Beyoncé may rule the world now, but Tina Knowles has revealed her daughter experienced her fair share of bullies when the superstar was young.
In a video interview with Fashion Posted on Sunday (May 26), the businesswoman opened up about raising her daughters to embrace their individuality – no matter who tried to break their souls. “Beyoncé, she was very shy,” he said. “They bully her a bit.”
“The day she stood up for someone … she didn't stand up for herself, she stood up for herself,” Knowles added. “I get emotional talking about it. I couldn't be more proud of her.”
She went on to say that her youngest daughter, Grammy-winning musician Solange, has “always been an activist” and often goes around asking people to sign petitions. As for Bey's best friend and former Destiny's Child bandmate Kelly Rowland, Knowles remembers Mea Culpa she starred as a “little peacemaker” when she was young.
“Kelly was always this kid who tried to protect everybody,” he continued.
Sharing the clip on her personal account, Knowles wrote: “Every child is different!”
“But all so special,” he added. “I believe that children are born with their own personality. My three girls all handled things very differently. Learn their personality and respect their individuality.”
Bey is now a mom herself, with Ms. Tina taking on the role of grandmother to 12-year-old Blue Ivy and 6-year-old twins Rumi and Sir, whom the “Texas Hold'Em” singer shares with Jay-Z. . That means the singer is passing on to her own children the same lessons she previously learned from Knowles, including the importance of shutting out the haters and focusing on one's art.
For example, Knowles recently revealed that Bey had some words of wisdom for Blue after her dance on the Renaissance tour received negative feedback. “It was a great life lesson because her mom basically said, 'Listen, if you let this get you down, then they won,'” she recalls. “So you have to go and work harder. And, you know, just work harder and put your skills together and go out there and blow it up.”
Watch the clip below.
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