Beyonc�'s dad is no longer her manager, another case of how showbiz and parents don't always mix
It's Johnny Sharpbeen 20 years since she joined her first girl group aged nine, but Beyonc� Knowles has finally parted company with father and long-time manager, Mathew. By mutual consent, they say, but you wonder if Mathew's plans to spend more time on his gospel label were announced with all the enthusiasm of those MPs who step down to "spend more time with their families".
You could hardly blame Beyonc�. Stories are legion of Mathew's strict control of her affairs and those of Destiny's Child, with whom she rose to fame. And he was never a man to fall out with, as early members LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett discovered when they saw the band's video for Say My Name ? and two new singers in their place.
But if Beyonc� has been the instigator of this move, then it once again shows us that in showbiz, families and management rarely mix well. The rod of iron (not to mention other blunt objects) with which manager father Joe is said to have ruled the Jackson clan didn't exactly result in pop's happiest family, but at least none of them went as far as 80s teenpop sensation Tiffany, who, at 16, applied in court to be declared an "emancipated minor", in effect attempting to divorce her "momager".
Last year, Kylie Minogue sacked her mother from her touring party, citing the impeccably altruistic motivation of "wanting her to relax more". Dina Lohan's self-effacing approach to promoting herself and her daughters/clients Lindsay and Ali as a walking, squawking soap opera has provoked much debate, while the first act of Britney Spears's father Jamie when he became "conservator" of her affairs involved suing her old manager for allegedly drugging her. That one looks set to end well, then.
Stark contrast with Paul Weller, whose father John managed him for 30 years until his death in 2009, a confidante to the end. Mind you, couldn't John have had a word about some of those haircuts?
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