In 2009, TMZ dropped a bombshell report alleging that Mathew Knowles was hit with a paternity suit by former actor Alexandra Wright. The outlet later confirmed he was the father — and ordered him to pay Wright a hefty sum in child support. He didn’t always follow through on the payments, though, and it was later revealed that Wright and their son, Nixon, had no choice but to live in a homeless shelter.
Speaking with InTouch Weekly in 2014, Wright admitted that they had been struggling to make ends meet and that no one in Mathew’s camp, including Beyonce, dared to offer assistance. She also claimed that Nixon wanted nothing more but to form a rapport with the Knowles family. “Nixon deserves to know his family, and I hope one day he will meet his sister Beyonce,” she said at the time. “I can’t imagine how Beyonce feels knowing she has a homeless brother. I know if I were in the same position, I would reach out. Maybe she is too busy.”
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Wright, however, clarified that she never wished for the singer to compensate for what her father failed to do. “I don’t expect Beyoncé to take accountability. It’s not her problem. It’s not her situation,” she dished to Inside Edition, adding that Mathew once suggested that she allow Nixon to be raised by Beyonce and Jay Z instead. It didn’t happen, of course, but she wanted Nixon to meet her half-sister someday anyway.
