As any seasoned Beyonce enthusiast knows, her mother Tina Knowles-Lawson is not one to be messed with.
The seamstress turned fashion mogul has hit back at snide remarks from her daughter’s detractors. And it all surrounds Bey’s absence from the BET Awards following her opening performance.
As widely understood, the ‘Sorry’ songstress had to catch a flight immediately following her ‘Freedom’ rendition so as to make it in time for the UK launch of her ‘Formation World Tour.’
Mama Tina explained this when accepting two of her awards. Yet, it appears a small pocket of folk are taking her to task on the specifics.
Her classy clap-back awaits after the jump…
Via Tina Knowles-Lawson on IG:
Hello guys,
First, let me sayI just got a wind of the mess that has festered since last night! The fact that I supposedly lied about my daughter’s concert .
First of all I did make a mistake on the city and the day. I asked why did she have to leave early and was told by a member of her staff that “she had to get back in time for her concert” and that she actually should have been there 2 days before, as the tour has been down for a month. I assumed the date was Monday and the city was London well it turned out to be in the UK but wrong city and on Tuesday.
I want to point out that there is a nine hour time difference and it is an eleven to 12 hour Flight that equates to 19 – 20 hrs to get there!
I then want to ask what would be the point of lying to the public and knowing that anyone could see when the date was. Any one with good sense could see that!
I am hurt and disappointed because I know what kind of work, sacrifice, and personal money it took for her to do this show and support the BET Awards show and to give her fans that did not get to attend the concert a piece of her show. (Even though it means she has one day to rehearse herself and dancers after being off for a month). That was really important to to her. Although everyone told her this is going to take a toll on your tour because you will only have one day to rehearse and you and the dancers will have been off for a month. You will be exhausted because you get to the States on Thursday rehearse for BET fly to Mexico to be with your Sister for her Birthday on Friday get back to LA on Sunday and start rehearsals at BET at 7 am . (Who else would get three hours of sleep like that? ) Book a huge private plane to carry your dancers and creative staff and choreographers Road Managers and pay for it out of your own pocket. Who does that?
Please understand that I absolutely am not doing this for anyone but myself ! I know I owe no explanation to anyone but I am tired of people writing my story. So I chose to tell my own ! Thanks for listening❤️
Mama Tina added in a follow-up post:
This is exactly what I was talking about. We start lies and false rumors about our entertainers; we celebrate when they stumble; we hope that they fall. We put them against each other when it’s room for them all! We talk negative about them and even their children which should be off limits . When they are gone we cry and say how much we loved them and cherish them we salute them in tributes . Well how about we do that when they are here ?I am sorry this is soo long but I had to get it off my chest! You guys are soo sweet and understand please! I I know I owe no one an explanation this is for me not anyone else . I am tired of letting people tell my story ! As Michael Jackson would say “with Love”. Wake up people ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️???God Bless all of you ❤️
Preach!
Yes queen call out the haters and some of the hive as well. They never greatful.
Yes mama tina!!
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Hell na, all that money an this heifer addressing fans, lmfao! Her and her oldest child bumb as hell!
am tired of all these PR tricks.
Well said
Girl Bye! 63 years old and “clapping back” at “_haters” on social media? What a class act.
Kiii
Utter nonsense. She’s defending herself, and you’re never too old to speak your mind.
Exactly.
Most of these folks on social media are young enough to be Tina’s great grandchildren. Why would a 63 year old even pay a bunch of kids being foolish any attention? Why would she even entertain them? She gets the boobie of prize. Bloop!
Some are children, some aren’t, and some are childlike adults, like yourself, it doesn’t matter. Nonetheless, she has every right to speak her mind, and, defend herself.
Ms. Tina has too much time on her hands. Seems like someone got caught in a lie and is trying to save her a##
Don’t be stupid, girl! You are never too old to speak yo mind.
You don’t be stupid. Haters should be paid dust. Why is this 63 year old woman wasting time with a bunch of nobodies?
Rotfl!!!
She so intelligent and beautiful but I don’t know If she knows that it was mostly the fans creating those posts.
“mostly the fans” INDEED!
Also, some haters, too; actually it was a little bit of EVERYBODY talking slick.
Mama Tina pull out your belt and lay down the law
Real talk Ms. Tina. I’m so glad you respond to all those haters, because they sure wasn’t fans of your daughter. So many non fans tries so many times to speak non truths about Beyoncé and her family and she so humble don’t respond and I so wish she will clap back and set them straight but thank god you as well as Solange do when it becomes to much. Be bless and thank you for your truth.
