Tina Knowles breaks silence on ‘disgusting’ rumor Beyonce faked first pregnancy: ‘Worst times of my life’
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Tina Knowles is proud to be a grandmother to Beyonce’s three children, but she still carries the pain of a moment that clouded one of their biggest family milestones.
The designer recently spoke about how hurtful it was when conspiracy theories swirled online around Beyonce’s first pregnancy with Blue Ivy.
Tina Knowles recounts 'horrendous' rumors about Beyonce's pregnancy
Tina Knowles opened up about the speculation that Beyonce had faked her pregnancy in 2011, in an interview with People on Tuesday, April 22. That same day, her memoir 'Matriarch' hit shelves.
"My family is so precious to me and babies are so sacred," Knowles said while slamming rumor mongers for having fun over something quite unimaginable.
"So to hear people say the most horrendous things and call my whole family a lie, because we would all have to be part of that conspiracy and lie about something so sacred," she continued.
"It was one of the worst times of my life because I couldn’t say anything. My daughter was saying, ‘No, you’re going to make the story bigger.' But it didn’t go away for a long time. It’s one of the most painful things for me, that people could be that disgusting," she added.
Why Beyonce was accused of faking her pregnancy
The rumors began after Beyonce appeared on an Australian talk show in fall 2011. As she sat down for the interview, her dress folded in a way that some people thought it looked like a fake baby bump caving in on itself.
That solitary appearance prompted intense scrutiny, meticulous frame-by-frame online analyses, and prolonged speculation spanning years.
Even after Blue Ivy’s birth in January 2012, some continued to believe that Beyonce and Jay-Z used a surrogate, reported Billboard.
Beyonce’s publicist at the time labeled the conspiracy theories “stupid, ridiculous and false".
Later, the 35-time Grammy winner told People, “That was crazy. It wasn’t hurtful, it was just crazy.”
Beyonce and Jay-Z later welcomed twins Rumi and Sir on June 13, 2017.
Tina Knowles says Beyonce’s past miscarriages made rumors even more painful
Tina Knowles wrote in 'Matriarch' that the experience was even more painful considering what her daughter had been through while trying to conceive.
“The worst thing is that people had no idea how hard it was for Beyonce to go through multiple miscarriages, and then when finally blessed to carry a baby to term, the world starts heckling you as you both try to make it to the finish line,” Knowles, wrote per Independent.
“This child was prayed for and prayed over — a wanted, cherished, real baby, and people were making a living off saying she was a lie,” she said in the memoir.
“I wanted to curse some people out and scream at these losers to set the record straight,” Knowles added in the book. “They had no idea what she and Jay, and our whole family, had been through.”
