A "Carpool Karaoke" Showrunner Revealed Why Beyoncé Never Appeared On The Show, And Of Course This Is The Reason

    "We’d been close a couple of times, but it wasn’t meant to be.”

    You've seen everybody on “Carpool Karaoke.”

    James Corden onstage in front of a screen with Carpool Karaoke

    Adele.

    James in the car with Adele

    Jennifer Lopez.

    JLo and James in front of a car

    BTS.

    James with the members of BTS

    Even Michelle Obama.

    James and Michelle in a car

    Just not Beyoncé.

    Close-up of Beyoncé

    According to “Carpool Karaoke” showrunner Ben Winston, Bey was always their dream guest, but unfortunately, their schedules never aligned to make it happen.

    Beyoncé in a golden gown with a train

    “I think with Beyoncé, she does things in such a different way," Ben told the Hollywood Reporter of why she never did the show.

    Close-up of Beyoncé smiling in a bejeweled outfit

    "Like, she doesn’t do promo, really. She doesn’t need to," he continued. "Think about her last album, that monster hit album — name one promo. She didn’t even do a music video. So we always knew it was gonna be hard to get her singing in a car, but we would’ve loved it."

    Close-up of Beyoncé

    He added, "It’s all good, though. I know she’s a fan of the show, and she’s always been really lovely and responsive, and we’d been close a couple of times, but it wasn’t meant to be.”

    Beyoncé holding up two Grammy Awards

    “Carpool Karaoke” will air its final episode tonight, Thursday, April 27. You can watch it at 10 p.m. on CBS.