Beyonce's dad Matthew Knowles has said it's ridiculous of Aretha Franklin to assume that when his daughter introduced Tina Turner as the "Queen Of Soul" at the Grammys last week that someone intended it as a deliberate slight. As you'll remember, because we reported on it, Franklin said: "I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyonce. However, I dismissed it as a cheap shot for controversy".
Anyway, apparently what Beyonce said was just "queen" not "queen of soul". Well, that's what her dad says, and as I didn't see the Grammy performance, I can't really comment. Here's what Knowles senior said in an interview with CelebTV.com: "I am not taking something this ridiculous to Beyonce. Beyonce referred to Tina Turner as a 'queen'. Not queen of gospel, queen of soul, queen of blues, Queen of England. I consider my wife a queen and sometimes call her that. Does Aretha have a problem with that?"