The National Football League bans the gun gesture, which results in a 15-yard penalty for any offending player, per Daily Mail. The combination infuriated viewers, who unloaded their grievances on social media. “Is the @NFL going to fine @Beyonce for finger guns?!” one angry watcher shared on X (formerly Twitter).

As Beyonce performed hits from her Cowboy Carter album at NRG Stadium in Houston at halftime of the Texans-Ravens game, the Barstool Sports founder took to social media to give his thoughts. “Beyoncé has been LOST since Destinys Child,” Portnoy wrote on X about the singer’s former music group, which officially disbanded 18 years ago.

Beyoncé’s custom feather coat, courtesy of Roberto Cavalli, worn at the beginning of her NFL halftime show performance on Netflix during the Baltimore Ravens and Houston Texans game on Christmas Day, generated $482,000 in media impact value for the brand, according to LaunchMetrics.

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter took the stage at NRG Stadium on Christmas Day performing the halftime show at the Houston Texans vs. Baltimore Ravens game. The 32-time Grammy-winning artist began the performance by singing "16 Carriages" while riding a white horse into the stadium.

Dave Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports, attracted public attention by openly criticizing Beyonce’s NFL Christmas Day halftime show performance. While the pop icon captivated audiences with a high-production set,

NFL fans all made the same jokes Wednesday as they watched Beyoncé make a finger-gun gesture at the end of her halftime show performance.

Hope your Santa hat was fastened, because Beyoncé gave us the ultimate “Cowboy Carter” gift this Christmas. The superstar spread holiday cheer during Wednesday’s Halftime Show at the Christmas Day Texans-Ravens NFL game in her hometown of Houston,

Beyonce set the stage on fire as she performed the halftime show for Netflix’s NFL Christmas Gameday broadcast at NRG Stadium on Wednesday, December 25, 2024.

The famed singer pulled off an epic halftime performance during the Baltimore Ravens taking on the Houston Texans. With an entrance that included riding in on a white horse in a shining white outfit, Beyonce kicked off the festivities by performing song off her hit country album, "Cowboy Carter."

While the NFL halftime show performance landed to critical acclaim, some people were offended by a hand gesture. During the performance of 'Texas Hold 'Em', when singing the word 'bang', Beyoncé made a gun gesture with her hand. The same move has left NFL players facing hefty fines.

Netflix will have one of its biggest days since the site launched in 1998 when it carries two NFL games for the first time on Christmas.

The Chiefs-Steelers and Ravens-Texans games, the first-ever NFL games on the streamer, put up an unduplicated audience of nearly 65 million U.S. viewers on December 25, according to Live+Same Day data from Nielsen.