oozes confidence when she's on stage and has millions of fans around the world who look up to her. What's more, the award-winning singer's life wasn't always this way, and her personality has changed a lot since her early years too. During a rare interview, her mom, Tina Knowles, gave an insight into what Beyoncé was like as a child, making the heartbreaking revelation that she was bullied for a while.
Tina also disclosed that the Texas Hold 'Em hitmaker was incredibly shy as a child. The 70-year-old told Vogue: "Beyoncé, she was very shy and she got bullied a bit, but the day that she stood up for someone—she didn't stand up for herself she stood up for them. I'm getting emotional talking about it.
I was just, I couldn't have been more proud of her." Tina also spoke about her other "girls", daughter Solange and Kelly Rowland, who she often refers to as her third daughter. She said: "Solange, was her signing a petition in school, she was only in, like, fifth grade and she was out getting petitions signed.
So she's always been an activist. "And Kelly was always this kid that just tried to protect everybody. I have a memory of her with her best friend Barbara and her being a mediator and just being this little peacemaker.
" Tina adores her family and recently gave an insight into her grandchildren's personalities too. During a chat with E! News, she gave a rare insight into the lives of Beyoncé's twins Rumi and Sir, six, who unlike their sister Blue Ivy, 12, have kept a .
