There has been a lot of hilarity on the web concerning whether Beyonce is really pregnant or is faking it while a surrogate carries her baby to term for her. While it’s true that her body has seemed to shrink and expand according to rules of its own, instead of the gradual growth associated with pregnancy, there is really no way to tell. In this day and age, it is easy to use prosthetics of all kinds to alter one’s appearance. We will just have to take Beyonce’s word for it when she described what it was like to perform while pregnant at New York’s Roseland Theater over the summer. While promoting the soon-to-be released DVD of theses “intimate” shows, the dynamic diva had this to say:

“When you’re pregnant, it’s a little bit harder to breathe, so it was hard doing all the choreography and singing at the same time,” said the 30-year-old singer in an onstage interview.

Fans who didn’t get a chance to catch “The Intimate Nights” shows – what Beyonce said was her last concert performance of the year – can get a behind-the-scenes look in her new “Live at Roseland” DVD, available exclusively at Walmart this week. The deluxe two-DVD set is available everywhere on 11/29.

Along with classics from her Destiny’s Child days and major hits from her solo career, the DVD includes interviews with the singer, home footage of rehearsals and special family moments – even shots of Beyonce in a wedding gown.

She’s also hoping the film will serve as a time capsule for her unborn child, a chance for him or her to say, “I can’t believe I was in that belly,” she said.

See more great pics of the pregnant Beyonce on BlackVoices.com.

I don’t know about you, but she suddenly seems A LOT more pregnant than she did about a week ago when this picture was taken of her at the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion show. And is it just me, or is that belly a weird shape? Okay, I don’t blame people for incessantly trying to prove Beyonce is faking her pregnancy. It is kind of fun.

Alexis Garrett Stodghill is the senior editor of MadameNoire.com. Follow her on Twitter: @lexisb

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