--- title: Beyonce's Pre-Super Bowl Meal Was a Bag of Cheetos description: According to her co-performer Bruno Mars, Beyoncé ate a bag of Cheetos before performing at last year's Super Bowl half time performance. canonical: https://time.com/4557009/beyonce-super-bowl-cheetos/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-03T20:08:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:39.138Z og:title: Beyoncé's Dined on Bag of Cheetos Pre-Super Bowl og:description: As one does og:url: https://time.com/4557009/beyonce-super-bowl-cheetos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d4f6c4217bfbfc/6988acebab6d7786286abd26/beyonce-eats-cheetos-superbowl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé's Dined on Bag of Cheetos Pre-Super Bowl twitter:description: As one does twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d4f6c4217bfbfc/6988acebab6d7786286abd26/beyonce-eats-cheetos-superbowl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Prepped for Her Super Bowl Show By Eating a Bag of Cheetos > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Matt Cowan/Getty Images) Matt Cowan—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 3, 2016 8:08 PM UTC Beyoncé’s [show-stealing appearance at Super Bowl 50](http://time.com/4211293/beyonce-super-bowl-50-halftime-show/) halftime show alongside [headliner Coldplay and fellow musical guest Bruno Mars was unforgettable](http://time.com/4215030/protest-beyonce-super-bowl-new-york-performance/) and apparently Cheeto-fueled. In an interview with [_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/life-on-planet-mars-w447916), Mars talks about what it was like to perform with Bey, sharing an anecdote about the two of them practicing before the Super Bowl and commiserating about their diets together. “Me and Beyoncé were both working on our diets, stressing out,” he said. “Then the day before, we’re watching playback backstage, and she’s eating a bag of Cheetos. I’m like, ‘That’s what you’re doing?'” Beyoncé’s response to Mars was both pragmatic and perfect, re-confirming why she’s the queen. “She’s like, ‘There’s nothing more we can do these last two days. It’s gonna be what it’s gonna be. So I’m gonna enjoy this bag of Cheetos.'” This isn’t the first time that Queen Bey has shown an affinity for cheese doodles, however; one only needs to look as far as her very excellent _Party_ video (1:56 to be exact) to remember that Beyoncé’s always enjoyed Cheetos. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4557009/beyonce-super-bowl-cheetos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4557009/beyonce-super-bowl-cheetos/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Prepped for Her Super Bowl Show By Eating a Bag of Cheetos","datePublished":"2016-11-03T20:08:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:39.138Z","description":"As one does","url":"https://time.com/4557009/beyonce-super-bowl-cheetos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Beyonce","Super Bowl","bruno mars","celebrity","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d4f6c4217bfbfc/6988acebab6d7786286abd26/beyonce-eats-cheetos-superbowl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46d4f6c4217bfbfc/6988acebab6d7786286abd26/beyonce-eats-cheetos-superbowl.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show","caption":"Pepsi Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show","creditText":"Matt Cowan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4557009/beyonce-super-bowl-cheetos/","name":"Beyoncé Prepped for Her Super Bowl Show By Eating a Bag of Cheetos"}}]}] ```