--- title: Photo of Babies on Jay Z Beyonce Tour Is Not Twins Rumi, Sir description: Images of Beyoncé and Jay Z holding a pair of babies debuted at their OTR II tour last night — but the photos aren't of the Rumi and Sir. canonical: https://time.com/5304506/rumi-sir-carter-beyonce-twins-photo-on-the-run-2-tour/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-07T15:54:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:17.323Z og:title: Actually Beyoncé Isn't Holding Her Babies in That Photo og:description: No, it's not the twins og:url: https://time.com/5304506/rumi-sir-carter-beyonce-twins-photo-on-the-run-2-tour/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78755232af99bf44/6989328d4ee262595031208f/beyonce-twins-picture-on-the-run-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Beyonce and Jay-Z "On the Run II" Tour Opener - Cardiff og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Actually Beyoncé Isn't Holding Her Babies in That Photo twitter:description: No, it's not the twins twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78755232af99bf44/6989328d4ee262595031208f/beyonce-twins-picture-on-the-run-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Actually, Those Aren't Beyoncé's Twins in That 'OTR II' Tour Picture > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment) CARDIFF, WALES - JUNE 06: Jay-Z and Beyonce Knowles perform on stage during the "On the Run II" tour opener at Principality Stadium on June 6, 2018 in Cardiff, Wales. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment) Kevin Mazur—Getty Images For Parkwood Entert  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 7, 2018 3:54 PM UTC On Wednesday night, [Beyoncé](http://time.com/5183135/the-internet-is-convinced-beyonce-dropped-some-sneaky-messages-in-her-top-off-rap-verse/) and [Jay Z](http://time.com/4821547/jay-z-racism-bail-bonds/) kicked off their highly-anticipated [_On the Run II_ tour](http://time.com/5195480/beyonce-jay-z-otr-ii-tour-dates/) in Cardiff, Wales, where they not only debuted their new show, but an image that many believed to be a new glimpse into the power couple’s life with their twins, [Rumi and Sir Carter.](http://time.com/4858415/beyoncemom-tina-knowles-twins-instagram-photo/) In an image that was displayed on stage alongside the captions, “Love is universal” and “Love never changes,” Beyoncé held a pair of babies; later, an image of Jay Z holding the same babies was also shown. Many assumed that this was the couple’s way of showing new images of their twins to the world (Rumi and Sir were officially introduced to the public via [an epic Instagram](http://time.com/4842464/beyonce-jay-z-baby-names/) on their mother’s account one month after their birth.) Bey and Jay fans, however, should know that these babies, however, are apparently not to be confused with Rumi and Sir Carter. According to a comment from the singer’s rep to [_Buzzfeed_](https://www.buzzfeed.com/michaelblackmon/no-that-isnt-sir-and-rumi-carter-in-those-photos-of-beyonce?utm%5Fterm=.xs28d82DYL#.qfLkGkwl6X), the pair of babies that Beyoncé is holding are not the heirs apparent to the Knowles-Carter dynasty. Which, of course, begs the question – if these two aren’t Rumi and Sir Carter, then who are these babies? We’ll file that question behind the many other pressing inquiries we have for the Knowles-Carters, right after [“Who bit Beyoncé?”](http://time.com/5216849/who-bit-beyonce-face-internet-chrissy-teigen-search-for-actress/) and [“Who is Becky with the good hair?”](http://time.com/4307651/rachel-roy-becky-beyonce-lemonade/) See images of Beyoncé and Jay’s first night on tour below. > [](https://twitter.com/ThePopHub/status/1004448082396897280) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5304506/rumi-sir-carter-beyonce-twins-photo-on-the-run-2-tour/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5304506/rumi-sir-carter-beyonce-twins-photo-on-the-run-2-tour/"},"headline":"Actually, Those Aren't Beyoncé's Twins in That 'OTR II' Tour Picture","datePublished":"2018-06-07T15:54:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:17.323Z","description":"Alert the Beyhive","url":"https://time.com/5304506/rumi-sir-carter-beyonce-twins-photo-on-the-run-2-tour/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78755232af99bf44/6989328d4ee262595031208f/beyonce-twins-picture-on-the-run-tour.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/blt78755232af99bf44/6989328d4ee262595031208f/beyonce-twins-picture-on-the-run-tour.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Beyonce and Jay-Z \"On the Run II\" Tour Opener - Cardiff","caption":"Beyonce and Jay-Z \"On the Run II\" Tour Opener - Cardiff","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images For Parkwood Entert","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":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5304506/rumi-sir-carter-beyonce-twins-photo-on-the-run-2-tour/","name":"Actually, Those Aren't Beyoncé's Twins in That 'OTR II' Tour Picture"}}]}] ```