Tina Knowles Says She Didn’t Mean to Like IG Post Shading Janet Jackson’s Ticket Prices: ‘Big Mistake’

Miss Tina didn’t want to say anything negative about Miss Jackson.

After delighted fans saw Tina Knowles like an Instagram post criticizing ticket prices for Janet Jackson’s Together Again Tour this week, she took to the social media platform to clarify that the whole ordeal was a “huge mistake”.

The suspicious post in question a screenshot of the multiple VIP packages currently on sale for Jackson’s tour is shown, with the “Gold Janet Jackson VIP Lounge Package” priced at $839.95 and the “Ultimate Janet Jackson Meet and Greet & VIP Lounge Package” priced at over $2,000 dollars.

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Janet Jackson performs in July 2022. Bennett Raglin/Getty

“What a joke,” the Instagram user wrote, later adding: “You want Beyoncé prices, get real production. Just disgusted.”

Knowles, 70, hit the like button on the post, leading some fans to think drama was brewing between her and the 57-year-old “Nasty” singer — but that’s not the case, as she explained in an Instagram video posted Wednesday morning.

“I got a phone call that I’m trending because I liked a post about ticket prices and an artist overcharging,” explained the businesswoman, who has attended many of her daughter Beyoncé’s shows. renaissance Tour last year.

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First, on the other hand, I know better than anyone how much a large production costs, and it is expensive, said Tina. “And I would never criticize another artist, let alone Janet Jackson, who is the queen of production.”

She expressed that the Jackson family is “music’s first family” and “always has been”, noting that I “respect them”.

“Secondly, I stay away from negativity. If you follow me, then you know that I’m not involved in a mess,” explained Tina. “What I’m guilty of is liking posts, I go through them when I’m in a big rush and I don’t have time to actually read and like things because I believe they’re people I follow. That was a big mistake.”

Tina Knowles in Los Angeles in July 2023.

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The Texan concluded, “I will never do it again. So I just want you to hear it from my mouth that I would absolutely never do it.”

In the caption of the post, Tina wrote that the whole ordeal “sued” her because Jackson is an “icon” and she would “never question another artist.”

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Janet Jackson.

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Tina then reflected on her longtime fandom of Jackson: “I took Destiny’s Child to see Janet when they were 15. They always looked up to her and she opened doors for Beyoncé. Why should I hate her?”

Looking to the future, they will take a closer look at their social media apps before pressing any buttons. “Now I know that I shouldn’t rush and that I should be very careful. (I learned my lesson) ! Especially when I have so much.. I just wanted to clarify,” Tina wrote. “I know you can see people’s likes so I’d be pretty stupid to do that.”

Jackson recently extended her Together Again Tour with 35 new dates scheduled for this year.

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