Beyonce’s mother steps in over ‘skin lightening’ accusations

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Beyoncé’s mother has defended the star against “racist” accusations she lightened her skin for the premiere of her movie Renaissance.

Tina Knowles said she had seen “stupid, ignorant, self-hating racist statements” about Beyoncé “lightening her skin” and “wearing platinum hair wanting to be white”.

The mother-of-two, in a statement posted on Instagram, said she was “sick and tired of people attacking her” after critics took to social media to condemn Beyoncé’s premiere look of platinum blonde hair and a silver corseted dress with matching gloves, against a glittery silver backdrop.

She insisted the movie premiere’s theme was silver, including “silver hair, a silver carpet, and silver attire” and denounced the critics as “bozos”

She added: “How sad is it that some of her own people continue the stupid narrative with hate and jealousy.”

Ms Knowles said Beyoncé would be “p****^ at me for doing this, but I am fed up” as her lengthy statement was coupled with a photo montage of her daughter and her 2019 hit Brown Skin Girl.

She also claimed a US outlet had contacted Beyoncé’s hairstylist for a statement about the allegations, which she said “made my blood boil”. Ms Knowles added: “Every time she does something that she works her a** off for and is a statement of her work ethic, talent and resilience. “Here you sad little haters come out the woodwork.”

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Ms Knowles said Beyoncé also “helps people whenever she can”, as well as lifting up and promoting “black women and underdogs at all times”.

Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce charts the singer’s 39-date world tour of her 2022 Grammy-winning album, sharing concert footage from its launch in Stockholm, Sweden, to the finale in Kansas City, Missouri.

The film premiered in Los Angeles on Saturday. 

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