Beyoncé’s Mother Tina Reveals Secret Cancer Battle

In an interview with Gayle King for CBS, Tina Knowles revealed she was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer.”I’ve always tried to take care of myself. I just … was in disbelief,” she told King.During the interview, Knowles—who is the mother of Beyoncé and Solange—chronicled how a missed mammogram may have led to a delayed detection of breast cancer. She explained how she missed her routine screening during the COVID-19 pandemic and didn’t reschedule until last year. Doctors then found two tumors. One was benign, and the other was a Stage 1 cancer. Knowles, who is now cancer free, underwent a lumpectomy to remove the tumor. The Knowles matriarch then went on to describe how Beyonce and Solange supported her throughout the process. “I was nervous,” Knowles said. “And so they started just joking with me.”Knowles went to describe moments in which Solange played a viral video about the word “demure” and how she and her cousin, Angie Beyincé, sang to her.”I start laughing. I get out of my head. … Then I said, ‘I’m just so happy that y’all are here.’ And I thought about the song ‘Walk With Me,’ which they used to sing all the time,” she said. “It’s about God walking with you into something and protecting you. And I went in there feeling just like God has got me.”Knowles, who was an honoree at the 20204 Glamour Women of The Year ceremony, was cautioned by Beyonce not to attend the ceremony in light of her cancer diagnosis.”Mama, you’re not yourself,” Knowles said Beyoncé told her. “And so she was like, ‘Your health is more important. Don’t go.'”Watch Tina Knowles’ interview with Gayle King here.