Beyoncé‘s publicist has asked the singer’s faithful and rabid fan base to stop spewing “hate” at Nicole Curran, the wife of Golden State Warriors owner Joe Lacob, over a viral moment during the NBA Finals game Wednesday night.
Curran disabled her Instagram account after she said she had been harassed online by the Beyhive, as Beyoncé’s fans are known, according to a tweet from ESPN senior writer Ramona Shelburne. The harassment, Curran said, included death threats.
“Just spoke to Nicole Curran … about the ‘incident’ with Beyoncé last night. She was in tears,” Shelburne tweeted.