What You Don't Know About Beyonce's Ex-Boyfriend Lyndall Locke ·
Christopher Pierce
Updated on March 03, 2026
Considering how long Beyoncé and Jay-Z have been together, it's easy to forget that they were ever in relationships with other people. Although we hear often about Jay's previous relationships early in his discography, Beyoncé's love story is a little different. For Bey, her first love was her first heartbreak.
While we rarely hear intimate details of her life from the "Diva" herself, Bey opened up about her love life in her interview with The Telegraph in 2008. "People would be surprised as to the lack of experiences I've had. When I was 12, 13 I had my first boyfriend, and he was my boyfriend till I was 17. At that age, that was a long time," Bey said. "I've always been very loyal and a little more mature. Though I was too young for it to really be a boyfriend — we didn't live together, we didn't, you know... That was my only experience with a guy, and since then I've only had one other boyfriend in my life — Jay."
The guy in question was Lyndall Locke. According to Locke's 2013 account of their relationship, per The Sun, the two met through Kelly Rowland in their youth church group and dated for nine years. The professional chef told the publication: "From the first time I saw Beyoncé I couldn't take my eyes off of her. She looked like an angel, the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen."
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