Meghan Markle has garnered backlash over her latest candle collection.

The mother of two launched new candles on Wednesday as part of a Mother’s Day celebration, with two of them said to have been inspired by her children. It was also recently reported that she had their names, email addresses, social media handles, and domain names all trademarked.

Meghan Markle’s move has now been slammed by royal sources, who claim it is an “outrageous” use of her children’s titles and goes against the wishes of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Part of Meghan Markle’s As Ever range of products includes candles that appear to be inspired by her children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, as seen in promotional materials.

Two candles, released on Wednesday, are named No. 506 and No. 604 and are reportedly linked to her children’s birthdays, according to Page Six.

However, the move has drawn criticism, with one source describing it as “an outrageous use of their titles.”

The same source also claimed that the late Queen Elizabeth II would not have approved, noting that she was keen to prevent the Sussex family from profiting off their titles, particularly after they quit their senior royal roles in 2020.

Insider Defends The Duchess’s Right To Use Her Children For The Mother’s Day Line

Despite the backlash, some sources close to Meghan have defended her, saying the candle launch in no way put her children at risk.

“The candles are specifically part of a Mother’s Day line that weaves in something special in honor of your kids … Meghan is a mom, and her brand is about hosting and entertaining and family,” an insider remarked.

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They added, “She’s not parading the children around at events. She never shows their faces.”

Meghan Markle Has Gotten Several Trademarks For Her Children

Meghan’s children did not receive HRH status until their grandfather, King Charles, ascended the throne following the Queen’s death.

Since then, the Duchess and her husband, Prince Harry, appear to have moved to make the most of it.

Page Six previously reported that the children already have stationery featuring the HRH designation, and more recently, it was discovered that their parents have gone ahead to secure trademarks for their names, along with their email addresses, social media handles, and domain names.

For now, insiders do not view the trademark move as an issue, but say that could change if it is used for the sale of future goods.

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“It’s not about safeguarding the children — that’s understandable. It’s what you plan to do with [it] that’s the key,” the source noted.

Meghan Markle Has Subtly Involved Her Children In Her Promotional Videos

As part of promoting her As Ever brand, Meghan has subtly included her children in videos that have been shared online.

In a teaser posted in February 2025, the Duchess was seen with her kids working in the kitchen and garden of what appeared to be their Montecito home.

A similar scene was posted the following month, featuring the children helping Meghan in the kitchen.

Most recently, the mother of two took things a step further in a promotional video for her partnership with High Camp Supply florists.

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In the clip, the Duchess is seen arranging flowers alongside Lilibet while calling out to Archie, but the branded angle was  made more explicit by the caption, “mama’s little helpers.”

At other times, Meghan has also shown other personal moments with her kids, but in most cases, she has their faces hidden.

Meghan And Prince Harry Recently Wrapped Up An Australian Tour

Meghan and Harry recently returned to their Montecito home after a four-day tour of Australia.

The couple had an exhausting schedule that included talks about mental health and safe social media practices, visits to cultural centers and local non-profits, as well as meetings with participants from Harry’s Invictus Games.

Upon their return home, they received the warmest welcome from their kids, who were eager to see their parents.

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The couple came home to a surprise banner that read “Welcome Home,” hung in their doorway, as seen in a post from Meghan’s Instagram story, per Harper’s Bazaar.

Meghan and her husband also made sure to reciprocate the gesture by bringing home gifts for their kids. This included both reading and coloring books, stickers, and tasty treats to munch on.

By TeeJay Small
| Published 22 seconds ago

If you consider yourself a television fan, you owe it to yourself to watch Atlanta. The series, which premiered back in 2016, was created by legendary actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, and Yoshi voiceover artist Donald Glover. To date, it serves as Glover’s most foundational work, allowing him an outlet to tell innovative short stories, meditate on his upbringing, and deliver on some of his most outlandish ideas. The show is a modern masterpiece, and the only real downside is that it’s only 41 episodes long.

