Facing accusations of stealing his daughter and son-in-law’s moment after prematurely announcing the delivery of their twins this past weekend, Mathew Knowles, Beyonce’s father, has come under heavy fire from Queen Bey’s fan group, the Beyhive.
Knowles posted a seemingly innocent announcement of his newest grandchildren to Twitter yesterday (June 18). The picture of balloons shares the message “Happy birthday to the twins! Love, Granddad” with a caption: “They’re here!#beyonce #twins #jayz #happybirthday.”
They’re here!#beyonce #twins #jayz #happybirthday pic.twitter.com/woFRKoL7eO
— Mathew Knowles (@MathewKnowles) June 18, 2017
The only problem with the semi-sweet sentiment is that Knowles was the first person to break the news to the public, not the mother nor father JAY-Z. This, in turn, only pissed the Beyhive off and set off a firestorm on Twitter. Fans accused the elder Knowles of attempting to steal his daughter’s shine and even questioned his place in the Carter inner circle.
See some of the tweets below.
You even using hashtags….if you gotta hashtag ya own child name and put your Instagram name on her news it says a lot on yalls closeness pic.twitter.com/yjWB3MeSB0
— 🌙🦄☄✨🔮🕯 (@stunningselmg) June 18, 2017
DID 👏 SHE 👏 TELL 👏 YOU 👏 TO 👏 DO 👏 THIS? pic.twitter.com/WBNA3GiBRl
— ♡ (@beyunsae) June 18, 2017
Just had to ruin it for Bey did you pic.twitter.com/tDGSljvOMg
— 🐨 (@AntiKunta) June 18, 2017
Beyoncé tried to be a good daughter by keeping you informed but you always gotta mess it up pic.twitter.com/q6DdMyhnJT
— ✨ (@LoveMayaJ) June 18, 2017
Who gave your old washed up ass the right? Imma need to see a written & signed consent form from Bey herself saying this post was approved. pic.twitter.com/yjPDdivxpr
— 😳 (@JocelynMae_) June 18, 2017
— Angie Grace (@AngieGraceLA) June 18, 2017
That was for Beyoncé to tell not you pic.twitter.com/Knf7zYYqKO
— Brit (@Britxciv) June 18, 2017
Beyoncé: Dad don’t tell anyone until we’re ready.
Beyoncé Dad: I’m going viral for this tweet…hashtag, hashtag…
— Mohamed Salih (@MohamedMOSalih) June 18, 2017
— BodySaying Demi (@demigrandedua) June 18, 2017
Now you know damn well ….. pic.twitter.com/72W2woktFt
— WelcomeToTheVanity💋 (@BarbieDia) June 18, 2017
how many times does she have to fire you pic.twitter.com/5hf86NAniS
— Yanga Ndamasé (@yanga_nm) June 18, 2017
This is why she avoids you
— BURN ME UP (@beybeytweets) June 18, 2017
You always gotta ruin shit, mind yo dam business & let her drop an epic instagram post. pic.twitter.com/DEk3UjuyfC
— lilly (@xoroxci) June 18, 2017
The fact he did this and even hash tagged their names….. & How does this guy not know how to spell his own daughter’s name. It’s Beyoncé
— Lauren (@LaurenPatton__) June 18, 2017
It is believed that Beyonce gave birth several days ago which caused Jay Z to miss the Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards earlier this week where he was being honored.
No word yet on the name or the sexes of the new Carters but a guest was seen entering the hospital with pink and blue balloons which has caused speculation that one could be a boy and the other a girl.
Beyonce made the announcement in February and stated, “We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. – The Carters”