Tina Knowles is embracing a brand new chapter in her life at 71, as she just lately stepped again into the relationship world practically two years after her divorce from actor Richard Lawson.
The mom of superstars Beyoncé and Solange just lately opened up about discovering love once more whereas selling her new memoir “Matriarch,” which particulars her journey by way of relationships, motherhood, and self-discovery.
The Cécred chairwoman has skilled her justifiable share of heartbreak all through her life however appears to be transferring ahead with optimism and newfound confidence now.
In a candid dialog with Individuals for his or her World’s Most Stunning challenge, Knowles revealed that romance has discovered its method again into her life, although she’s conserving the main points near her coronary heart.
“I’m spending time with a buddy,” Knowles confirmed when requested if she was seeing somebody. “Very good gentleman. We’ll see what occurs.”
Her refined announcement sparked instant assist from followers on social media platform X, with one supporter posting, “That’s proper mama. Maintain it non-public!!! I’m witchu!”
pic.twitter.com/t36pgWiYCs
— Weezy25 (@moodyjbey) April 23, 2025
One other fan chimed in with phrases of safety for the matriarch, writing, “I do know that proper. Hope he treats mama Tina proper,” whereas one other mentioned, Let’s hope he’s richer than her and good-looking. She wants a man who understands her way of life and [is] not jealous.”
A fourth particular person famous, “Idk why I believed she was nonetheless married.”
This new romance comes after Knowles made the tough resolution to finish her eight-year marriage to Lawson, whom she wed in 2015.
In her memoir, she reveals the deeply private causes behind their separation, writing that whereas she harbors no sick will towards her ex-husband, she realized one thing basic was lacking from their relationship.
“I simply grew up at 69, and realized I deserved a lot extra. I needed to be blissful,” she defined in her guide, based on US Weekly. “I needed somebody to be blissful after I walked within the room. If I stayed on this relationship, I might by no means really feel entire, cherished, cherished, and revered. And seen.”
Throughout a latest interview with Oprah Winfrey for Oprah’s E-book Membership, Knowles shared that filmmaker Tyler Perry supplied essential assist throughout her resolution to divorce Lawson.
“I’ve lastly discovered my price and I do know that I should be blissful. I do know I deserve someone to be blissful once they see me and to rejoice and it’s not doing it for,” she defined. “And it’s gotta cease.”
After explaining to Perry that “this marriage just isn’t bringing out the most effective in me,” the director grew to become emotional.
“He was teary-eyed,” Knowles recalled about Perry. “He was like, ‘I’m so happy with you coming from a household the place ladies stayed it doesn’t matter what and it’s taken numerous braveness.’”
She additionally revealed to Perry that her resolution was partly for her daughters’ profit, eager to set an instance of self-worth. Perry identified that her alternative would affect not solely her daughters but in addition her grandson.
“You’re not solely doing it on your daughters, however you’re doing it on your grandson since you suppose that you simply’re doing one thing to remain in a wedding that’s sad, that you simply’re not celebrated, otherwise you really feel fulfilled,” Knowles recalled Perry as saying. “You might be affecting your grandson, too, as a result of he desires you to be blissful, and the way he’s going to deal with the lady that comes alongside.”
(It’s not clear which of Knowles’ two grandsons Perry may need been referring to. The 71-year-old has 4 grandchildren, together with daughter Solange’s 20-year-old son Daniel Julez Smith Jr., and Beyoncé’s 13-year-old daughter Blue Ivy Carter and the celebrity’s 7-year-old twins, daughter Rumi and son Sir.)
Knowles’ journey thus far has been marked by important relationship challenges.
Her first marriage to Mathew Knowles, which lasted 31 years and produced daughters Beyoncé and Solange, led to 2011 after many years of infidelity. In her memoir, she particulars how Mathew’s repeated dishonest created a cycle of betrayal and reconciliation that grew to become unsustainable.
The ultimate straw got here when Mathew fathered a toddler with one other lady in 2009, main Tina to file for divorce. Her guide reveals that she briefly reconciled with him in secret throughout 2010, a call that outraged her daughters once they found the reality on Mom’s Day that 12 months.
Wanting again on her relationship patterns, Knowles admits in her memoir, “I clearly knew my relationship with Mathew was unhealthy, and it was the worry of going it alone that saved me caught.”
As she promotes her memoir and embarks on a nine-city guide tour starting April 30 in Washington, D.C. (the place former first girl Michelle Obama will average), Knowles is embracing this new part with confidence and pleasure.
Perry will be part of her for a particular dialog in Atlanta on Might 8.