It was stans, fans AND haters.
Don’t try to downplay it.
Woman go sit down. The fact that you felt the need to explain yourself in a million-word thesis on Instagram proves that you were in damage control mode for lying. What she needs to do is direct her little speech to her daughter’s fan base. They are the most disgusting, rude and disrespectful fan base of them all so she needs to stop the victim act when it’s her daughter’s turn to get dragged.
PREACH!! I would like to include TGJ!! They put her and Rihanna against each other everyday!
Beyince didn’t have to come or perform point blank period. Anyone who travels or knows anything about time zones knows that the UK is nearly 11-12 hours ahead North America. She has to rehearse after being off from tour a few weeks and all her tour equipment is on the other side of the world. She was on vacation in Hawaii and Mexico so I was very shocked she had time to perform! Bey always does nice features but haters always want to cry and moan. Now when she don’t come next year at all don’t say nothing!
No.
.
The UK is not “11-12” hours ahead North America at all, nor is the majority of Europe for that matter. The approximate time zones for the U.K are actually “5-9” hours. 5-7 hours ahead for the East coast and 7-9 hours ahead for the West coast.
.
I am British and live in London and fly to the states often.
Your dumb a$$ clearly can’t read. The flight from la to London IS 10-12 hours. She never said the time difference was. That’s 8 hours.
That said, I agree with your comment actually.
No baby Europe is only 5-6 hours from the east coast depending on day light savings times. The west coast time is 3 hours behind eastern time.. 5-9 hours difference
Bey stain well said thanks let’s continue to love and support our bey for life don’t let this haters get to us bey is the best star we have the haters don’t like that
You basically just stated exactly what Mama Tina stated in her post.
AND IT WASN”T JUST HATERS. STANS AND FANS had something to say sideways out of their neck.
Don’t try to downplay it.
LMAO HAVE SEVERAL WHEELCHAIRS GRANNY BEDBUG, NOBODY’S BUYING YOUR ALZHEIMER’S RANT EXCEPT YOUR DAUGHTER’S RETARDED ROACH NEST LMAO.
LOL NOT SURPRISED HERE. THE BEDBUGS ARE KNOWN FOR MAKING MORE EXCUSES THAN A N@$%A ON HIS WAY TO JAIL LMAO.
Your daughter is trash mama Knowles, and that’s a fact.
This coming from a Rihanna fan, and a P.e.d.o.p.h.i.l.e. Boy hush.
What happened to your fake gravatar ? You had to switch it to drake lmaooooo
She shouldn’t waste time with haters.
Nor should she waste her time with STANS and “FANS”.
She was speaking to ALL OF YOU.
Don’t try to downplay it.
Folks are so damn ungrateful! They was gone talk regardless! If she hadn’t shown up they would’ve talked about her, now she did they say she didn’t stay long enough. How dare they!
And I’ll admit I was one of the ppl disappointed that she might not be attending, but I give her, her due props for showing up and performing bc she really didn’t have to with her schedule.
Tina Knowles is one ugly woman. She looks like an overly botoxed witch.
I bet your mother and father are extremely proud of you.
Who will clap back at her ignorant a$$ beyhive when they attack people online and send them death threats!?! And you want people to back off throwing shade at Bey? Have several stadium seats Tina!
She can’t control what STANS do.
This is why some of you miserable b****** will never make it. YOU ARE JEALOUS OF EVERYONE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT EVERYTHING. Get a damn life and live for you. I simply love Beyonce. I’m glad Tina set the record straight. Smh at you hating fools.
She puts on great shows for her fans. Whoelse is doing that in this Era. Beyonce had our mouths dropped at the concert. My big sis who wasn’t a fan now is a fan. Get a life you miserable jealous silly no life haters. Tina put your ass in place.
Tina put HATERS and STANS and FANS in their place for talking sideways about her daughters.
Don’t try to downplay it.
B**** you are a hater so of course you would say this. Yall hater stay dedicated to what Bey is doing. Get a life h**. Why are you mad???
Bless your heart. SMH. Calm down before you burst a blood vessel.
Did she really need to write a thesis to explain all of that? Granny sit down somehwere.
This old h** wants attention so bad.
How do Tina want attention when Bey gets enough of it for the whole family.
Her ass need to direct that thesis to the behIves who bullies everyone all day notice how she keeps her mouth shut when bey stan go after other people now it’s Beyonce turn to be scrutinize by the public take it like everyone else miss Tina the joker
But Mama Tina said this: “We [pit] them against each other when it’s room for them all!”
