Nationwide — Beyoncé’s 71-year-old mother, Tina Knowles, has opened up about her previous relationships, sharing her journey of affection, heartbreak, and therapeutic in her new memoir Matriarch. She says each expertise introduced her to the place she is at present. “The whole lot that occurred in my life has occurred to carry me thus far in my life,” Knowles advised People.
Knowles stated she didn’t initially plan to disclose a lot about her first marriage to Mathew Knowles however realized she wanted to inform the complete story. They married in 1980, however issues began early, primarily due to Matthew’s infidelity. Tina remembers making an attempt to save lots of the wedding, even whereas she was pregnant with their second daughter, Solange.
“The wedding was deteriorating quicker than I may probably discover methods and even causes to make it work — even with the being pregnant,” she wrote. “I had gotten used to those extremes — extremely joyous half the time as we shared life’s journey, then being disgusted and heartsick over how brazen his dishonest may get.”
Regardless of the rocky marriage, they labored collectively to help Beyoncé and Solange’s rise to fame. Tina designed seems for Future’s Little one and helped outline the group’s type, then later guided her daughters’ solo paths.
Nonetheless, the cycle of betrayal continued. She stated, “I used to be caught on this dance with him, every doing the identical steps time and again: He would cheat or act up, and I might say I’d had sufficient. He would beg for forgiveness, crying and promising to get higher… However that is what married folks did, I advised myself.”
In 2009, Tina came upon by means of the media that Matthew had fathered a baby outdoors their marriage. She ended the connection quickly after. They divorced in 2011 after 31 years collectively. Tina says she first felt like a failure, however later discovered peace and therapeutic.
She remarried actor Richard Lawson in 2015, however they separated in 2023. Reflecting on her life, Tina calls it a “rollercoaster” full of each hardships and pleasure, and says she wouldn’t change a factor.
