The couple - who are currently on their joint On The Run world tour (you may have heard about Beyonce and her choice lyric change) - are said to be working out the best way of splitting with out a messy divorce following the final dates of tour in Paris this December and have already removed their wedding rings.
A source told The New York Post: "There are no rings, if you haven't noticed. They are trying to figure out a way to split without divorcing. This is a huge concert tour and they've already gotten most of the money from the promoters up front."
For fear it wasn't apparent already, the source added that the tour will be the last for Jay Z and Beyonce after marriage counsellors failed to help them get their relationship back on track. Perhaps Skype wasn't the way to go.
It is believed the couple - who have a 2-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy - thought having their first child would bring them closer again but they soon started to go their separate ways.
The source explained: "For just a split moment, things got real for them and she was even talking about adding to the family. But, after a while, Jay was out doing Jay and Bey was out doing Bey. They made the classic mistake of thinking a child would change everything and help to rekindle the initial fire, and it didn't."
OK, who spread the irrational whimsy that having a child would bring a floundering couple closer together? If anything, it tests a relationship within an inch of its existence. Yes, it's an amazing experience but also a very trying one, and it helps if both parents are on the same proverbial page and designate duties from the offset, otherwise things can get seriously messy. Literally.
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