Actress Sarah Francis Jones received a shock when she went into labor during Beyoncé's Labor Day show in Los Angeles.
Bey's Renaissance Tour stop on Monday, Sept. 4—which also happened to be the pop superstar's 42nd birthday—proved to be an extra special concert for Francis Jones, who has appeared in a variety of films including Hairspray and Honey. As reported by KABC, she was scheduled to deliver her baby girl Nola by C-section next week, but during the concert, she started to experience contractions.
"I wasn't thinking that I was going into labor," she explained. "I wasn't due for another week, and we actually had a scheduled C-section planned. So I was like, 'Yep, I'm going to have fun at this concert, it's my last hurrah before I go into the hospital.' This baby had other plans, I think she heard Beyoncé's voice and was like, 'I want to go too.'"
In a video Sarah shared on social media, she showed how she was enjoying the concert until she realized she was going into labor. "We thought it was just Braxton hicks or gas turns out we were having a whole baby at @beyonce bday show," she wrote alongside the video.
"The contractions felt maybe 30 minutes apart... I wasn't sure they were contractions," Jones Francis said. "Maybe this is a false alarm. By the time we got to the car, I was like, 'This is not a false alarm.' ... It had to be a perfect set of circumstances. We're at Beyoncé's birthday concert, on Labor Day. And then I go into labor, with my Virgo baby. I'm a Virgo. So it just made sense."
Marcel Spears, who is also an actor and the father of the child, said he was "nervous" as Sarah started experiencing contractions during the show. "This was my first baby. So I was like, I want to make sure I'm doing everything right," Spears shared. "I may or may not have sped past some red lights on accident. Please don't get in trouble. I'm just trying to get my baby to the hospital."
At the same concert on Monday, Lil Rel Howery proposed to his girlfriend Dannella Lane in front of SoFi Stadium crowd. "SHE SAID YES!!!!" he wrote alongside a video montage of the day. "What a story lol. Thanks @mstinaknowles and Jay for helping make this special moment happen. Tonight @beyonce put on an amazing B Day show thanks for letting have a little time on your show lol to make @dannellalane my fiancée… Love On Top!!!"
