2021 will go down as the year Destiny's Child fans were finally given (more like blessed with) an insider's look at what goes down when Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams reunite!
On Wednesday (May 26), Michelle not only shared a photo from one of their recent reunions, but she also shared audio from their "group chat."
"Look who checked in yesterday with me!! The only time we'll let y'all eavesdrop on our group chats!! 😂," the author, who is promoting her new book, Checking In, captioned one clip, in which she is heard telling Beyoncé and Kelly that she "just wanted to check in and see what's going on."
"Oh, we love and miss you so much," Beyoncé replied in the audio. "We're so proud of you, Mimi! You are so inspirational for both of us — and we just love watching you become exactly who you are and the world [to] see your impact, wisdom and beautiful advice."
"Amen!" Kelly added.
In a second clip, which Michelle captioned "Checking In Group Chat. Everybody's in the 'kitchen," the trio spoke about Kelly's cooking skills as she whipped up some soup in her kitchen.
"What kind of soup are you making?" Beyoncé asked in the audio.
"Chicken and rice soup," Kelly replied.
"She's cutting celery and carrots. Are you making some musical soup right now?" Michelle joked, to which Kelly hilariously responded, "I'm cooking some music — that's Chef Boyardee and Chef Boy-Kelly."
The clip also featured cover art of the group posing together with Kelly's newborn son Noah.
For the final clip, Michelle shared a clip of Kelly asking her about her book, Checking In, in which she reflects on her personal mental health journey.
"What do you hope the world gains and the knowledge they gain from your book?" Kelly asked.
"It's okay to not be okay. and it's okay to tell somebody you're not okay," Michelle replied. "I honestly should have done that with y'all. I've been open about a lot of things but I was never really truthful about how I really was. Even though y'all have proven to be safe friends, safe sisters, sometimes people have to know you're not going to be looked at differently if you say, 'Y'all, I've been really sad too long. Something's going on."
Kelly added, "You have to allow yourself to hold a safe place and a safe space for all friendships, to be able to check-in. It's a blessing to be able to have that. If it's your person, there's nothing they'll judge you for. That's the greatest thing Destiny's Child has ever given me. My gift of friendship with you ladies."
"Absolutely," Beyoncé agreed. "Kelly and I feel so honored we are now your safe space where you can express any and everything. We know you are that for us, and you've always been that for us, so we're just happy to be along this journey and happy to witness the birth in your new chapter."
"It's 20 years," she said of their sisterhood. "It ain't going nowhere."
Earlier this month, Kelly revealed that her former Destiny's Child members had a virtual reunion in January as "awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome" aunts Bey and Michelle watched her give birth to her son Noah via Zoom.
"We had our family join on Zoom," the "Coffee" singer told People (The TV! Show). "They were able to see Noah come into the world [virtually]. It was beautiful."
On January 21, Kelly welcomed her second son, Noah, with her husband Tim Weatherspoon. She told People, Bey and Michelle met her baby boy shortly after his birth, saying, "They met him immediately."
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