Usher isn’t the only one filing those “Papers.” The mother of pop goddess Beyoncé, Tina Knowles, has filed for divorce from Mathew, her husband of 29 years.
Tina Knowles, a longtime stylist, House of Dereon designer and costume maker for many of Beyoncé’s and Solange’s stage outfits, has allegedly sought to dissolve her marriage to Mathew Knowles. Tina petitioned for the breakup on Nov. 11 in a Houston court, but no explanation was provided.
Mathew Knowles was hit with a paternity suit earlier this year that was apparently too much for his wife to take, according to E! and other media outlets. The couple had been estranged for several years.
Mathew, of course, is the brainchild behind the spectacular rise of Destiny’s Child and the force that enabled lead singer Beyoncé to achieve near-legendary status as a solo singer. It is widely known that the Knowleses nearly divorced back in the 1990s when Mathew resigned from his six-figure corporate job to devote full attention to launching Destiny’s Child.
–terry shropshire
