12 or 13, but, to cover up the scandal, her parents raised the little girl as their own. That would mean Beyoncé isn't just a mom, but a grandma to Solange's son, Julez.

Does Bey have her team Photoshop every picture of her before it's released to the public? She had fans wondering whether that was the case when a picture of her on a golf course appeared to have been altered so she'd have a "thigh gap." The question of digital enhancement arose again on her Instagram, when a photo of Bey in a bikini (Bey-kini?) featured her with noticeably slimmer thighs.

Some people have claimed that the real Beyoncé died in 2000, and the woman fans know and love today is actually her clone. The basis for this spurious notion? A side-by-side photo comparison of Bey in 2010 and in 2016 that claims to show differences in her facial structure.

Gossips love portraying Bey as a control freak. One of their more spurious claims? That, when Michelle Williams joined Destiny's Child, Beyoncé made Michelle use her middle name, rather than her first name, Tenitria, so that her own would stand out. The same supposedly went for longtime pal Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland.

According to some believers, Bey and Jay are top-ranking members of the Illuminati, a secret society that maintains power by worshipping Satan. Although the Illuminati was a real group once, the evidence that the King and Queen are involved with them is pretty non-existent.

Conspiracy theorists claim that, when Bey and Jay throw up the "Roc," a.k.a. the triangular symbol representing Jay Z's original record label, Roc-A-Fella, and current venture Roc Nation, that really represents the Illuminati symbol. Some also say that their daughter Blue Ivy's name is a reference to Satan, standing for "Born Living Under Evil, Illuminati’s Very Youngest."

Bey's response? "Y'all haters corny with that Illuminati mess," she says in her hit single "Formation."

Joan Rivers passed away in 2014, not long after sending out one of her last tweets: a joke about Beyoncé. Did the BeyHive take out the legendary comic for cracking a joke at the expense of their queen? Well, Joan did die on Bey's birthday, so naturally the theories about Rivers being an Illuminati sacrifice came out of the woodwork.

Destiny's Child briefly reunited during the 2013 Super Bowl halftime, but the performance led some to speculate that Beyoncé had tampered with bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams's microphones. Because their voices sounded fainter to some, critics assumed that Bey turned down the volume on their mics so her voice would stand out. In actuality, it probably was an electrical error (after all, there was a stadium blackout soon after).

You've probably heard this old chestnut before, but the rumor that Beyoncé wasn't really pregnant with her first child is still out there. This conspiracy theory is primarily based on one video of Bey sitting down during an interview; skeptics say that her belly deflated like she was wearing a pregnancy pad. Allegedly, she also kept changing the due dates when she spoke to the press, and her music videos from the time feature her both pregnant and not pregnant. And there's the fact that Jay Z also had the entire floor of the hospital where she gave birth shut down for privacy. Suspicious, no?

No. Not only did Bey brush these rumors aside, but she announced her second pregnancy with stunning photos that put any doubters to rest.

In 2005, gossip rags stated that Jay Z and his young Def Jam protégée Rihanna were having an affair. Jay did mentor the future superstar, but their alleged romance has seen been labeled as a lie - a publicist admitted in 2015 to fabricating the story. But Bey stoked the rumor mill with her second album, B'Day. Her second single, "Ring the Alarm," saw the singer lashing out at a cheating lover. The album also included another track about infidelity called "Resentment."

In the 2010s, rumor had it that Jay was cheating on Bey again, this time with another young singer he was mentoring, Rita Ora. The infamous incident between Jay and Solange in an elevator kept those stories going. Beyoncé's album Lemonade touched on the issue of infidelity once again, though she hasn't publicly commented on what parts are fact and what parts are fiction.