Tina Knowles reveals she forced Beyoncé into therapy to save her fractured bond with Solange.

Tina Knowles has revealed she once forced Beyoncé into therapy, desperate to save her daughters’ crumbling relationship.

Speaking candidly during an emotional interview with CNN News Central to promote her new memoir Matriarch, Tina, 71, peeled back the curtain on a little-known chapter of Beyoncé’s childhood. The mother of two, who shares daughters Beyoncé, 43, and Solange, 38, recalled the painful moment she realised her girls were beginning to drift apart.

“I was terrified when Beyoncé turned around ten,” Tina confessed. At the time, Beyoncé was finding her feet in a singing group, while a young Solange, full of energy and ambition, yearned to join in. But her efforts were cruelly shut down.

“The kids would say to Solange every day, ‘Be quiet, Solange,'” Tina recalled. “She would try to choreograph, she wanted to be involved. She bossed it, too. And they didn’t want her involved.”

Even worse, Beyoncé allowed it to happen. Tina remembered her eldest daughter coming to her and saying, “OK, Mom, can you get Solange out of here?” It was a devastating moment for the matriarch, who quickly stepped in.

“I told her, ‘Wait a minute, this is her house, and you’ve got to be nice to her,'” she said. Despite her warnings, Tina could feel a wall beginning to form between her daughters, and instinct told her drastic action was needed.

“I realised they weren’t listening,” she admitted. “So I got them into therapy.”

The decision, radical at the time, was not universally welcomed. Tina’s then-husband objected fiercely, believing therapy to be “really taboo” in the early 90s. But Tina refused to back down.

“‘I’m not asking. I’m going to find somebody,'” she recalled telling him. Determined, she found a child therapist she trusted—and thus began a journey that would reshape her daughters’ bond forever.

It wasn’t smooth sailing. Beyoncé hated therapy. She despised attending sessions, bristling at the experience. Solange, on the other hand, took to it enthusiastically, embracing the space to express her feelings freely.

“It’s funny because he told Beyoncé all the things I had told her,” Tina said with a small laugh. “But she listened from him.”

Despite the initial resistance, therapy ultimately worked wonders. Tina proudly declared, “The outcome was great,” a rare happy ending born from emotional turmoil.

Today, Beyoncé and Solange stand as a testament to Tina’s fearless intervention—sisters bound by a relationship that could easily have frayed beyond repair.

Tina’s revelations offer an intimate glimpse into the family dynamics behind two of music’s most famous siblings. Her decision to take bold action at a time when therapy carried heavy stigma shines a spotlight on the unseen struggles behind public success.

As Matriarch hits shelves, readers are promised even deeper insights into the life, sacrifices, and steel will of the woman who shaped an empire—one therapy session at a time.