Hold up. Man had the nerve to read a book at Beyoncé’s show.

He don't love you like we love you, Bey.
 By 
Nicole Gallucci
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He ain't sorry.

Twitter user Michelle Gardner posted a video of a man sitting in the last possible row of Beyoncé's Formation World Tour concert in Releigh, North Carolina...reading...a...book.

Yes, that's right. Somehow, this man seems completely unfazed by the fact that he is in the presence of greatness and had the audacity to read a physical book during Beyoncé's performance of "Drunk in Love."


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The video, appropriately captioned, "When your wife makes you go to a Beyoncé concert with her," shows the disinterested man catching up on some reading and not caring a bit about the singer.

So many questions.

At first glance it seems like he's either the best guy in the world (with poor taste in music) for taking his loved one to an amazing concert even though it clearly pains him, or the absolute worst for selfishly taking a ticket away a Beyhive member and not even appreciating what he has literally right in front of him.

However, Gardner later tweeted additional details, explaining that it was storming at the concert and the couple appeared to be taking cover from the bad weather. That makes a little more sense, but still. 

Hopefully he was at least reading about the history of Lemonade.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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