Beyoncé Responds to Right Said Fred's Claims She Didn't Ask to Use 'I'm Too Sexy'

Beyoncé sets the record straight. In an Oct. 4 interview with The Sun, '90s duo Right Said Fred, which includes brothers Fred and Richard Fairbrass, claimed the Grammy winner didn't ask for permission to use their song from 1992 "I'm Too Sexy" in his song "Alien Superstar" from his last album, "Renaissance". On Friday, Oct. 7, Beyoncé responded to the duo's claims via her rep, per Entertainment Weekly. (POPSUGAR reached out to Beyoncé's reps for comment on the matter, but did not receive an immediate response.)

In their interview with The Sun, the Fairbrass brothers called Beyoncé "arrogant". They also claimed that they couldn't do anything about the composition used due to their lack of status. "You're going to strike up a conversation with someone who has a lot more presence, power and money than us. And it's not going to go down well," they said. "It's better to let go. If you're not careful, you spend your life looking back. We keep looking forward all the time."

Now, Beyoncé has refuted the duo's claims with a statement that notes the brothers previously thanked the superstar for sampling their song on her new album. "Right Said Fred's comments that Beyoncé used 'I'm Too Sexy' in 'Alien Superstar' without permission are misguided and incredibly derogatory," her rep said, as reported by EW. "Permission was not only granted for its use, but they publicly expressed their gratitude for being on the album."

On July 22, the official Right Said Fred Twitter account tweeted, "Nice to have a writing credit on the new album 'Beyonce'." The tweet then shared a list of additional artists who are also credited on the al...