If Tina Knowles goes to do one factor, it’s air out her grievances on social media.
The mom of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles mentioned her social media habits and her penchant for sticking up for her family members on the Dec. 31 episode of “The Run-Via with Vogue” podcast.
“I’m a protector of my children, and I simply really feel like that’s my job,” she defined.
She continued, “And, you realize, my children are all the time like, ‘Mama, simply ignore that.’ Nevertheless it will get to the purpose the place I’m identical to, ‘I’m sorry. That is sufficient. It’s sufficient.’ You understand? As a result of think about being a mom and any person’s mendacity in your child. It’s onerous to look at.”
Even nonetheless, Knowles famous that she has mistakenly appreciated issues infrequently. Earlier this month, after Knowles’ Instagram account seemingly appreciated a damaging submit about her son-in-law Jay Z’s ongoing rape case, she claimed she had been hacked.
“I used to be hacked,” she wrote. “As you all know, I don’t play about my household. So for those who see one thing uncharacteristic of me, simply know that isn’t me.”
Talking on the podcast, the matriarch revealed Jay Z isn’t the one one in all her family members she’s mistakenly appreciated a shady submit about.
“It’s so humorous as a result of you understand how many instances I’ve appreciated one thing that was damaging about my very own youngsters?” she admitted. “As a result of if I’m busy and I’m going by the factor, I’m like, ‘Oh, there’s Beyoncé with so and so.’ I like that. After which the followers come again and say, ‘Miss Tina, please erase that since you’re liking some damaging submit.’”
Mama Knowles additionally received actual about her penchant for typo-laden posts. She makes use of speech-to-text to supply most of her captions — although it doesn’t all the time perceive her Southern accent.
“I do know that it doesn’t perceive what I’m saying, and it’s received loopy stuff,” she famous. “And my son-in-law, Jay will say, ‘Pay attention, for those who’re gonna learn any person, at the very least spell your phrases proper. Don’t misspell your phrases, Ma. You possibly can’t try this. Take your time and go over and spellcheck your stuff!’”
Her response: “I don’t have time for that!”
Knowles is now gearing as much as launch a memoir entitled “Matriarch” (Penguin Random Home) in April 2025. The guide will reportedly chronicle her life as a mom to 2 well-known ladies, in addition to serving as a mom determine to others.
