<p id=”par-1_56″>In public, <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/beyonce/?swcfpc=1″>Beyoncé</a> rarely seems fazed by rumors of turmoil in her personal relationships. She even appeared relatively calm during the infamous elevator fight between <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/jay-z/?swcfpc=1″>Jay-Z</a> and Solange. Still, things get under her skin just like they do with the rest of us. She once admitted she frequently argued with one important figure in her life.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-beyonce-admitted-she-had-a-tense-relationship-with-her-father”>Beyoncé admitted she had a ‘tense’ relationship with her father</h2>
<p id=”par-2_15″>In the early years of her career, Beyoncé’s father, Matthew Knowles, served as her manager. </p>
<p id=”par-3_48″>“[M]y father is still my manager. He does all of the business deals and negotiations,” she told <a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.vogue.com/article/beyonc233-fierce-creature” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Vogue</a> in 2009. “The best thing is having someone I trust. I know he is up until 4:00 A.M. fighting and working and doing things that no one else would do.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_28″>Knowles’ work ethic <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/beyonce-unable-bed-harsh-backlash-destinys-child-firings.html/”>helped his daughter’s career</a>. Still, Beyoncé described her father as a workaholic and said she’d taken steps to ensure she was not the same way.</p>
<p id=”par-5_75″>“He is a tough bargainer,” she said. “But he really knows what he’s doing, and he’s a workaholic. And for a while I was starting to become that way. I realized that just because my parents are workaholics — because my mother is, too — it doesn’t mean I have to be one. So I have slowed down a lot — even though my slowing down is two movies and a tour in one year!”</p>
<p id=”par-6_18″>She admitted the relentless pace of her work life was something she and her father clashed on often.</p>
<p id=”par-7_41″>“We just had a meeting yesterday about the tour,” she said. “I approved everything I do, all the bookings, made sure everything makes sense for me. The thing that me and my father sometimes bump heads over is: just too much.”</p>
<p id=”par-8_15″>She clarified that they only ever argued about business, but this was a frequent occurrence. </p>
<p id=”par-9_27″>“It’s definitely tense,” she said. “And if there’s one person in my life I argue with the most, it’s him. But it’s business. It’s always about business.”</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-he-served-as-her-manager-until-2011″>He served as her manager until 2011</h2>
<p id=”par-10_18″>In 2011, Beyoncé dropped her father as her manager. He said there were <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/beyonces-father-quitting-music-business-complicated-relationship-queen-b-reason.html/”>no hard feelings between them</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-11_35″>“Business is business and family is family,” her father said, per <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/30/beyonce-drops-father-manager” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>The Guardian</a>. “It should come as no surprise that at 29 years old, almost 30, she wants to have more control of her business.”</p>
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<p id=”par-12_18″>She said she wanted to follow in her parents’ footsteps by exercising more control over her work life.</p>
<p id=”par-13_39″>“He is my father for life and I love my dad dearly,” Beyoncé said. “I grew up watching both he and my mother manage and own their own businesses … and I will continue to follow in their footsteps.”</p>
<p id=”par-14_22″>Despite rumors to the contrary, Knowles insisted that his <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/beyonces-mom-says-her-two-daughters-helped-her-through-a-humiliating-and-painful-divorce.html/”>divorce from Beyoncé’s mother</a>, Tina Knowles, had nothing to do with the split.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-beyonce-has-a-close-relationship-with-her-mother”>Beyoncé has a close relationship with her mother</h2>
<p id=”par-15_10″>Beyoncé’s mother also played an <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/beyonces-mom-said-people-notice-singer-walked-room-kid.html/”>important role in her career</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-16_36″>“My mother is truly my best friend,” she said. “We work together on our clothing line. She handles my movies: She reads all the scripts and tells me the good ones, and then I read them.”</p>
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<p id=”par-17_9″>Beyoncé and her mother remain close to this day.</p>