Tina Knowles, the mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, reportedly filed for divorce against her estranged husband and actor Richard Lawson on Wednesday.
According to TMZ, Tina wrote in the divorce documents that they separated on Tuesday and used the typical “irreconcilable differences” as their reason for divorce.
Neither Tina nor Richard released a public statement about their pending divorce, but the outlet claimed that Tina requested that the court take spousal support off the table.
Tina also reverted her name to Celestine Knowles, only adopting Richard’s last name when they tied the knot in 2015. They were married for eight years.
Following the divorce news, old interviews of the estranged couple surfaced, with internet users claiming the “writings were on the wall.” For example, in one interview, Tina claimed Richard wasn’t perfect, but he had qualities she adored, a response that clearly disappointed Richard. He shouldn’t be surprised, though; that’s Beyoncé’s mama.
I mean, the writings were on the wall for Tina Knowles and Richard Lawson. pic.twitter.com/A5YCpsSo3o
— RO ALMIGHTY ✨🇯🇲🇺🇸 (@_romeko) July 27, 2023
On Thursday, the actor began trending all over Twitter, but not because of his and Tina’s divorce. Twitter users are appalled after discovering Richard’s pornographic likes on Twitter.
I ain’t gon hold ya, I thought Richard Lawson was gonna have some dark web stuff in those likes the way y’all were talking.
He has the likes of a pre-teen.
— Bey Hood (@slaybutterbaby) July 27, 2023
Y’all are not going go clown Richard Lawson for liking a lil twitter porn.
— Robyn defender (@fentyxtrilogy) July 27, 2023
Richard Lawson liking that weak ass porn. My porn ruthless 😭😭😭😭😭😩😩😩 pic.twitter.com/UF7iKDMEEs
— BlerdProudNation (@JAT_SCarolina) July 27, 2023
Y’all doin a lot over Richard Lawson’s likes, when y’all know damn well that 1). Y’all bookmarks look the exact same
2.) He old and we all know how older folks are when it comes to social media. Prolly didn’t know shit about a bookmark🤣— u shoulda sat there and smoked ur crack (@MsNic0315) July 27, 2023