Beyonce’s mother ‘went into depression’ after divorce from Mathew Knowles

Beyonce's mother, Tina Knowles, is opening up about the difficult period and the painful “untangling” she endured after divorce.

Tina Knowles is opening up about the difficult period that followed her split from Mathew Knowles.

Tina reflected on the end of her 33-year marriage, a breakup she described as emotionally shaking and deeply complicated, while speaking to the LA Times. 

“I was married for 33 years,” she said. “Our lives were so intertwined with Destiny’s Child and that career. I used to wonder, ‘How do I untangle this ball of yarn?’”

She admitted she was afraid to leave the marriage because of how connected their personal and professional worlds had become. She further admitted that the emotional impact of the divorce that took place in 2011 was indeed hard. 

“I went into such a depression,” Tina shared. “I didn’t know how to be solo without this other person I had been with for 33 years.”

She also recalled worrying about her future at the time, adding, “I thought, ‘I’m 59. Where am I going to meet someone? I’m not going to the club.’ A lot of my thinking was tied to not having a partner.”

Today, Tina speaks openly about that period not as a setback, but as a turning point that helped her rediscover her identity outside of marriage.