--- title: Ellen DeGeneres and Wanda Sykes Spoof Beyoncé's Lemonade description: Ellen DeGeneres put a hilarious spin on Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' visual album, when she spoofed it with Wanda Sykes. canonical: https://time.com/4329916/ellen-degeneres-beyonce-lemonade-wanda-sykes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-13T21:00:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:24.892Z og:title: Watch Ellen DeGeneres' Hilarious Spoof of 'Lemonade' og:description: Wanda Sykes is on hand to help og:url: https://time.com/4329916/ellen-degeneres-beyonce-lemonade-wanda-sykes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Ellen DeGeneres' Hilarious Spoof of 'Lemonade' twitter:description: Wanda Sykes is on hand to help twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Ellen DeGeneres and Wanda Sykes Spoof Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=d4afa5e1-2f08-44cd-a38b-bd62b94aecee&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 13, 2016 9:00 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 13, 2016 9:00 PM UTC In case you were wondering, [Ellen DeGeneres](http://time.com/4325484/tiny-drake-ellen-degeneres-dancing/) is on good terms with “[Becky with the good hair](http://time.com/4305890/beyonce-lemonade-album-review/)” — at least, she is in the hilarious spoof that she made of [_Lemonade_ ](http://time.com/4306316/beyonce-lemonade-black-woman-magic/)that aired on _The Ellen Degeneres Show_ Friday. In the short segment, DeGeneres finds herself in the video for [ultimate woman-scorned anthem “Hold Up,”](http://time.com/4306335/beyonce-lemonade-questions/) and offers up her trademark deadpan commentary while Queen Bey wrecks havoc on the neighborhood. A choice moment has Ellen calling her friend, “Becky,” to tell her, “You will not believe this but Queen Bey has gone cray-cray!” She also quips, “I think she hates cars!”as Beyoncé shatters windows and breaks fire hydrants with her baseball bat. DeGeneres ends the phone call with a cheeky reference to Beyoncé’s [infamous other woman](http://time.com/4307651/rachel-roy-becky-beyonce-lemonade/), “Becky, I have to go. I’m gonna call you back. But I do love what you’re doing with your hair. It looks good.” However, the best moment of the clip is probably when Ellen tries to deflect Beyoncé’s destructive advances by saying, “Look! Look! That’s Becky with the good hair,” and gestures toward a nearly unrecognizable, wig-clad and baseball bat-armed Wanda Sykes, who responds with, “What? Girl, I’m Wanda with the good weave!” before smashing the screen and ending the clip. 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