Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and Daddy Knowles

You’ve probably heard about the squabble between Aretha Franklin and Team Beyonce. The queen of soul took offense to Beyoncé’s calling Tina Turner “the queen” during the duo’s Grammy performance. When Beyonce was on stage and said, “The Queen…” I have to admit, I expected Aretha to come out on stage - not Tina Turner. (Aretha’s the Queen of Soul, after all!)

Aretha Franklin promply issued a statement letting Beyonce know that SHE was the Queen, not anyone else.

THEN, Mathew Knowles (Beyonce’s dad, of course), snapped back at Aretha Franklin in defense of his daughter.

“Something this ridiculous – it’s childish, it’s unprofessional,” he said in a statement Thursday. “And it’s a sad day when egos get bruised because somebody used the word king, queen, prince or princess.”

Now things just got more insulting for the Queen.

In a letter to Aretha Franklin, PETA spokesperson Dan Matthews writes:

“Music lovers may think of you as a ‘queen,’ but to animal lovers, you are a court jester . Why not shed the old-fashioned look that adds pounds to your frame and detracts from your beautiful voice? Please consider donating your furs to the homeless as ‘queen of compassion,’ Mariah Carey, did. You’ll get a tax credit for the donation, and we at PETA will all sing your praises.”

Ouch.

I’m mean, sure, the fur should go - we all know that. But hasn’t the lady earned a little more R.E.S.P.E.C.T. than that?

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