--- title: Beyonce Gives Tina Knowles 'Corny Jokes' Advice description: Hear the advice Beyonce gave her mother Tina Knowles Lawson on her "corny joke" Instagram videos. canonical: https://time.com/4704277/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes/ author: Kate Dwyer article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-16T19:36:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:12.221Z og:title: Beyoncé Told Her Mom to Stop Posting So Many Corny Jokes on Instagram og:description: ‘What do you call a fake noodle?' og:url: https://time.com/4704277/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a8b30c06b3d3cc4/6988bebc656a3fe772bcf2d9/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Launch Of House Of Dereon By Beyonce And Tina Knowles og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé Told Her Mom to Stop Posting So Many Corny Jokes on Instagram twitter:description: ‘What do you call a fake noodle?' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a8b30c06b3d3cc4/6988bebc656a3fe772bcf2d9/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé Told Her Mom to Stop Posting So Many Corny Jokes on Instagram by [Kate Dwyer](https://time.com/author/kate-dwyer/) ## Kate Dwyer Mar 16, 2017 7:36 PM UTC  LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Tina Knowles and Beyonce Knowles at The Launch Of House Of Dereon By Beyonce And Tina Knowles at Selfridges on September 17, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images) LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 17: Tina Knowles and Beyonce Knowles at The Launch Of House Of Dereon By Beyonce And Tina Knowles at Selfridges on September 17, 2011 in London, England. (Photo by Eamonn McCormack/Getty Images)Eamonn M. McCormack—Getty Images by [Kate Dwyer](https://time.com/author/kate-dwyer/) ## Kate Dwyer Mar 16, 2017 7:36 PM UTC Beyoncé’s mother, Tina Knowles Lawson, recently took to Instagram to share her daughter’s thoughts on “corny joke time,” a recurring video segment which routinely racks up at least 90,000 views. (Previous jokes include “[What do you call a fake noodle?](https://www.instagram.com/p/BRI6iKtBK-Y/?taken-by=mstinalawson&hl=en) An Im-Pasta!” and “[What do lawyers wear to court?](https://www.instagram.com/p/BRLbhXQh1KC/?taken-by=mstinalawson&hl=en) They wear lawsuits!”) “You know, Beyoncé was telling me the other day that I shouldn’t do corny jokes all the time,” Lawson said in her latest video, noting in the caption that her daughter poked fun at her for filming multiple jokes at a time to share over several days. “I told her when you get my age, you gotta find your light. So if you find some good light, you’re supposed to take advantage of it. So yeah, I film quite a few in one spot so I could have them, but it’s okay. I’m 63\. What can I say?” With a million followers, Lawson shares everything from her daughters’ [childhood](https://www.instagram.com/p/BQtHe-VhB5n/?hl=en) photos to snaps of Beyoncé and Solange winning [Grammys](https://www.instagram.com/p/BQdOKeGBxKd/?hl=en) the same year. \[H/T [_W Magazine_](http://www.wmagazine.com/story/beyonce-mom-tina-lawson-instagram)\] Beyonce Gives Tina Knowles 'Corny Jokes' Advice ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4704277/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4704277/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes/"},"headline":"Beyoncé Told Her Mom to Stop Posting So Many Corny Jokes on Instagram","datePublished":"2017-03-16T19:36:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:12.221Z","description":"‘What do you call a fake noodle?'","url":"https://time.com/4704277/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes/","keywords":["motto","Beyonce","Instagram"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a8b30c06b3d3cc4/6988bebc656a3fe772bcf2d9/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Dwyer","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kate-dwyer/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a8b30c06b3d3cc4/6988bebc656a3fe772bcf2d9/tina-knowles-beyonce-corny-jokes.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Launch Of House Of Dereon By Beyonce And Tina Knowles","caption":"The Launch Of House Of Dereon By Beyonce And Tina Knowles","creditText":"Eamonn M. 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