In case you’re not aware of Donald Glover’s catalog, he might be the hardest-working man in Hollywood. The Atlanta native got his start writing for 30 Rock back in 2006, before becoming a household name as an actor on Community. After seemingly mastering the craft of writing and performing comedy, Glover left Community to pursue a rap career under the name Childish Gambino. His music later evolved from rap into a Stevie Wonder-esque cacophony of retro-futurist jazz funk fusion, culminating in such viral hits as “Redbone” and “This Is America.”

Donald Glover’s Atlanta

After establishing that he can sing, dance, act, write, and perform all at the same time, Glover developed Atlanta. He also stars as the perpetually down-on-his-luck Earn Marks in the show. Earn spends the first season couch-surfing with his parents, his ex-girlfriend, and his cousin Alfred, who is a rising neighborhood rapper under the name Paper Boi.

While trying to make enough money to get his own place and provide for his infant daughter, Earn takes on a job as Alfred’s manager. Along the way, he encounters a series of colorful characters, including Al’s best friend Darius, portrayed by the incredible LaKeith Stanfield.

Darius may not be the main character of Atlanta, but he has become the fan-favorite thanks to his pure hallucinogenic aura. He seems to exist in a fringe space between reality and the dreamlike world of the show, giving fans some early insight into the kinds of over-the-top hijinks they can expect from later seasons. In Atlanta, you’re likely to encounter crowds of strangers wearing cow suits, Scooby Doo-style hidden hallways, and influencers driving invisible cars just the same as rapper drama and the occasional armed robbery.

Hiro Murai’s Surreal Vision

The show achieves this dream-like state by tapping auteur director Hiro Murai. Murai’s vision, in accordance with Donald Glover, creates a distinct visual look and overall vibe that simply cannot be matched. There’s a reason why Glover originally pitched the show as “Twin Peaks with rappers” back when it premiered. The third season, which was shot in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially carries this ethereal energy. In season three, the main narrative is interrupted by a series of disconnected short stories that feel like backdoor pilots for other topsy-turvy horror shows.

Binge-watching Atlanta will surely give you whiplash, as the show bounces seamlessly between laugh-out-loud comedy, terrifying psychological horror, and a deep, almost academic reading of generational trauma. According to a write-up in NME, Glover teased the last two seasons of Atlanta as “some of the best television ever made,” before adding “Sopranos only ones who can touch us.” I couldn’t agree more. Personally, I’d place Atlanta on the Mount Rushmore of TV shows, next to The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, and Severance.

If you’re interested in checking out Atlanta for yourself, be sure to stream all four seasons on Hulu.

By Jonathan Klotz
| Published 17 seconds ago

The Netflix Effect was coined to explain how a show explodes in popularity after it is added to the streaming service. Breaking Bad was the first show to benefit, but there’s one throwback sci-fi series that became so popular, it was saved from cancellation thanks to streaming.

Manifest, a sci-fi supernatural mystery box series that debuted in 2019, years after Lost came to an end, was canceled by NBC after Season 3, while it was the hottest show on Netflix. Thankfully, the streamer stepped forward, bought the show, and gave the cast and crew an opportunity to finish the story, resulting in one of the very few mystery box shows to have a satisfying ending.

From Relationship Drama To Supernatural Drama

Manifest ended up being perfect for Netflix’s binge model thanks to its sluggish start that, as with other sci-fi mystery box shows, kept raising questions but provided no answers. The series begins with a plane, but pulling from The Langoliers instead of Lost, when it lands, those on board realize that they’ve been “missing” for the last five years. Turbulence is the only clue that something was wrong, but it soon becomes clear that something happened when passengers start experiencing visions of the future, “Callings,” that come with a massive headache, brief sickness, and a general sense of unease that only adds to the mystery of what’s going on. 

For the first few episodes, Manifest focuses on the passengers dealing with their changed lives, from NYPD Detective Michaela, who learns her fiancé married her best friend while she was “dead,” while her niece and nephew turn into the older and younger siblings, respectively, thanks to the missing five years, and its the weakest part of the Netflix series, but don’t worry, it gets better. Michaela (Melissa Roxburgh) and Ben Stone (Josh Dallas) are the main characters in the first few episodes, but the show expands its cast and its premise as it goes along. Later seasons add in a young woman who was thought to be a witch after her experience on Flight 838, Angelina  (played by The Americans Holly Taylor) and Zeke (Matt Long), who wasn’t a passenger on the flight, but had a similar time-lost experience after a snowstorm, and bizarrely, also experiences “Callings.”

