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Tina Knowles may be finishing up her own book tour, but her sights are still set on her youngest granddaughter Rumi and how shes been behaving on her moms Cowboy Carter tour recently. What shes just revealed will no doubt have you laughing.
As weve written about, Rumi has been taking social media by storm with her appearances, making fans everywhere cheer over her childlike excitement, dancing, fashion and overall Black Girl Joy. Despite Knowles and her big sister Blue Ivys slight attempts at trying to control it, its clear to anybody who sees her that little Rumi is itching for her own moment in the spotlight.
In a surprising admission, Mama T revealed she actually is waiting for the day when Rumi gets to let loose onstage and show the world what all shes capable of. Speaking in a new interview with Extra on, Knowles explained how the young one is starting to develop her sense of confidence by being onstage with Beyonc and Blue Ivy and that shes been waiting for this moment ever since Beys Renaissance Tour back in 2023.
Shes told us every night during Renaissance: Im ready. Im ready to go out there. And we were like OK, next time. And this time, her mom let her go and its wonderful to see her out there, Knowles explained. But they need to let her let loose because shes back there doing choreography and twirling and doing plis and everything else. Im like let her loose one night.
In a separate interview, Knowles also addressed the grandma side-eye moment she had to have with Rumi earlier in May when the eager child tried to speak into the mic as her mother was trying to talk. In the now-viral clip, it appears as if Knowles is scolding her grandchild.
However, while speaking with Gayle King during one her last stops of her Matriarch book tour, Knowles explained that it wasnt what fans were thinking.
People have written all kinds of narratives about it, she said. It really wasnt that. It was just that she was reaching for the mic because she wanted to say something, and I realized that, and she was pulling, and I was like, Oh God, thats all that needs to happen, is the mic hits her in the face.
