Recently, Tina Knowles shared that Beyonce was ‘very shy’ growing up. She said, “Beyoncé, she was very shy and she got bullied a bit but the day that she stood up for someone — she didn’t stand up for herself she stood up for them.” She continued, “I’m getting emotional talking about it. I was just, I couldn’t have been more proud of her.” She added about Solange: “Solange was her signing a petition in school, she was only in like fifth grade and she was out getting petitions signed. So she’s always been an activist.”