‘Oh No, Not a White Couple!’: Tina Knowles Says Staff at a High-Society Red Carpet Pushed Her Aside for a Couple as Fans Poke Holes in Her Story

The 71-year-old matriarch of Beyoncé is finally opening up about a tense, unsettling moment she says she experienced at one of the most high-profile gatherings in the South Tina Knowles claimed mistreated by staff during a red carpet for an event — a move she described as “blatant” and hard to ignore. She didn’t spell out what she felt was really happening, but her tone carried the weight of a deeper slight — the kind of quiet disrespect many viewers instantly recognized without her having to name it. Tina Knowles shares her shocking experience at the Kentucky Derby in a recently released documentary. (Photo: Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images) ‘Why Would You Bring That Up Now?’: Beyoncé’s Mom Tina Knowles Exposes the Facts About What Led to Singer Almost Getting ‘Scalped’ by a Fan In Jordan Peele’s new documentary “High Horse: The Black Cowboy,” centered on Black cowboys, Knowles claimed she was mistreated by staff at the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, last year. “It was a very big wake-up call for me to attend the Kentucky Derby and to see this closed-off culture,” she recalled, according to People. “I mean, just blatant, on the red carpet, someone came up...