Beyonce's dad has hit back at the bad reaction his daughter received at last week's MOBO Awards. As previously reported, some audience members at the awards bash booed when it was announced Beyonce, who was not in attendance despite being in London, had won a third award. They were especially pissed off that Beyonce hadn't even recorded any kind of acceptance message.
But Beyonce's dad and manager, Matthew Knowles, says he reckons that the booing was more aimed at MOBO organisers, who, he says, should have handled the way they announced Beyonce's three awards differently, given that they knew she wouldn't be in attendance. Knowles also criticised the press for, he claims, raising expectations among fans that Beyonce would make an appearance, when, he says, her schedule had always been such that she wouldn't be able to make it.
Knowles Snr: "Beyonce was never scheduled to be at the MOBO Awards. Never! Her schedule simply would not allow it. Fans who paid their money to see Beyonce and other US artists that won multiple awards were frustrated with the MOBOs after Beyonce was announced three times in the evening in three categories she had won. That's just bad TV. The smart thing would have been to combine all three". Or not to give the ingrate any awards at all - that would have worked too.