Method Man Apologizes to Destiny's Child for Refusing to Shake Their Hands at 2004 MOBO Awards

Mar. 15, 2025

Method Manwants to patch up a two decades-old encounter withDestiny’s Child.

Method Man recalled first meeting the group when its lineup featured Beyoncé, 40, Rowland, 41, and previous membersLeToya LuckettandLaTavia Roberson. “This is when it was still four of them, the original members,” said the rapper, 51. “Very nice, very cordial and all that. I always kept that in in my head, like these are some decent young ladies and s—.”

Destiny’s Child, Muhammad Ali, Mena Suvari & Method Man.Jim Spellman/WireImage

While attending the award show to support Icon award recipientJanet Jackson, Method Man said he met the group in its three-piece iteration and didn’t feel like he experienced as warm of an interaction.

“I remember I had just come off stage and where we were sitting, there were nothing but VIPs. We had *NSYNC up here, Destiny’s Child right there, Tommy Lee was over here,” he explained. “And I see the girls, so I kinda moseyed out of my seat to go over and say what’s up to them.”

Method Man continued, “Now, this is still me in my low self-esteem era. But I’m thinking like, comfort zone here, I’m gonna say what’s up to the girls. I love them, I’m just gonna say hi. I go over to say hi to them and when I said hi, they didn’t even turn around and acknowledge me.”

Feeling insulted in the moment, Method Man said he refused to shake the girl group members' hands in retaliation.

“Afterward, [producer] Rockwilder, he was gonna do the ‘Bootylicious’ song for them,” recalled the Grammy winner. “He comes over, he’s talking to them, he’s like, ‘Oh, you know [Redman of Wu-Tang Clan] and Meth?’ And they put their hands out to shake, and I kept my hand here and was like, ‘Go ‘head with that Hollywood s—.'”

Method Man, Destinys Child.Frank Micelotta/Getty; KMazur/WireImage

Looking back at the encounter, Method Man admitted, “Neither Kelly, Beyoncé or Michele ever did any-f—ing-thing to me.”

He explained, “But me being so miserable and in that f—ing moment, I felt like they wasn’t treating me the way I should have been treated. Who am I to think that about these girls? They’re here to promote themselves and break records and things of that nature. And it was not about me, it was about Janet f—ing Jackson.”

“And to this day, man, I don’t think I’ve ever apologized for that,” concluded Method Man. “I apologize to Beyoncé, I apologize to Kelly Rowland and Michelle — y’all did not deserve that, at all.”

After the podcast episode was published, Beyoncé’s motherTina Knowles-Lawsontook toInstagramto respond to Method Man’s apology. “Thankyou Method Man . It takes a real man to tell this story! Such a great example for other young men❤️. . Don’t assume someone is dissing you,” the 68-year-old entrepreneur captioned a video clip fromMy Expert Opinion.

source: people.com