July 27th 2023.
Tina Knowles, mother of music icons Beyonce and Solange, is headed for divorce for a second time after filing for divorce from her husband, Richard Lawson. TMZ reported that Knowles went to court on Wednesday, July 26th to file the papers and cited their date of separation as Tuesday. The family matriarch cited "irreconcilable differences" as the cause for the split and is requesting for the court to deny any spousal support to Lawson.
In 2015, when Knowles and Lawson married, she had her name changed to Celestine Lawsn. But now that the marriage is over, she wants to revert to her previous name, Celestine Knowles. The couple had been married for eight years before ending their relationship. They did not have any children together, but they did bring their blended family of daughters and a son together on occasions. These include Knowles’ two daughters, Beyonce and Solange, and Lawson’s two children, Bianca and Ricky.
The pair first met when Knowles was pregnant with Beyonce. Lawson mentioned the 32 years it took for them to reconnect, and how the stars aligned for them to get married. On their wedding day, he wrote on Instagram, “You were pregnant with Beyonce at the time, and married, so my incredible attraction for you then, could only live in my fantasy.” Furthermore, he praised Knowles for being the “ultimate mother” not just to her own daughters, but all women around the world.
This is the second divorce for Tina Knowles, who was previously married to Beyonce and Solange’s father, Matthew, from 1980 to 2011. Richard Lawson had been married to Denise Gordy from 1978 to 1989, and they welcomed their two children, Bianca and Ricky.
This news comes after Knowles recently celebrated Black Women Visionaries in a new series with SheaMoisture. The series honors the blueprint of black women and their achievements in all areas of life.
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