 Manifest Tells A Complete Story

The mystery is why to watch Manifest, so it’s best to go into the Netflix hit as blind as possible. Rest assured that there’s a reason behind the visions, what happened to Flight 838 is explained, and by the time the credits roll on the series finale, you’ll realize this is the show Lost should have been. Ironically, the cancellation was the best thing to happen to the series and is what stopped it from becoming another Surface, Invasion, Jericho, Revolution, The Event, or any of the seemingly endless Lost knock-offs. 

A definitive endpoint, one final season, forced the writers to wrap everything up, which was close to the series’ original timeline, unlike what happened with Lost, which was renewed beyond its natural endpoint. Telling a tight story, with a beginning, middle, and end, is one of the reasons Babylon 5 holds up over its sci-fi contemporaries, and that’s why Manifest is now the perfect sci-fi series to binge on Netflix. Do yourself a favor, and avoid all the spoilers, don’t wander into any Reddit discussion about the plot, and set aside some time to appreciate the best sci-fi mystery series of the decade.

Rebecca Ferguson is having a busy 2026, and she isn’t close to slowing down yet. Already, the Stockholm-born actress has starred Chris Pratt in the divisive AI-based sci-fi thriller Mercy, featured in a long-awaited adaptation of the 1939 children’s novel The Magic Faraway Tree, and joined a star-studded ensemble in the feature-length next chapter in one of the best crime dramas of the century in Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man.

Later in the year, Ferguson’s biggest project of 2026 will debut, as she joins an eye-catching cast in Dune: Part Three. The final chapter in Denis Villeneuve‘s impressive adaptation of Frank Herbert‘s Dune novels comes to an explosive end in theaters worldwide on December 18, with Ferguson starring alongside the likes of Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Anya Taylor-Joy, and more. Ahead of Dune: Part Three, the good news for Ferguson fans kept coming earlier this week, as the upcoming third season of her smash hit sci-fi series Silo just got a major update.

It was officially confirmed by Apple TV that their fan-favorite sci-fi series would return for its third installment on Friday, July 3, 2026. One new episode will then arrive every Friday through September 4, as the Emmy Award-winning Graham Yost‘s next gripping mystery unfolds. Following this big news, fans have been flocking back to the show to remind themselves of the many twists and turns that have come already. At the time of writing, Silo is one of the ten most-streamed shows on Apple TV in the U.S. The show also appears in tenth place on the global top ten.

Was ‘Silo’ Season 2 Good?

Based on Hugh Howey‘s dystopian novel trilogy (Wool, Shift, and Dust), Yost, Ferguson, and co have taken a particularly nuanced and difficult source material and crafted a series that doesn’t disappoint. In Season 2, the show continued an impressive run of top-tier episodes, with critics gushing with praise over this modern sci-fi gem. Collider’s Tania Hussain awarded Season 2 a strong 8/10, praising the show’s “uniquely immersive environment” and standout performances, adding, “By grounding its Orwellian elements into tense yet relatable human struggles with razor-sharp writing, Silo continues to surpass the genre, asking viewers to question not only the motives of those in power but the strength of their convictions.”

Silo Seasons 1 and 2 are streaming now on Apple TV. Stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates.

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By TeeJay Small
| Published 12 seconds ago

Born in the late 1990s, I’ve spent my entire life hearing the name “Tonya Harding” used as a punchline. I never had much awareness of who she was, but based on some old Simpsons jokes and a few misplaced rap lyrics, I always thought she was a skater who busted her opponent’s kneecaps on the ice in a fit of passion, right in front of a packed crowd. That is, until last week, when I finally sat down to watch Craig Gillespie’s 2017 biopic I, Tonya.

