‘I Thought This Was Beyoncé’: Tina Knowles’ Corny Joke Gets Lost After Her Beauty Leaves Fans Too Distracted to Focus or Listen
At 72 years old, Tina Knowles lives a big and full life.
As the mother and stylist of her daughters Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, and sometimes her grandchildren, Knowles keeps up with the latest fashion trends.
Blending a chance to showcase her style and her unapparent humor, the former hairdresser and fashion designer has turned to telling “corny” jokes on her page. Though the visuals can be distracting.
Each joke ends with a cheesy punchline — hence why Knowles named the segment, Corny Joke Time — and she’s kept this going for about 10 years.
But in her latest video, the joke went completely over everyone’s head, and something else caught viewers’ attention.
“It’s Corny Joke Time,” Knowles said while standing beside a backyard pool overlooking a dramatic cityscape backdrop.
She was dressed in a chic black off-shoulder jumpsuit, paired with a belt, black heels, and shades.
“So, what did one wall say to the other?” Knowles asked.
Bringing her two hands together like Birdman, she said, “I’ll meet you at the corner.” In an easygoing tone, she added, “With the corner. Walls. Y’all get it. You know that’s funny.”
While the joke was supposed to be the main point of the clip, many fans made it clear that they were completely distracted.
One fan who lost focus said, “I can’t hear your little joke over all this beauty, Ms. Tina!!!!”
Another person was so scatter-brained that they couldn’t even spell the word “concentrate” properly in their comment. Instead they wrote, “I couldn’t contrate on the joke today girl cuz Body goals.”
A third complimented Knowles for being in shape and “looking snatched” at 71.
One person who had to do a double take wrote, “I thought this was Beyoncé for a sec.”
A fifth person who made the same predictions typed, “We’re really looking at Beyonce in like 30 years.”
It’s not clear exactly what Knowles does to maintain both her figure and skin, but she has opened up to Harper’s Bazaar about the importance of taking care of herself.
Beyoncé is joined on stage by her mother Tina Knowles, Blue Ivy, and Rumi at the ‘COWBOY CARTER’ tour in LA. pic.twitter.com/AElwU1XF7c
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“Over the last 10 years, I’ve placed more emphasis on taking care of myself. For most of my life, I was always doing my clients’ hair or giving my friends and family beauty tips, but I’m now really prioritizing self-care.”
She added, “Beauty rituals and routines are constantly evolving, but the foundation of taking care of yourself and enhancing what’s already there always ages well.”
As for doing Corny Joke Time, Knowles once told TooFab in 2019 that it started in honor of her late brother, Lumis “Skip” Joseph Beyoncé, who passed in 2016.
“He used to always have a corny joke, every time you saw him,” she said, before admitting that the jokes were “terrible” but always made people laugh.
She added, “One day after he passed away, I said I’m gonna do a joke on Instagram and I thought I’d do it one time, but people’s reaction to it was so great, we just kept going with it.”
Knowles doesn’t appear to have a strict schedule on when she tells her corny jokes. She seems to stick to doing a couple every week.
