"They had been having problems for years," reveals a source close to the couple. "There was a constant commitment issue between them and in the end they were barely speaking. Beyoncé didn't fully trust Jay and it was hard for her to get past that."
And so began an intense period of reflection for the couple, continues the insider. "They went to a lot of counseling and have been working on their issues ever since. They had help to get them through it."
With the release of Lemonade, Beyoncé seems to have finally faced the marital strife rumors that have plagued them for years—and in the process, solved the mystery of what really happened in the elevator showdown between her sister, Solange, and her husband back in 2014. In the full three-minute video later leaked to the public, a bodyguard has to physically restrain Solange as she tries to repeatedly punch and kick Jay Z.
At the time it was widely reported Jay Z's close friendship with designer Rachel Roy was the cause of the violence. In a bid to calm the media frenzy that ensued, Beyoncé and Jay Z released a rare public statement in which they admitted, "...families have problems and we're no different. We love each other and above all we are family. We've put this behind us and hope everyone else will do the same."
And we did, until Beyoncé served the world Lemonade (cue "Becky with the good hair" lyric, Roy's knee-jerk reaction, and lemon and bee emojis being used as grenades as they are thrown around social media platforms). Admits the insider: "It's true, Rachel and Jay were friends and it wasn't seen as appropriate by people who knew them."
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