She was speaking directly to the STANS and HATERS here.
There is room for all!
Don’t try to downplay it.
She needs to call out this blog the worst in the nation I don’t see rih mother out here calling rih haters out and rih gets the most hatred from fossil fans all day baby rih take it keep it moving she ain’t putting it in a song or use it as PR I respect rih rih so much with all the flack this girl get she brush all these fruit flies off and keep going
Some of you all are some of the most insecure borderline retarded people EVER. You got b****** who stan for flops,that would rather run after football d*** than salvage what little career they have left. People who stan for PURE Barbadian trash who has more miles on her cooch than the average frequent flyer miles card holder and girls lying about them flying from country to country,but Beyonce’s trash?
Mrs.Lawson should’ve paid them dust and kept it moving.Since when is defending yourself against lies a PR move? I think some you guys hate for Beyonce is so strong it supercedes logic and that’s a problem,a mental problem,but still a problem.Seek help.
Nothing but facts, and seriously though, no joke, the handful on here are extremely disturbing. You just get a sense that some of them are suffering from some kind of mental disorder. Either that, or they’re just unhappy with themselves and their lives.
Did you not see her say this: “We [pit] them against each other when it’s room for them all!”
The we means you STANS and HATERS. There’s room for all!
Don’t try to downplay it.
CLOCK THEM
Tinas scarecrow looking ass can have several seats.
Tina is beautiful and so is her daughters. How you look? The main ones who talk about looks be rough looking.
Right sis
Lawd I’m just here for the comments…. Its about to get real juicy up in here LOL!!!!
KIII. Me too.
i’m happy that she speak out.
RT: “This is exactly what I was talking about. We start lies and false rumors about our entertainers; we celebrate when they stumble; we hope that they fall. We put them against each other when it’s room for them all! We talk negative about them and even their children which should be off limits . When they are gone we cry and say how much we loved them and cherish them we salute them in tributes . Well how about we do that when they are here….”
She told no lies .
Yea mama Tina tell them hatemongers we your fans know the true this haters havenothing to do with their sorry life but to hate on queen bey 24 7 they will never win they are not God God continue to bless protect you your Bey and the rest of the family for life long live queen bey long happy live ever lasting long happy success in all you do good luck with the tour
Preach! Mama Tina told them HATERS AND STANS AND FANS who talked crazy about her daughter, she told ’em good!
Notice how rihanna fans are in here yet they complain when the bey hive comments on rihoenna’s posts
Gurrrl they’ve been in every Yoncé post this week seething!
Tina needs to sit her GREMILIN looking ass down someone looking like a football linebacker! The true tea is Beyawnce overrated ass didn’t wanna stay cause she thinks she’s to good for BET! BET helped her thief ass her whole career she shoud of showed some respect! Her performance was wack and sovwas the lames ass song you should of stayed her tired ass at home!!
Kendrick Lamar saved that wannabe cultural struggle tribal dirty water mess.
‘
The whole thing was a tragedy to watch until Kendrick got on stage. She should have stuck with her DVD routine she puts on at every show.
But I don’t get it…you Stan Rihanna. She never gives good live performances
You need help !!
Lol I see you both are mad because Bey snatched those 5 awards from you basic favs, Rihanna and Tinashe, “Wait, Tinashe she wasn’t even nominated”. Keep on seething though lol.
How is it that Beyonce thinks she is too good for BET when she planned WEEKS IN ADVANCE for that performance?
How Sway?
Her mother stated above all that Beyonce did to ensure some of her fans who don’t get to go to the concert get to see her perform at the BET awards? Even coming out of pocket to pay for things?
Don’t try to downplay it.
It was a great performance and now she’s gone on to do another great performance elsewhere.
Don’t be a hater and a stan all your life.
I can’t with some of you Queens SMH.
THE FACT THAT BEYONCE DID THIS PEFORMANCE FOR HER FANS SHOWS HOW MUCH SHE APPRECIATES THEM.
It’s always the same broke ass 30yr olds in a Beyonce post hating!! But yet they claim ain’t no one or them checking for Bey!
.
Anyway Tina had every right to speak her mind. The Slavi just stupid thinking social media is an exclusive to 30 or younger lol! Anyteaways can’t WAIT TO SEE THE VIDS AND PICS OF BEYS SOLD OUT STADIUMS IN THE UK UNLIKE WHÓRÉANNA AND THE STRUGGLE TO SELL A TICKET AND PRODUCE LIVE VOCALS TOUR KIII!!!!
