Beyoncé's mom found herself in hot water and needing to apologize to Janet Jackson fans after she seemed to disrespect the music star.
The furor started when Tina Knowles liked an Instagram post by a friend that complained about the ticket prices for Jackson's upcoming tour.
"What a joke....they add $1000 for a 15 second meet & greet again. No front row for fans unless you want to bend over so they can continue to rake in the cash," Instagram user @let68 captioned the post.
They continued by arguing to charge a lot of money for tickets you need to have a Beyoncé level of production, referring to the singer's recent Renaissance world tour.
"You want Beyoncé prices, have real production. Just disgusted. I'm not the only one...oh the DMs I'm getting. Way to thank your fans for years of support," @let68 wrote.
Some people noticed Knowles had liked the post and took it as a sign she was being negative towards Jackson. A number of people also hit out at Beyoncé's fans for joining a social media pile on about Jackson.
"Tina Knowles responds about her shading Janet Jackson. I'm hoping Beyoncé fans can leave Janet alone I love Beyoncé too but Yall doing the most dragging Janet," one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Another added: "there's no way i opened this app to janet jackson slander. the disrespect... get a grip."
"I do not understand what is the weird obsession with disrespecting The Jacksons. To see Tina Knowles like a post that disrespect Janet makes me loose all respect for her," a third said.
Newsweek contacted Knowles and Jackson by email for comment.
Knowles later took to her own Instagram to clarify the situation and said she had nothing but love for Jackson.
"I am saddened by this. Janet Jackson is an icon and I would never question another artist. I took Destiny's Child to see Janet when they were 15 years old. They always looked up to her and she opened doors for Beyoncé," she captioned the video.
"Why would I hate on her ? I know now not to be in a rush and to be very careful. (I learned my lesson) ! Especially when I have so much going on.. I just wanted to clarify. . I do know that you can see people's likes so I would be pretty dumb to do that."
In the video, Knowles explained she sometimes likes posts on Instagram without paying direct attention to what they're saying, but vowed to be more careful in the future.
"First of all, being on the other side of that, I know better than anyone what a great production cost and that is expensive. And I would never criticize another artist, let alone Janet Jackson, who is the queen of production," Knowles began.
"And her family [The Jacksons]? I mean they are the First Family of music always have been, and will always will be in our love and I respect them.
"Secondly, I stay away from negativity. If you follow me then you know that I'm not involved in the mess. What I am guilty of is liking post, going through when I'm in a big hurry and I don't have time to really read and liking things because I trust that these are people that I follow, that was a big mistake."
Knowles concluded: "I will never do that again. So I just want you to hear it from my mouth that I would absolutely never do that."
Jackson is currently completing her first tour in four years called Janet Jackson: Together Again. It was meant to mark her 50th anniversary of being in the music industry but was postponed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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