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Tina Knowles

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889 total appearances

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IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

Nothing, just being outside of a movie. And this cop came up and said, come here. And I went over, and my friend Vanessa, who was really scary, And we went over, and he was like, what's your name? And I said, why do you need my name? And it was all these kids waiting, and we had just seen Chef. So I was feeling really like, Chef, shut your mouth. Shut your mouth. That's right.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

Nothing, just being outside of a movie. And this cop came up and said, come here. And I went over, and my friend Vanessa, who was really scary, And we went over, and he was like, what's your name? And I said, why do you need my name? And it was all these kids waiting, and we had just seen Chef. So I was feeling really like, Chef, shut your mouth. Shut your mouth. That's right.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

So, and he just kept saying, give me your name. And I said, I'm not going to give you my name. I don't know why. And so he's like, well, I'm going to take you down to the station. I said, well, take me, because I want to ask. And all the kids are saying, she didn't do nothing. She didn't do nothing. And so he puts us in a car, and he takes us to the station. And his sergeant chewed him out.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

So, and he just kept saying, give me your name. And I said, I'm not going to give you my name. I don't know why. And so he's like, well, I'm going to take you down to the station. I said, well, take me, because I want to ask. And all the kids are saying, she didn't do nothing. She didn't do nothing. And so he puts us in a car, and he takes us to the station. And his sergeant chewed him out.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

So, and he just kept saying, give me your name. And I said, I'm not going to give you my name. I don't know why. And so he's like, well, I'm going to take you down to the station. I said, well, take me, because I want to ask. And all the kids are saying, she didn't do nothing. She didn't do nothing. And so he puts us in a car, and he takes us to the station. And his sergeant chewed him out.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

I could see him like, what are you doing? But he came out, and he said... officer, the officer is going to take you home and not on the corner where he found you. And I was like, the corner? We were in the front of the movies. We were high school students. And he said, oh, well, you know, y'all, you look like nice girls, but y'all shouldn't be out there on the streets.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

I could see him like, what are you doing? But he came out, and he said... officer, the officer is going to take you home and not on the corner where he found you. And I was like, the corner? We were in the front of the movies. We were high school students. And he said, oh, well, you know, y'all, you look like nice girls, but y'all shouldn't be out there on the streets.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

I could see him like, what are you doing? But he came out, and he said... officer, the officer is going to take you home and not on the corner where he found you. And I was like, the corner? We were in the front of the movies. We were high school students. And he said, oh, well, you know, y'all, you look like nice girls, but y'all shouldn't be out there on the streets.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

So he had told him this story. And when we left out, he, like, talked to us so crazy because he said, the officer is going to take you home. and not take you, you know, leave you on the corner where he found you, whatever. And so when we were walking out, the guy says, is your brother's name Loomis BeyoncΓ©?

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

So he had told him this story. And when we left out, he, like, talked to us so crazy because he said, the officer is going to take you home. and not take you, you know, leave you on the corner where he found you, whatever. And so when we were walking out, the guy says, is your brother's name Loomis BeyoncΓ©?

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

So he had told him this story. And when we left out, he, like, talked to us so crazy because he said, the officer is going to take you home. and not take you, you know, leave you on the corner where he found you, whatever. And so when we were walking out, the guy says, is your brother's name Loomis BeyoncΓ©?

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

And I said, oh, so you're, and he said, yeah, I'm the one that kicked his, and I said, well, from where I was, he kicked yours. So, you know, we had this big confrontation, and he actually said, called us some really bad names. And it was pretty bad. But that was just one of the incidences, because he actually wound up taking me to jail. Yeah, I went to jail, y'all.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

And I said, oh, so you're, and he said, yeah, I'm the one that kicked his, and I said, well, from where I was, he kicked yours. So, you know, we had this big confrontation, and he actually said, called us some really bad names. And it was pretty bad. But that was just one of the incidences, because he actually wound up taking me to jail. Yeah, I went to jail, y'all.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

And I said, oh, so you're, and he said, yeah, I'm the one that kicked his, and I said, well, from where I was, he kicked yours. So, you know, we had this big confrontation, and he actually said, called us some really bad names. And it was pretty bad. But that was just one of the incidences, because he actually wound up taking me to jail. Yeah, I went to jail, y'all.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

Which my granddaughter just said to me the other day. She said, you went to jail? And I was like, I didn't think about that when I put that in the book. But just riding motorcycles and racing with my brother Butch. He had a bunch of kids out on the beach. And we were racing. And this guy came up, and he took me to jail.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

Which my granddaughter just said to me the other day. She said, you went to jail? And I was like, I didn't think about that when I put that in the book. But just riding motorcycles and racing with my brother Butch. He had a bunch of kids out on the beach. And we were racing. And this guy came up, and he took me to jail.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

Which my granddaughter just said to me the other day. She said, you went to jail? And I was like, I didn't think about that when I put that in the book. But just riding motorcycles and racing with my brother Butch. He had a bunch of kids out on the beach. And we were racing. And this guy came up, and he took me to jail.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

And he rode me through the park, where if you come to Galveston, there's a park called Menard Park. And black people would just line up in their Sunday best and be out on the beach, and we would just walk, you know, people would walk through, showing off their outfits, you'd wash your car and drive through. It was like a parade, you know, it's a little small town.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

And he rode me through the park, where if you come to Galveston, there's a park called Menard Park. And black people would just line up in their Sunday best and be out on the beach, and we would just walk, you know, people would walk through, showing off their outfits, you'd wash your car and drive through. It was like a parade, you know, it's a little small town.

IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson
Live with Tina Knowles: Lessons from a Matriarch

And he rode me through the park, where if you come to Galveston, there's a park called Menard Park. And black people would just line up in their Sunday best and be out on the beach, and we would just walk, you know, people would walk through, showing off their outfits, you'd wash your car and drive through. It was like a parade, you know, it's a little small town.