Thou protest too much, Ms. Knowles. The fact that you responded to a bunch of nobodies on the internet who are not important to you speaks VOLUMES.
Well all you haters can go ahead and kill yourselves. Regardless of what you think bout Bey she ain’t going no where anytime soon like she said “Thought that I will self destruct but I’m still here, even in my years to come I’m still gonna be here”.
And all of you STANS can go “kill yourselves”, too. But I bet it makes you feel good to get that off of your chest.
Mama Tina was speaking to all the STANS, FANS and HATERS who spoke sideways out of their neck about Beyonce having to leave, yet posters like YOU have to reach back and quote mantras from twenty years ago.
Mama Tina said it best: “We [pit] them against each other when it’s room for them all!”
Don’t try to downplay it.
lol i really wonder what a lot of y’all look like in real because all y’all do is sit up here and be negative
real life*
What do looks have to do with being negative? You could be beautiful and still be negative. Do good looks validate negativity? Would it be better if the negative ones looked like trolls? What if they look like fairy princesses? <_<
because usually people that have a face only a mother could love, walk around being negative every chance they get
Why are nazī members coming for Bey’s performance like rih could come any close to that? That performance alone is greater than any rihanna performance in her 11 year career!!
No Lies Detected!!!
You wish…everybody can play in the water
True, but not everyone can produce live vocals or command a stage with the amount of charisma and energy as Bey! #FACTS
True but I just wanted something different for the BET awards
Who said anything about Rihanna? Why do some “fans” always bring up Rihanna?
Mama Tina said it best: “We [pit] them against each other when it’s room for them all!”
Don’t try to downplay it.
The fact that RIH stans are in here attempting to “drag Bey”….
I am here for that Mrs Tina. Say what you want and have to say and don’t look back.
No.matter what you do in this life there’s still that one frog that have to say something negative.
She made a mistake and what ? Who doesn’t ?
Apparently Bey paid for some of the productions costs regarding her performance if that’s not dedication then I don’t know. Truly amazing
That’s exactly what Mama Tina just said in her instagram post.
Funny thing is some of the hate was coming from the Beyhive. Making it seems as if Beyonce did not care for the BET awards even though she’s the most awarded and celebrated.
You better say that!
Folks in these comments talking about “Hater this” and “Hater that” when Mama Tina was speaking directly to any and all (HATERS, STANS & FANS) who had something slick to say about Beyonce leaving!
I’ve noticed the people who hate on Bey probably live a miserable life, why not focus on your flopping fav https://t.co/CoL3bu56LX
You know, I’ve noticed the same about fanatical fans of Beyonce. I feel like they, too, probably live a miserable life, praising/defending their “faves”.
Tsk, tsk. It’s a tough row to h**, I guess. Living your life (or attempting to) vicariously through Beyonce.
Bless their hearts. Bless ’em, Lord. SMH.
Kiii I wonder if whóréanna will attempt Stadiums on her next tour ???
Well aren’t you just a modicum of class and sophistication!
Who cares about that one b****…everybody can go to a concert say it was half empty and boring ..
Duffster Lovato though? A Disney has been and a fat flopping schizo. Pot meet kettle kii.
I’m not sure how many Beyoncé’s post, but I keep seeing the same Navys calling Beyonce trash watsoever and other fan base of irrelevant artist. It must be hurt isn’t it?
– Bey can’t tour stadium they said, and few years later they fav performed at smaller venue
-Bey can’t sell singles (12 entries in one week, scored 16th top ten, nearly 3 million total so far)
-She will debut with 200k (I guess they were right, 200k in one day)
-White people wouldn’t support her music (scan platinum while those Disney stars failed to scan gold, also joining them is someone who was called the Black Madonna, 10 years in the game)
*their
And… how does it feel after constantly calling Beyoncé buying her own album, but it turns out that the Global Superstar that bought her own albums?
How does it feel after all these years calling Beyoncé local, but it turns out Beyoncé is the one who topped UK and Aus album chart?
How does it feel after calling self-titled a porno album, it turns out that the Black Madonna exposed her breast in every video?
How does it feel after constantly calling a surprise release a gimmick?
Lol. I kinda miss it when Rosie dragged all these haters. When is Keri releasing her new album? Its been how many years?
lol .. I’ve seen on twitter beyonce fans PAY to go to a rihanna concert just to take pictures in the stadium before the show starts so they can shade her on twitter for very few retweets .. that’s very creepy
Okay, where was Tina when the hive were bullying various assumed ‘Becky’s with decent hair” over Beyonce’s Lemonade that was made up of ingredients made by someone else.
