FILE - In this June 26, 2016, file photo, Beyonce performs 'Freedom' at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. The singer helped one of her backup dancers get engaged during a concert in St. Louis on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)

Beyonce interrupts show to help backup dancer get engaged

ST. LOUIS – Beyonce has helped the boyfriend of one of her backup dancers “put a ring on it.”

The singer interrupted her performance of her hit “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” in St. Louis on Saturday night to bring out choreographer John Silver, the boyfriend of dancer Ashley Everett. A fan video shows Silver taking the microphone from Beyonce and asking Everett to marry him. After Everett said yes, Beyonce offered her congratulations before finishing the song.

In an Instagram video , Everett says that she “was totally shocked and surprised” and that it was the best night of her life.

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