For the uninitiated, I, Tonya tells the true story of Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie), with a little bit of creative license for story purposes. The film takes the viewer from Tonya’s years as a child figure skating prodigy, through her relationship with her abusive mother (Allison Janney) and later her abusive boyfriend (Sebastian Stan), and eventually to her Olympic skating dreams. Through it all, we see how Tonya was mistreated by those closest to her and by the Olympic committee, which viewed her as too unmarketable to home audiences.

Over several years, the budding athlete is forced to change everything about herself to get ahead. She marries her abusive boyfriend just so she can present a more family-forward image, she changes her accent so she won’t be perceived as ‘white trash’, and she adjusts her management team to be as cutthroat and unforgiving as possible.

Tonya even managed to become the first female figure skater to complete two triple Axel jumps in a competition. I don’t know much about skating, but it looked pretty impressive in the movie, as I watched from the comfort of my couch, covered in popcorn kernels.

Once she qualifies for the 1994 Olympics, the narrative kicks into slightly familiar territory. We learn that Tonya, along with many of her peers, routinely receives death threats before going out on the ice. When her husband, Jeff, suspects that the threats are coming from Tonya’s friend, Nancy Kerrigan, he suggests sending a few threats of their own, just to rattle her performance. Jeff outsources the job to his eccentric buddy Shawn (Paul Walter Hauser), who outsources it to someone else, and by the time this game of telephone reaches Nancy, the job ceases to be a threat and becomes a violent attack.

If you believe Tonya Harding’s account of the events (and thus the movie’s telling of how it all went down), she had no idea any of this was happening. The way she relays it, Tonya thought someone was dropping a letter in Nancy’s mailbox. Instead, Nancy was beaten with a baton, leaving her unable to compete in a national competition, which, ironically, fast-tracked her to the Olympic team.

Kerrigan ultimately took home the silver medal for her performance at the 1994 Olympics, while an emotionally rattled Tonya placed eighth. Upon returning home, Harding is barred from competing in any competitive figure skating event for the rest of her life.

Since she has structured her entire existence around the sport, Tonya sees this as a death sentence and begs for jail time, to no avail. Truthfully, I had no idea that an organization could even make a ruling like that in the first place.

Before I watched I, Tonya, I had only ever heard this woman’s name alongside those of O.J. Simpson, Aaron Hernandez, and Oscar Pistorius. It goes to show just how strong the media narrative was at the time that she could be banned from her livelihood and turned into a punchline for decades to come.

The film does an impeccable job of humanizing Tonya and making her more sympathetic, as long as you believe her account of what happened. Even if you don’t believe her, it’s still a hell of a story, and one I’m glad I finally got around to checking out.

If you’re interested in watching I, Tonya, the film is currently streaming for free on Tubi.

A 56-year-old man from Shreveport was arrested and charged in connection with the mass shooting carried out by Shamar Elkins. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana, Charles Ford previously owned the assault-style gun Elkins used to shoot his wife, Shaneiqua Pugh, and his alleged girlfriend, Christina Snow on Sunday. Both women remain in the hospital. Ultimately, Shamar killed his seven children and Pugh’s nephew and later died amid a police pursuit.

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Man Charged Claims Shamar Elkins Stole The Gun From Him

Charles Ford told investigators he suspected Shamar Elkins stole the gun from his truck in the weeks leading up to the mass shooting. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, Ford suspected Elkins because he was one of the few people to ride with him. Ford allegedly said it was around March 9 when he noticed the gun was missing.

In response, Ford said he confronted Elkins about the missing weapon. But when Elikns became “offensive,” Ford “let it go,” according to a court affidavit filed Tuesday.

“According to allegations set forth in court documents, ATF and the Shreveport Police Department began investigating a firearms trace on the rifle below, which Elkins used to perpetrate his mass shooting,” per the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana.

Why Did Officials Charge Charles Ford After Louisiana Mass Shooting? 

Charles Ford is a felon who was in possession of a firearm and made a false statement to federal agents, says the affidavit. Ford originally denied having the gun when investigators first approached him after the shooting on Sunday, per court records.

