Beyonce ‘secretly shopping for a new apartment without Jay Z’

IT seems Beyonce may already have one foot out the door — she’s reportedly been secretly shopping for new digs without Jay Z.

BEYONCE may already have one foot out the door — she’s reportedly been secretly shopping for new digs without Jay Z.

According to The Post, the superstar looked at a $21.5 million Chelsea penthouse early last month — just weeks after the videotaped elevator smackdown involving Bey’s sister, Solange Knowles, and amid growing rumours of an impending breakup.

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“She was very quiet, as if she was looking on the sly,” a source close to the superstar couple said.

Are Beyonce and Jay Z heading for the dreaded D?

Fuelling the notion that Beyonce is not shopping for the both of them is the fact that Jay Z has always been extremely involved in their real-estate deals, sources said.

Yet he was nowhere to be seen during the apartment showing, they added.

Jay also would be loathe to leave their current posh Tribeca pad, a source said.

Noting that the couple’s 8,309-square-foot Tribeca crib is more than twice the size of the 4,045-square-foot West 19th Street pad Bey was looking at, the source added, “I can say with certainty that Jay is not downsizing.”

The source added it would seem clear the new home is for Beyonce and their two-year-old daughter, Blue Ivy.

Is this the end of Beyonce and Jay Z? It’s looking ominous.