Tina Knowles Lawson, mother of Beyonce and Solange, covers the new issue of Ebony. They styled her like old-school Pam Grier, which is pretty amazing (Pam Grier is everything). Tina is 61 years old, and she recently remarried a seemingly nice guy named Richard Lawson after she finally divorced Mathew Knowles (father to Bey and Solange) after Mathew repeatedly cheated on her and fathered at least one other child with another woman. What’s interesting to me is that Beyonce is so famous, we’re now talking about her mother as a stand-alone celebrity in her own right. Are you buying it? I guess I am. I think Bey and Tina are very, very close and I think Tina could definitely spill some major tea on her daughters, but Tina is the one who taught Bey to be so image-controlled. Tina won’t spill. Here are some random pieces of info from Tina’s Ebony profile:

Tina is not on Beyonce’s payroll: But Knowles Lawson also matter-of-factly shares that she is not—and has never been—a kept woman. She’s on no one’s payroll, thank you, and she wants it that way. Beyoncé certainly doesn’t pay her, at least not in cash.

Tina is in talks for her own TV show about “getting your groove back.”

Tina does Pilates “five days a week and has a ravishing body.”

Jay-Z “urged” Tina to date younger men following her divorce.

Tina on her sex life with her new husband: “Our sex life is active; it’s really good.”

Her relationship with her ex-husband: Matthew is “family to this day.”

Tina on Solange: “She is tough, but I have seen her completely give up her life to take care of somebody she loves.”

Ahead of Tina’s April wedding, “the family created a private, feature length movie: The Life & Times of BadAss Tenie B & ColdAss Rickey Lee. The release came complete with a red carpet event. Part blaxsploitation spoof, part anthropological family documentary.”

Tina on agreeing to the Ebony cover: “When I was asked to do the Sexy Forever ‘Ebony’ magazine cover, my first question was, ‘Me really?’ I had some reservations but as I thought of all the women who tell me daily that I have inspired them to live a wholehearted life, which includes your sexuality. I am proud to be 61 years old and to not be putting limitations on my lifestyle. We can still be sexy and vibrant, fashionable, classy and fly until the day we die!”

[From Ebony]

The only thing here that I really side-eye is that Tina is not on Beyonce’s payroll. Yeah… I don’t believe that. Tina is always with her oldest daughter, Tina and Bey tried to make House of Dereon work together, but it sucked and it was embarrassing Beyonce. I have no doubt that Tina has provided and still provides a lot of support and advice to Beyonce, and I have no doubt that Beyonce takes care of her mother generously. And why is it a big deal to admit that? I would actually think less of Beyonce if she wasn’t taking care of her mom financially.

Here’s a FIRST LOOK at sexy Miss Tina’s shoot in this month’s #SexyForever issue on @eonline! http://t.co/St4XWTZSgI pic.twitter.com/8DycpSXEHg

— EBONY (@EBONYMag) June 15, 2015

Photos courtesy of Ebony.