Diva alert! After much speculation from fans online, late-night host John Oliver has CONFIRMED that Beyonce Knowles was, in fact, Photoshopped into the Lion King cast photo because she did not appear in-person at the photo shoot. Surprise!

Oliver, who voices the Zazu character, said on last night's The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that Queen Bey had a spot marked for her and that cast members had to make space: "I remember Chiwetel [Ejiofor, who voices Scar] — we were setting up the shot and Chiwetel was sitting in the front and he said, ‘You need to be careful where your foot is,’ ” Oliver said. “I looked down and there was just this piece of tape on the floor with Beyoncé’s name written on it.”

He went on to say, "Just the future presence of Beyoncé was so intimidating — if you look at my face in there, I look really intimidated,” he continued. “That’s because what I’m doing is imagining that I am about to be put into a photo with Beyoncé one day. And that was nerve-wracking enough.”

Beyonce's a busy woman, folks. She may have been on a yacht in the south of France or working on some sort of artsy multi-media project that absolutely no other recording artist can compete with or maybe she was busy with her three kids! Whatever the case, it wasn't in the cards for her to be there on that day, despite all the other actors who showed up for the sitting.

More important, the mystery is solved, thanks for John Oliver!