Jay-Z and Beyonce, one of the world’s most famous power couples, welcomed their first born child Blue Ivy Carter into the world this past Saturday. In the steps of her famous parent she did it while creating a buzz around her. A story from the New York Daily News is reporting that the couple paid $1.3 million to block off and redecorate part of the Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. However, a problem occurred with this: the security team for Jay-Z and Beyonce blocked off the hospital’s Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit’s (NICU) nursery, which was not allowing parents to see their new born children.

The Lenox Hill Hospital’s spokesperson said that she did not hear any of these complaints and that they hold their patient satisfaction to the highest standards. Is this her way of completely dodging a question? Hospital staff reported anonymously that parents were being blocked from the nursery all night long, as if the stresses of bringing a complicated birth child into the world aren’t enough. One father of premature twins said, “This is the NICU. Nobody cares if you’re a celebrity. Nobody is star-gazing. They just want to see their children”. The story goes on to say that the man had to fight with security for twenty minutes just so he could see his newborn children. (This was after they kicked his family out of the sixth floor waiting room).

So what do you think? Did the hospital spokesperson handle this properly or was she just brushing it off? Is this just another story of how celebrities can throw money at a situation and get what they want? Does the father of the newborn twins have an argument and deserve an apology? Or is he looking for his fifteen minutes of fame?

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