Tina Knowles, mother to Beyonce and Solange Knowles, is no stranger to making waves on social media. But her latest move has got unfortunately got folks talking and not in the best way. I’ll explain.
As the news about her son-in-law Jay-Z’s latest legal drama, in which he’s accused of raping a minor alongside Sean “Diddy” Combs back in 2000, continues to circulate in the news cycle—it appeared that Knowles liked a particular post about it on Instagram over the weekend. The post, made by ABC7 Chicago on Monday, has garnered over 2,800 likes and over 400 comments but it was the famous matriarch’s engagement that stood out amongst the crowd.
However, things are not what they seem, let Knowles tell it. Less than 24 hours after reports of her liking the post made headlines, she got back on Instagram to make it clear that she didn’t like the post after all and that people need to “stop playing with her.”
“I was hacked! As you all know, I do not play about my family. So if you see something uncharacteristic of me just know that it is not me!” the post read with a further warning in the caption: “No weapon formed against me shall prosper.”
In the comments section, friends and followers lobbed their support behind her with acclaimed marketing executive Bozoma Saint John writing: “And we don’t play about YOU!
Added famed costume designer and creative director June Ambrose, “Amen ‘no weapons.’”
Veteran actress Holly Robinsonson Peete also chimed in by simply adding prayer hands emojis.
However, over on X/Twitter, folks weren’t so understanding:
“I know tina knowles hacker is tired of being blamed for her messiness,” wrote one user.
“Nobody gets their IG hacked more often than Tina Knowles,” another wrote.
“Who sitting there saying ‘Let’s go hack Tina Knowles’ Don’t piss me OFFF,” said another.