Beyonce's father and manager, Mathew Knowles, has now lashed out against Aretha Franklin in defense of his daughter over a remark she made at the Grammy Awards.
"Something this ridiculous -- it's childish, it's unprofessional," Mathew Knowles said in a statement Thursday, via PEOPLE. "And it's a sad day when egos get bruised because somebody used the word king, queen, prince or princess."
On Tuesday, the longtime Queen of Soul slammed Knowles' intro to Tina Turner at Sunday's ceremony, in which Knowles called Turner, not Franklin, "the queen."
"I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyonce," Franklin said in a statement issued by her publicist. "However, I dismissed it as a cheap shot for controversy."
In the first few seconds of Knowles' intro to Turner's performance, she name-dropped Franklin and a long list of famed female singers. Then the "Crazy in Love" chanteuse focused on Turner.
"There is one legend who has the essence of all of those things: the glamour, the soul, the passion, the strength, the talent," said Knowles, strutting in hot pants. "Ladies and gentlemen. Stand on your feet and give it up for the queen."
Mathew Knowles said he doesn't understand why Franklin is upset about the word's use.
"Not queen of gospel, queen of soul, queen of blues, Queen of England. I consider my wife a queen and sometimes call her that. Does Aretha have a problem with that?" Knowles said.
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