“When law enforcement interviewed the original purchaser, that person identified Ford as the person to whom she’d given it. Ford, a convicted felon not permitted to possess firearms, initially lied to ATF agents about possessing the firearm, claiming he never did. Ford later admitted that he did possess the firearm, claiming that he kept the firearm under his seat,” per the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana.

Ford does not currently have an appointed legal representative. According to federal court records, he will likely receive a federal public defender.

“Shamar Elkins’ death means that our community will never see him face justice,” U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Keller said in a statement. “Our hope, as we continue to investigate and prosecute this case alongside our law enforcement partners, is that holding the person whose gun Elkins used to perpetrate the crime accountable will give some small bit of solace to our Shreveport community.”

What Happened To Shamar Elkins After The Family Shooting? 

Shamar Elkins died after fleeing the second crime scene — reportedly his wife’s home — and a police pursuit. It was not clear whether officers killed him or whether he died from a self-inflicted gunshot, according to police. The third crime scene involved a carjacking in the same neighborhood.

Elkins’ wife, Shaneiqua Pugh, and Christina Snow, a woman believed to be his girlfriend, were also shot and wounded in the rampage. The attack unfolded across two houses before dawn.

Three boys, Christina’s sons and Shaneiqua’s nephew, passed away. Additionally, Pugh’s four daughters also passed. Elkins was the father of seven out of eight who died. Snow reportedly called the police to report that Elkins had shot her and kidnapped their three children. According to NBC News, he took the kids to his wife’s home about two streets over and killed them, along with their four sisters. One child was reportedly found deceased on the home’s roof, while others had tried to escape through the back door. Some died in their sleep, and most suffered headshot wounds. The children ranged in age from 3 to 11 years old.

Elkins plead guilty in 2019 to a felony of illegal use of weapons, according to court documents. As a result, a Caddo Parish district judge sentenced Elkins to 18 months of supervised probation. Also, Elkins turned his handgun into police as a condition of probation, court filings show.

Under Louisiana law, a person convicted of certain violent felonies – including illegal use of weapons – is banned from having a gun for at least 10 years after completing their sentence and probation. Officials have not addressed whether Elkins was legally prohibited from having a weapon.

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Associated Press reporters Sara Cline and Jack Brook contributed to this report via AP Newsroom. 

By Chris Snellgrove
| Published 39 seconds ago

Star Trek: Voyager had plenty of special effects, but arguably none were more impressive than when the ship landed on a planet in the Season 2 premiere episode “The Thirty-Sevens.” This was a first for the franchise, bringing to life one of Gene Roddenberry’s ideas that he had previously considered too expensive to show onscreen. However, this effect was almost a disappointment thanks to behind-the-scenes production issues, including improperly designed landing struts and a CGI model that was just too small.

This particular Voyager special effect was one the team had been dreaming of for a long time. Franchise graphic designer Michael Okuda previously recommended to exec producer Rick Berman that their ship should be able to land as a way to distinguish it from what came before.

Accordingly, Rick Sternbach had developed several possible ship designs with landing capability, and he ensured that the finished design featured small hatches on the bottom hull to house landing equipment. It was only after designing those struts, however, that producers realized that the ship’s “legs” looked far too thin to support its body.

The shot of Voyager landing on a planet in “The 37’s” was meant to be a big, show-stopping special effect, and producers were understandably concerned that viewers would be disappointed if it looked like the ship always skipped leg day. In the grand tradition of television, they decided to fix this problem in post-production.

They fixed it by placing rock outcroppings and other ground features strategically around Voyager as it landed. Go back and watch the episode, and you’ll see how they effectively obscured audiences’ view of those teeny landing struts.

However, that wasn’t the only problem with Voyager’s fancy special effect. The show’s digital artists had accidentally made the CGI model of the ship too tiny. This annoyed visual effects supervisor Ronald B. Moore (not to be confused with Trek writer and Battlestar Galactica reboot showrunner Ronald D. Moore), who was disappointed by the landing effect because “the scale of the Voyager on the ground was incorrect.” However, he didn’t feel that audiences would necessarily notice “because there’s nothing really to relate it to; the people are in the foreground, the ship’s in the background, and we kinda kept it that way.”

