Like mother, like daughter. On January 7, 2012, Beyoncé gave birth to her first child.born from her love affair with the rapper Jay-Z, whom she married four years earlier: her daughter Blue Ivy Carter. Five years later, the most awarded singer in Grammy history welcomed twins Rumi and Sir in June 2017. Famous from birth, little Blue Ivy begins early to follow in her mother’s footstepsnotably appearing in the clips of the ex Destiny’s Child, such as Formation or Brown Skin Girl (she also became the youngest winner of a Grammy Award for her participation in this video) or by accompanying him on stage during his concerts.
Blue Ivy at the Met Gala 2026: what rule did Beyoncé’s daughter break?
On May 4, the 14-year-old girl caused a sensation by participant à son premier Met Galaaccompanied on the carpet by her parents Jay-Z and Beyoncé. An appearance noted for its confidence, also for having broken a well-known rule of this charity gala organized by the popess of fashion Anna Wintour: with Sunday-Rose, Nicole Kidman’s 17-year-old daughterthey were the first two teenagers to walk the red carpet of this major fashion event, normally prohibited to minors…
A public appearance which made his entire family proud, starting with his mother, who confirmed Vogue having found his daughter “so beautiful” on the red carpet, but also for his grandmother Tina Knowles. The latter spoke with the magazine PEOPLE on the sidelines of the ceremony organized in Beverly Hills for the release of his audio book Matriarchawarded a Gracie Award, which discusses her fight against breast cancer. At the microphone of his American colleagues, the septuagenarian confided that she was moved to tears when she saw Blue Ivy make her appearance at the Met Gala.
Tina Knowles compliments her granddaughter, Blue Ivy
At 14, Blue Ivy is about the same age as her mother when she was a member of Girl’s Tyme, a Texas-based girl group that also included Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett, before the group became Destiny’s Child. “She is exactly like her mother, because she has immense talent, a confirmé Tina Knowles à PEOPLE about his beloved granddaughter. And because she is very worthy.“ And to continue: “The Met Gala, I couldn’t have done it. And I was like, ‘Look how comfortable she is on the red carpet and how she knows exactly what she wants.’ Yes, ça m’a rendue très fière.“
This is not the first time that Tina Knowles has spoken out about her granddaughter. She had already spoken about the emotion felt after seeing Blue Ivy walk the red carpet at the Met Gala with her family, a date also marking her mother’s big return to this event in ten years. “I was very moved, I shed a few tears“she confided last May 5 in the show The 3rd Hour of Today. “It brought back memoriescontinued Tina Knowles. Beyoncé made her red carpet debut at 15, and Blue is 14, so seeing her there, so confident and beautiful… It was like deja vu.” The teenager is already the darling of her entire family.
