Beyoncé Is...Sasha Nice
Beyoncé may be known as a "Diva," as she proclaims on one of the hottest songs on her album "I Am...Sasha Fierce," but it is her gentler alter ego that has been making headlines lately.
When closing out her Friday tour stop at the Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia, Beyoncé dedicated her song "Halo" to a young girl battling leukemia.
For the first run through of the song that pays homage to a personal hero, Beyoncé acknowledged Michael Jackson, as she has done at previous concerts.
Afterwards, Beyoncé invited a young girl named Chelsea on stage, knelt beside her and asked if it was okay to sing her a song.
Beyoncé sang "Halo" while hugging Chelsea, and looked her eyes as she sang "I got my angel
now," before resting her head on Chelsea's
chest. She also added the child's name to the lyric, "[Chelsea] I can see your halo, you know you're
my saving grace."
"There was not a dry eye in the house," Sydney's The Daily Telegraph reported about the 14,000 member audience.
Last week, Beyoncé also earned good girl stripes at the MTV Music Video Awards when she helped Taylor Swift recover from her run-in with Kanye West who interrupted her Best Female Video acceptance speech to say the honor was owed to Beyoncé.
The Kanye outburst left a shocked and embarrassed Taylor on stage at a loss for words. When Beyoncé received the Best Video trophy at the end of the night, she had her own "Halo" moment.
"Wow, this is amazing," Beyoncé said when receiving her
award. "I remember being 17-years-old and up for my first MTV award with
Destiny's Child. It was one of the most exciting moments in my life. So, I'd
like for Taylor
to come out and have her moment."
Taylor joined Beyoncé on stage, and gave her a hug, before offering her second run at of acceptance speech.
Good job Beyoncé.
