Hollywood’s most shameless parents

Mathew Knowles

Childhood friends Beyoncé Knowles, left, and LaTavia Roberson were the original core of what would eventually become Destiny’s Child, the top-selling R&B group that matured under the tutelage of Beyoncé’s dad, Mathew. Yet when Roberson and LeToya Luckett — another DC original — complained of favoritism and attempted to find some management other than their friend’s dad, they were simply replaced.

And their parting papers? Roberson and Luckett’s pink slip arrived in the form of the music video for “Say My Name,” which introduced the world to new Destiny’s Child members Michelle Williams and Farrah Franklin. Oh, and Franklin? She was fired five months after joining the group.

Perhaps there’s a reason the group was never called Destiny’s Children.  (Gary Friedman / LAT)

Nancy Aniston

Jennifer Aniston, pictured, stopped speaking to her mother when Nancy granted an interview about her daughter to a tabloid television show. Nancy wasn’t even invited to Jen’s wedding to Brad Pitt. But the estrangement didn’t stop Nancy from capitalizing on her daughter’s fame. In 1999, she published “From Mother and Daughter to Friends: A Memoir” that was about how to cope with estrangement from an adult child.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / LAT)

Joe Simpson

It’s expected that a father be proud of his daughter’s marriage. But not so proud that he puts the newlyweds in front of MTV cameramen, even if she’s pop star Jessica Simpson and she’s wedded to wannabe pop star Nick Lachey. And while it’s certainly fair for him to be pleased with the way his daughter looks, it seemed a bit off when he talked about her double-D breast size to a magazine reporter.

Here, Joe is seen with his wife, Tina.  (Gareth Cattermole / Getty Images)

Linda Carroll

Courtney Love became one of the most polarizing and controversial rock icons of the ‘90s. Apparently she was a little monster growing up, too.

We know that because we learned it from, guess who? You can read the full story in her mom’s book, “Her Mother’s Daughter: A Memoir of the Mother I Never Knew and of My Daughter, Courtney Love,” which was released to positive reviews last year. Carroll presented the book for pre-approval to everyone who was mentioned, except for Love; Carroll told The Times last year that her daughter had “not been accessible to have that kind of conversation for a long time.”  (Gary Friedman / LAT)