Current:Home > ScamsBeyoncé's Mom Denies Singer Shaded Lizzo With "Break My Soul" Snub at Renaissance Concert -MarketStream
Beyoncé's Mom Denies Singer Shaded Lizzo With "Break My Soul" Snub at Renaissance Concert
View
Date:2025-04-17 03:10:55
Tina Knowles just got into formation to debunk some rumors.
The 69-year-old spoke out amid speculation that her daughter Beyoncé snubbed Lizzo during a performance of "Break My Soul (Queen's Remix)" at the Aug. 1 stop on her Renaissance Tour. Instead of the name-dropping the "About Damn Time" singer as she has in the past, Bey repeated the name of Erykah Badu, who recently appeared to accuse the pop star of copying her style.
When a fan commented that the lyrical change was like "hitting 2 birds with 1 stone," suggesting that Beyoncé was throwing shade at both Lizzo and Erykah, Tina chimed in and rolled the partition up. "She also say her own sisters name," the matriarch wrote in an Instagram comment, as captured by The Neighborhood Talk. "yal should really stop."
Indeed, Beyoncé also skipped over mentioning Kelly Rowland, her Destiny's Child bandmate who Tina has often considered to be like a sister to Beyoncé and Solange. (In the original lyrics, the singer gives shoutouts to both Kelly and Solange, as well as Lizzo and Erykah.)
Queen Bey's buzzy performance came after three of Lizzo's former dancers filed a lawsuit accusing her of creating a "hostile, abusive work environment." In a complaint filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by E! News on Aug. 1, Crystal Williams, Arianna Davis and Noelle Rodriguez allege they were subjected to a wide range of mistreatment while working with the "Truth Hurts" hitmaker, including sexual harassment, weight-shaming and disability discrimination.
"The stunning nature of how Lizzo and her management team treated their performers seems to go against everything Lizzo stands for publicly," their attorney Ron Zambrano said in a statement, "while privately she weight-shames her dancers and demeans them in ways that are not only illegal but absolutely demoralizing."
Lizzo has not publicly addressed the allegations, though several more of her past collaborators have spoken out since the lawsuit filing. In an Instagram Story post, filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison alleged that she was "treated with such disrespect" by Lizzo that she ended up quitting her role as the director in the 2022 documentary Love, Lizzo after two weeks.
Meanwhile, dancer Courtney Hollinquest, who is not part of the lawsuit, wrote on her own Instagram Story that the allegations raised against Lizzo were "very much my experience in my time there."
E! News has reached out to Lizzo's rep for comment on the lawsuit and to Beyoncé's rep for comment on the concert but hasn't heard back.
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (97)
Related
- Meta donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund
- Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Dating? His Brother Jason Kelce Says...
- 'DWTS' fans decry Adrian Peterson casting due to NFL star's 2014 child abuse arrest
- 'DWTS' fans decry Adrian Peterson casting due to NFL star's 2014 child abuse arrest
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- Hurricane Lee to strike weather-worn New England after heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes
- Explosion at Union Pacific railyard in Nebraska prompts evacuations because of heavy toxic smoke
- Protecting Margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett, Bama and the Fight to Save the Manatee
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Hi Hi!
- AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Ranking
- US wholesale inflation accelerated in November in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante captured: What he told investigators about his plans
- Before Danelo Cavalcante, a manhunt in the '90s had Pennsylvania on edge
- FAA restores Mexico aviation to highest safety rating
- Can Bill Belichick turn North Carolina into a winner? At 72, he's chasing one last high
- UN General Assembly to take place amid uptick of political violence
- Fossils reveal gnarly-looking predators who roamed Earth long before dinosaurs
- Woman who killed 3-year-old daughter and left burned corpse on ballfield is sentenced to 30 years
Recommendation
Jorge Ramos reveals his final day with 'Noticiero Univision': 'It's been quite a ride'
About 13,000 workers go on strike seeking better wages and benefits from Detroit’s three automakers
Escaped killer Danelo Cavalcante planned to go to Canada, says searchers almost stepped on him multiple times
Fossils reveal gnarly-looking predators who roamed Earth long before dinosaurs
Nearly 400 USAID contract employees laid off in wake of Trump's 'stop work' order
Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk who denied gay couple marriage license, must pay them $100,000
Selena Gomez Is Proudly Putting a Spotlight on Her Mexican Heritage—On and Off Screen
'A perfect match': Alabama University student buys $6,000 designer wedding dress for $25 at Goodwill