I’m tired of Parkwood/Knowles releasing statements regarding some issues and then ignoring others.
Keep your bees in their hive and i’ll then pay more attention to what you have to say.
Parkwood/Knowles hardly ever release statements so shut your ass up!!
Hardly ever and never are too different things.
Shut your own ass up, it’s leaking
She told no lies. Bey ain’t worried about none of this petty mess tho. She pays the media & her thousands of haters complete dust. All the while, banking millions. Mama Tina better preach!
B**** bye. Does she not realize that we all know the show is not live. So that means the bet awards was pre taped. I swear she should have just left well enough alone. And be the so called classy woman she claims to be and not respond.
As Tina said we cry when they are gone. I’m so glad that Beyonce hasn’t falling out because haters are waiting everyday. Its sick to be honest. I love Bey and Rihanna because there’s not many black women at the top. When will we love our own because whites hate us and are not for us at all.
Lovely said. I hope the grape juice already takes some pages out of Tina’s note. Because y’all stay shading Rihanna and putting her against Beyonce. Celebrate our legends while they are alive.
People are so dumb. Asking why does she bother responding to haters on social media at 63 years old? What parent wouldn’t stand up for their child when she see’s people talking s*** about something they know nothing about. You ain’t in Beyonce or Miss Tina’s lane at all. Y’all should get your hustle on instead talking s*** in a post on social media. I even battled with posting this because who in the f*** gives a s*** live your life as these celebrities are living theirs. As far as I know Beyonce is one of the most honorable of celebrities like Miss Tina she doesn’t have to do half of what she does but she does it so she doesn’t let down her fan’s. Really tho who does that??? Give em a break they are human too get off your pedestals and grow the f*** up.
Sit down old h**, you got caught in a lie, let it be. And it wasn’t even the “haters” that exposed you, it was your brat’s fellow pest. The Pest were the one bragging “Bey left and doesn’t have a show til next week. She’s too big for BET.” This family lies all the time, I recall the same old h** lying about the how about DC’s name. “Matthew opend the Bible and seen Destiny and I opened the bible and seen child.” And lied about the other menmeber “leaving” the group when they were kicked out. Lied about their age and so on. Why is she so fame hungry? Aaliyah, Rihanna, Usher, Brandy and so many other mother would never. It’s like she’s trying to live through her daughter, like a mother of a child pageant. Just creepy. Anyway, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
.
http://www.mjemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/quebeemumm.jpg
You are horrible ageist!! Why would Mrs. Tina be “fame-hungry” when her family is one of the most famous in the world. Mrs. Tina is way more famous than Aaliyah, Rihanna, and Usher’s mothers because Beyonce is more famous than all of those irrelevant artists. Mrs. Tina is publicized and is followed by paparazzi like a normal celeb so there is no need for hwr to be fame-hungry. And not you shading Bey like she is fame-hungry!! I guess stans for Rihanna would envy Beyoncè’s level of fame and power because it is greater than that bitxh.
Boy hush, you sound bitter. Also, didn’t Aaliyah’s mother sign her off to R-Kelly, exactly. Your over hear living in a glass house stanning for two emora
Boy hush, you sound bitter. Also, didn’t Aaliyah’s mother sign her off to R-Kelly, exactly. You’re over here living in a glass house stanning for two immoral thots, yet still throwing stones.
Boy hush, you sound bitter. Also, didn’t Aaliyah’s mother sign her off to R-Kelly, exactly. You’re over here living in a glass house stanning for two immoral thots, yet still throwing stones.
Oh my. So much tea. DRAG HA!
Good for Tina Lawson
We live in a world where people are never content. Always whining. Ms. Tina was right on so many levels. You cannot be and do everything for everybody. With a tour schedule like Beyonce’ I would have given those haters a satellite thank you. If they were giving her award, why not give it to her prior to her performance, or immediately following her performance. I believe in telling the truth, I am not crazy about every album Bey makes, but I do think people should be just a little more considerate. This woman has a husband, child, employees, family, and a business to run. What is the problem????
Stop murmuring and complaining people of all races!!!! There is too much real chaos going on in this world today lets focus on changing ourselves first. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE SIGNS BEFORE ITS TOO LATE
She’s mad cause she’s a N***** TOO.
So is your disgusting pasty ass race who’s scared and threaten by black men so you use a gun. White women are shaped like ironing boards and their men are shaped like women. Don’t you dare disrespect Tina you racist troll.