For longtime Star Trek fans, this Voyager moment was more than just another special effect; it was also the realization of a decades-old dream that began with Gene Roddenberry. The franchise creator had originally dreamed of having the Enterprise regularly land on planets in The Original Series, but he soon realized just how expensive it would be to have the ship land somewhere new each week. This is how the transporter was born, as it allowed Captain Kirk and his erstwhile crew to quickly visit somewhere new and then head back to the ship via a much cheaper “beam me up” special effect.

Voyager’s producers came to the same conclusion that Roddenberry did, which is why the show mostly stuck to the transporter special effect rather than constantly having the ship land. Nonetheless, it landed several more times after “The Thirty-Sevens,” and producers had a much easier time bringing this ambitious effect to life on their subsequent attempts.

They did so despite the ship’s CGI model being too small, which arguably proves that size really doesn’t matter in the 24th century. We wouldn’t recommend telling that to Captain Janeway about her morning coffee cup sizes, though, unless you want her to kill you quicker than she killed Tuvix!

Tina Knowles is at the center of unexpected online chatter after leaving what some fans are calling a “too personal” comment on a recent post by her daughter, Solange Knowles.

The remark quickly picked up traction across social media, with users dissecting its tone and some suggesting it hinted at favoritism toward Beyoncé. Others argued it was simply a mother making sure Solange didn’t feel overlooked.

The viral moment has also revived Tina’s past reflections on raising her daughters. The Knowles family matriarch placed them in therapy as children after noticing a strain in their bond, under the weight of Beyoncé’s early fame.

Tina is giving full-on “embarrassing mom” energy after dropping a deeply personal comment under Solange’s latest Instagram post.

The “Don’t Touch My Hair” singer had shared a series of striking images centered around her hair, including shots where it appeared partially shaved, alongside others showing it styled into sculpted sections with visible markings.

But it was Tina’s response that stole the spotlight.

“You look like an Egyptian goddess. Which is appropriate because you were conceived on a boat going down the Egyptian Nile. Only you could shave your hair, let it grow out some and, cut this incredible shape, and do it all and look as gorgeous as ever,” she wrote, finishing off the message with fire and heart emojis.

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The comment didn’t stay under the radar for long, with many social media users pointing out just how personal Tina got.

Some read it as harmless “mom energy,” but others suggested the moment hinted at a deeper dynamic between Solange and Beyoncé.

“Ms. Tina just didn’t want Solange to feel overshadowed by Beyoncé, so she’s always been very intentional & open about going the extra mile to make sure she feels seen. That’s why she so extra when it comes to her, she explained this a few times,” one X user wrote.

Another added, “She never hides the fact that Solange is her favorite and she still dreams about the night she was conceived and riding d-ck down the Nile.”

“A mom would say this, then turn around acting like she doesn’t have a favorite,” a third person chimed in.

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Why Tina Knowles Had Beyoncé And Solange In Therapy Early

Tina has long been vocal about her hands-on role in raising her daughters, and recently shed more light on one of her more proactive parenting decisions.

Speaking at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books while promoting her memoir “Matriarch,” Tina revealed she put both girls in therapy when they were still very young, after noticing a shift in their relationship as Beyoncé’s career began to take off.

“I just noticed she started being irritated with [Solange] and not wanting her around,” she explained. “And the more she didn’t want her around, the more sad Solange became.”

The Author Faced Pushback From Family

Tina went on to explain that once she recognized the strain between her daughters, she knew she needed outside help and set out to find it herself.

“One of my clients at my hair salon was a therapist, and I asked her to find me a child therapist. I found someone, and I took my kids to therapy,” she said.

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But the decision wasn’t universally supported within her circle.

According to Tina, several family members pushed back against the idea, particularly given the stigma around therapy at the time.

“My family did not like it. Especially in Black households, they were like, ‘You know, that’ll make those kids crazy,’” she recalled.

Tina Knowles Says Therapy Changed Her Daughters’ Bond

Tina ultimately said the decision paid off and helped reshape the relationship between Beyoncé and Solange at a critical stage in their childhood.

