In a new interview Tina Knowles admits she put Beyoncé and Solange in therapy at very young ages after Beyoncé's budding career started to come between them...
From Us Magazine
Beyoncé and Solange Knowles have their mother, Tina Knowles, to thank in part for their close bond.
Tina, 71, opened up about raising her famous daughters in an interview with Sara Sidner on the Friday, April 25, episode of CNN News Central. When asked how she managed to make both daughters “feel that they are special,” Tina shared, “I think one of the things is that you look at them as individuals, because they were very, very different. [Solange] is very, very different.”
Tina recalled becoming “terrified” of how the siblings’ relationship would develop when Beyoncé, 43, began performing around the age of 10. “She was in the singing group, and the kids would say to Solange every day, ‘Be quiet, Solange,’ because she would try to choreograph and, you know, she wanted to be involved — and they didn’t want her involved,” she explained. “And then I started noticing that Beyoncé would allow them to talk to her like that or she would say, ‘OK, Mom, can you get Solange out of here? Because she’s doing …’ And I’m like, ‘Wait a minute, this is her house, and you’ve got to be nice to her.’”
Noting that she “saw a wall between them coming,” Tina decided to put Beyoncé and Solange into therapy together, much to the displeasure of others. “My family was like, ‘You’re going to make those girls crazy.’ Because, you know, especially in the Black community back then [people didn’t go to therapy]. Back then, it was really taboo,” she said. “Even my [ex-]husband [Mathew Knowles], he was like, ‘I just don’t know if they’re too young for you to do that.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m not asking. I’m going to find somebody.’”
Tina said she found a “wonderful” therapist whom her girls responded to, even though Beyoncé “hated therapy.” Solange, however, “loved” the experience. “She loved talking and, you know, expressing herself,” Tina said of her youngest child. “And the outcome was great. It was really great because they had been super tight since.”
Sidner, 52, called Tina’s introduction of therapy to her girls “such a beautiful gift,” especially now that Beyoncé and Solange are “clearly tight.” Tina agreed, adding, “Yeah, they are very tight.”
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