Beyoncé‘s mother Tina Knowles is getting ready to send her ex-husband Richard Lawson on his way with one giant payment.
In Touch reports that Knowles, who filed for divorce last year, agreed to pay Lawson $300,000 as part of the terms of their settlement.
Beyond that, neither side will get any spousal support.
In addition, the settlement contains a non-disparagement clause, so neither Knowles nor Lawson will be able to say anything bad about each other, their children, or those childrens’ spouses.
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Lawson was Knowles’ second husband. They married in 2015.
Knowles filed to split up the marriage in July of 2023, citing irreconcilable differences. The couple share no children together.
At the time, “Ms. Tina” petitioned the court to terminate Richard’s ability to ask for spousal support, so he doesn’t ask her for money after the split.
She also requested that the court restore her legal name to Celestine Knowles, as she’d changed it to Celestine Lawson when she first got married.
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Beyoncé has more positive things going on around her these days as well, including having her songs covered by a collection of notable Black country artists.
As part of Apple Music’s ‘Nashville Sessions’ series, Beyoncé Covered features Brittney Spencer, Tanner Adell, Joy Oladokun, BRELAND and more taking on hits that include “1+1,” “Drunk in Love,” “Irreplaceable,” “Sandcastles,” “II Most Wanted” and “Halo.”
“Beyoncé has opened a door that’s going to be really hard to close,” Tiera Kennedy, who’s also featured on the six-song playlist, told Apple Music.
Listen to Beyoncé Covered here.
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Bey’s own country project Cowboy Carter has been a major success since its release in March. The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 tally with 407,000 equivalent album units in its first week, making for the biggest sales week of 2024 at the time – though it has since been one-upped by Taylor Swift’s latest effort.
Twenty three of the album’s 27 songs also made it to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, bringing the Houston native’s career total Billboard Hot 100 songs to 106. She is now just the 17th artist and only the third woman to score over 100 entries since the Hot 100 was launched in 1958.
