Beyonce's Dad Fires Back at Aretha Franklin

The queen is getting stung back.

Beyoncé's father/manager, Mathew Knowles, has now lashed out against Aretha Franklin in defense of his daughter over a remark she made at the Grammys.

"Something this ridiculous â€" it's childish, it's unprofessional," Mathew Knowles said in a statement Thursday. "And it's a sad day when egos get bruise because somebody used the word king, queen, prince or princess."

Franklin â€" known as the Queen of Soul â€" was offended after Beyoncé introduced Tina Turner as "the queen" during the duo's Grammy performance.

Yes, Matthew, Beyonce has made you a hell of a lot of money and you wanna defend your meal ticket, but I think it's cheap that he spoke out on this at all. This was a non-issue! Aretha's bloated ass got hurt and I think she's the one who looked bad, not Beyonce or anyone else. Aretha getting upset about Beyonce calling Tina Turner "the queen" was so petty. It wasn't even worthy of a response. Matthew, work on Solange's career and stop catering to B. Shut it, Pops!

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