For the previous few years, Beyoncé has principally taken a “preserve quiet and let it blow over” strategy to no matter hearsay is likely to be going spherical about her at any given time.
Fortunately, the music legend’s mum Tina Knowles is much less selective about when to talk out.
On Sunday, Tina set the file straight about widespread false claims that Beyoncé had been paid as a lot as $10 million (round £7.9 million) to ship a speech at a rally for Kamala Harris shortly earlier than the US presidential election this month.
“So this has been flagged on Instagram as pretend information and brought down. It’s referred to as false data. Sadly different platforms with a scarcity of integrity nonetheless have it up,” Tina wrote, alongside a screenshot of Conservative pundit Candace Owens’ Instagram web page.
“The lie is that Beyoncé was paid 10 million {dollars} to talk at a rally in Houston for vp Kamala Harris. When In Truth: Beyoncé didn’t obtain a penny for talking at presidential candidate vp Kamala Harrris’s rally in Houston.”
“In actual fact she truly paid for her personal flights for her and her group, and complete glam,” Tina added, insisting that right-wing critics are “not solely mendacity and disrespecting Beyoncé’s identify, however they’re attempting to additional discredit the facility of our vp”.
“When do the lies and rumours cease?” the Home of Deréon founder questioned.
“Let ’em know, Ms Tina!” singer John Legend wrote within the feedback, including: “All of us carried out/appeared totally free as a result of we care about our nation’s future.”
“I do know you care deeply about this nation,” Tina later responded.
Having already been a vocal supporter of the Democrats in a number of previous elections, Beyoncé joined Kamala Harris on stage at a marketing campaign occasion within the Grammy winner’s hometown of Houston, Texas final month.
“I’m not right here as a star. I’m not right here as a politician,” Bey informed the 30,000 folks reported by Harris’ presidential marketing campaign to be in attendance.
She added: “I’m right here as a mom, a mom who cares deeply concerning the world my kids and all of our kids reside in, a world the place now we have the liberty to regulate our our bodies, a world the place we’re not divided.”
