RIGHT?
CHARLES: ANY SECOND NOW
POSSIBLY OR DAYS, WE'RE NOT
SURE.
THERE IS ONE GUY WHO SHOULD KNOW
ALTHOUGH THERE HAVE BEEN SOME
REPORTS THAT HE DOESN'T AND THAT
WOULD BE HER FATHER, MATHEW
KNOWLES, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE,
FOR A WHILE A STRAINED
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER, BUT
THINGS WE THOUGHT WERE BACK TO
NORMAL.
AND THEN THESE REPORTS STARTED
COMING OUT.
WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
REALLY GOING ON WITH BEYONCE AND
MATHEW.
HE IS JOINING US RIGHT NOW.
MATHEW, THANKS FOR BEING ON "TMZ
LIVE."
MATTHEW: HEY, GUYS, FIRST OF
ALL, THOSE ARE AWFUL PICTURES,
PHOTOS, YOU GOT TO GET BETTER
ONES.
HARVEY: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I LOVE THAT HE IS PRODUCING
THIS, THIS IS GREAT.
POINT TAKEN, MATHEW.
CHARLES: SHOW BUSINESS.
HARVEY: REPORTS OUT THAT YOU
WERE ESTRANGED AND NOT REALLY
TALKING.
WHAT'S THE REAL STORY?
MATTHEW: ALL OF THAT, HARVEY,
IS JUST A BUNCH OF LIES.
BEYONCE AND I TALK AT LEAST
THREE TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK AND
SO DO SOLANGE AND I.
SO THAT'S NOT TRUE AND THAT'S
NOT ACCURATE AT ALL.
HARVEY: SO HAS SHE KIND OF KEPT
YOU APPRISED FROM THE BEGINNING
OF THIS PREGNANCY ABOUT WHAT'S
GOING ON?
MATTHEW: ABSOLUTELY HAS FROM
DAY ONE.
SHE IS VERY EXCITED.
JAY IS VERY EXCITED AND THE
FAMILY IS VERY EXCITED AS WELL
AS THE BEE HIVE AND THE FANS.
CHARLES: THE BEE HIVE WANTS TO
KNOW, ARE THE TWINS DUE IN MORE
THAN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW OR LESS
THAN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW?
MATHEW: I WOULD SAY MORE THAN
TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
CHARLES: THAT GIVES US A
STARTING POINT.
HARVEY: THAT'S HELPFUL
CHARLES: WERE YOU SURPRISED SHE
WAS NOT DOING COACHELLA OR DID
YOU KNOW FROM THAT POINT THERE
WAS NO WAY SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO?
MATHEW: I KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY
SHE COULD DO COACHELLA WITH THE
TYPE OF IT PERFORMANCE SHE
GIVES, HIGH ENERGY AND A LOT OF
DANCING.
THERE IS NO WAY SHE COULD DO
THAT AND GIVE YOU THE BEYONCE WE
SEE ON STAGE.
CHARLES: I UNDERSTAND THERE IS
OBVIOUSLY, YOU HELPED FOUND
DESTINY'S CHILD AND BROUGHT THEM
UP AND MADE THEM HUGE STARS.
THERE IS A STAGE PRODUCTION,
"DREAMGIRLS" IS BASED ON THE
SUPREMES, IS THIS THE SAME SORT
OF THING WE'RE GETTING FOR
DESTINY'S CHILD?
MATHEW: WE ARE WORKING ON
DESTINY'S CHILD, THAT WILL START
IN AUSTRALIA.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING
THE CAST TOGETHER.
THE STORY WILL BE FROM MY EYES.
I HAVE BEEN THERE FROM DAY ONE
AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER,
ACTUALLY.
IT WILL BE FROM MY EYES OVER THE
YEARS OF DESTINY'S CHILD.
HARVEY: I GOT TO SAY, MATHEW,
AS SOON AS I HEARD IT, WHAT A
GREAT IDEA.
HOW FAR DOES IT GO?
DOES IT GO JUST WHILE THE GROUP
WAS TOGETHER OR DOES IT GO
BEYOND THAT?
MATHEW: NO, IT GOES FROM DAY
ONE.
DESTINY'S CHILD EVOLVED FROM
GIRLS TIME, THEY WERE SIGNED TO
A PRODUCTION DEAL AND CALLED THE
DOLLS.
THEN THEY WERE CALLED CLICHE.
THEN THEY WERE CALLED SOMETHING
FRESH.
THEN WE SIGNED AT COLUMBIA, GOT
THEM SIGNED THERE AND THEY WERE
CALLED DESTINY AND SOME GOSPEL
GROUP ALREADY HAD THAT NAME, SO
I NAMED THEM DESTINY'S CHILD.
CHARLES: HERE IS THE BIG
QUESTION, WELL, TWO QUESTIONS, I
GUESS.
WHO IS GOING TO PLAY BEYONCE AND
WHO IS GOING TO PLAY YOU?
MATHEW: WE'RE WORKING ON BOTH
OF HOSE.
HARVEY: GIVES US A HINT, WHO DO
YOU QUANTITY TO PLAY YOU, THE
PROPOSE PERSON?
MATHEW: I WILL SAY THE INITIALS
BEGIN WITH E.
HARVEY: I KNOW SOMEONE WHO
BEGINS WITH E, IDRIS ELBA.
CHARLES: THE LAST NAME BEGINS
WITH AN E.
HARVEY: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT!
I AM SO EMBARRASSED.
CHARLES: YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE
SO SMART.
LISTEN, IF YOU GET A DRIZZLE
ELBA WITH AN E OR AN I, THAT
WOULD BE AWESOME.
CONGRATULATIONS AND I HOPE THAT
COMES TOGETHER.
YOU HAVE YOUR BOOK THAT IS OUT,
THE D.N.A. OF ACHIEVERS.
MATHEW: AND THEN IN JULY, I
INTRODUCE RACISM FROM THE EYES
OF A CHILD.
HARVEY: OH, THAT'S INTERESTING.
YOU'RE REALLY WRITING A LOT,
AREN'T YOU?
MATHEW: I ENJOY IT, I TEACH AT
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AS A
PROFESSOR THERE FOR NINE YEARS.
I ENJOY THIS STUFF.
I ENJOY WRITING.
I ENJOY TEACHING.
PEOPLE FORGET, I HAVE A MAJOR
INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL THAT I
HAVE TO RUN, I HAVE TWO ARTISTS.
THIS IS OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF
MUSIC, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF
IT.
CHARLES: THAT'S EXCELLENT.
HARVEY: IT REALLY IS EXCELLENT.
CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL OF THIS,
"D.N.A. OF ACHIEVERS IS THE
BOOK."
CHARLES: CONGRATS.
MATHEW: I SEE THE GROWTH AND
I'M PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.
HARVEY: WE HAVE A PROBLEM,
MATHEW, SPELLING.
CHARLES: HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH
SPELLING.
MATHEW: WE'LL GET BETTER NEXT
TIME.
TAKE CARE, MAN.
HARVEY: THANK YOU, MATHEW.