“It opened Beyoncé’s eyes. She was like, ‘This is my little sister. We’re always going to be close. I’m going to take care of her, and I’m not going to let the age difference get between us.’ She was much kinder,” Tina shared.

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From that point on, their bond took a different direction.

“They’ve been close ever since,” she added, before admitting, “They could have gone in different directions. I was so afraid of that.”

Cardi B is smiling all the way to the bank after wrapping her “Little Miss Drama Tour,” which quietly pulled in an eye-watering sum.

The run marked her first full-arena headlining tour in six years, with the rapper taking her sophomore album “Am I the Drama?” to packed venues across multiple cities. The concert series quickly turned into one of her biggest live moments yet, drawing strong fan attendance and plenty of celebrity support along the way.

The tour’s strong turnout ultimately translated into a massive financial win for Cardi behind the scenes, with the earnings climbing well into the tens of millions.

Cardi B has officially wrapped her “Little Miss Drama Tour,” and it’s already rewriting the record books.

The chart-topping rapper’s first full arena headlining outing in six years drew massive demand, with more than 453,000 tickets going across 35 sold-out shows. The run ultimately generated over $70 million in revenue, cementing Cardi as the highest-grossing debut arena act among female rappers, per Live Nation.

Even before the final show, Cardi had already begun stacking up personal records. She became the first female rapper to sell out back-to-back nights at the Kia Forum, while also packing consecutive shows at Madison Square Garden.

The run was further elevated by a rotating lineup of high-profile guests, including Blueface, Lil’ Kim, Meek Mill, GloRilla, and T.I.

Cardi Shares Emotional Thank You After Tour Milestone

Cardi took a moment to reflect on her arena run by sharing an appreciation video with fans after the tour’s massive success.

In the clip posted to her Instagram page, the rapper ran through a long list of thank-yous, starting with her production team for keeping the shows running smoothly with minimal stage issues. She also gave credit to her glam and wardrobe teams for maintaining her signature looks throughout the demanding run.

Cardi went on to shout out her choreographers, dancers, and the industry peers who showed up as surprise guests across various stops, but ultimately saved the most heartfelt message for her fans.

“Thank you to Bardi Gang,” she said. “Thank you to everybody who came and made this moment so special for me.”

Bardi Gang Shows Love After Cardi B’s Thank You Video

Cardi’s appreciation message didn’t go unnoticed, with fans quickly flooding the comments section to show their support.

Members of the Bardi Gang praised the rapper for acknowledging the people behind the scenes, with many highlighting how much effort she poured into the run.

“You were absolutely AMAZING and hands-down, [the] performance of a lifetime! You put your all in this tour, and it showed,” one fan wrote.

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Another user pointed out that it’s not every day artists take the time to post a gratitude video, calling the gesture “amazing.”

“First class in every way! You deserve it all! Keep going! Love you, and I will always have your back,” a third commenter added.

“One thing about Cardi, she gives thanks to the people around her & the people she works with… her motion with people is genuine,” another fan shared.

The Run Backed Cardi’s Long-Awaited Second Album

Cardi first revealed plans for the tour in September 2025 during an appearance on “Today with Jenna & Friends,” confirming it would support her long-awaited sophomore album, “Am I the Drama?

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The project arrived more than half a decade after her breakout debut, “Invasion of Privacy,” and quickly proved the wait hadn’t slowed her momentum. Upon release on September 19, “Am I the Drama?” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, before going on to spend eight consecutive weeks in the top 10.

The album has since been certified 3× Platinum in the United States and has moved over three million units, further cementing Cardi’s staying power in the rap space.

Cardi B Set To Headline 2026 Essence Festival

Cardi fans who missed her arena run will have another chance to catch her live this summer.

The rapper is slated to headline the Essence Festival of Culture, taking place in New Orleans from July 3 to July 5. The annual event celebrates women’s impact on music and culture, and this year marks Cardi’s first-ever appearance on its stage.

She’ll be joined by a mix of first-time performers and returning icons, including Latto, Kehlani, Brandy, and Monica.

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