At a Super Bowl press conference yesterday, BEYONCÉ admitted to fudging it at PRESIDENT OBAMA'S inauguration.  But she didn't admit to straight-up lip-synching.

--She said, quote, "I am a perfectionist . . . I practice 'til my feet bleed, and I did not have time to rehearse with the orchestra.  It was a live television show, and a very very important, emotional show for me, one of my proudest moments.

--"And due to the weather, due to the delay, due to no proper sound-check I did not feel comfortable taking a risk.

--"It was about the president and the inauguration, and I wanted to make him and my country proud, so I decided to sing along with my pre-recorded track, which is very common in the music industry and I'm very proud of my performance."

(--Check out her press conference here.)

--Beyoncé DID say that she'll be singing LIVE at the Super Bowl.  She said, quote, "I will absolutely be singing live.  I am well-rehearsed . . . this is what I was born to do, what I'm born for."

--And she started off the press conference by singing the national anthem LIVE . . . maybe just to prove she could?  (--Here's video of that.)

--One thing Beyoncé wouldn't do was admit that her halftime show will include a DESTINY'S CHILD reunion.