Beyoncé teared up watching her mum accept her GLAMOUR US Women of the Year award

And tbh, there wasn’t a dry eye in the house.

This year's GLAMOUR US Women of the Year Awards were all about celebrating mums — and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Including Beyoncé.

The superstar teared up listening to her mother, Miss Tina Knowles, accept her award at Tuesday night’s ceremony alongside three other mums of prominent celebrities — Mandy Teefey (Selena Gomez’s mum), Maggie Baird (Billie Eilish and Finneas’s mum), and Donna Kelce (Travis and Jason Kelce’s mum).

“I’ve been so blessed in my life to do many things. I’ve had many careers, but I’ve always said that the best job that I’ve ever had is being a mother,” Knowles said, herself tearing up.

Joking about her own tears while watching a video her sons made for her that played at the ceremony (we told you!), Kelce said she was having trouble reading her speech. But she grew choked up again talking about what a joy it had been to watch her boys do what they love and then what a surprise it has been to be honored in this way and to try new things.

“It’s just wonderful to show women over 50 that they can do anything they want to do,” Kelce said to cheers. “To find your passion and dream big.”

During her speech Baird noted that she had loved becoming a “nepo parent” because she has been given an amazing opportunity and platform to speak about the causes she cares about. She noted that she lost her own mother at a young age and has never taken a moment of parenthood for granted.

“Being a mother was the thing I wanted to do the most in the world,” she said, speaking to her children, “and you both made my life so amazing.”

The first Woman of the Year to speak at the GLAMOUR US awards ceremony was Olympic gymnast Suni Lee, who encouraged all women to push through adversity to get what they want.

“Grit is bad for your skin but it’s good for your soul,” she joked.

Allyson Felix, an Olympic sprinter, was honoured for her advocacy for women in sports and maternal health, and used her time to honour her US Track and Field teammate, Tori Bowie, who died last year at age 32 from a complication during childbirth.

"We have to continue to do this work, we have to continue to push for policy change because it is simply unacceptable,” she said.

Pamela Anderson, honoured as a Global GLAMOUR Woman of the Year, said her best advice was to not give up on your goals, even they take decades to come to fruition.

“I just want to tell everyone to follow your dreams, because your dreams are looking for you too,” she said.

Speaking on some of the sexism she experienced in the industry, Woman of the Year Taraji P. Henson encouraged the crowd to push past it, to seize their power and use their voice.

“I didn’t compare myself, I didn’t get frustrated…because I knew I would get my moment and I knew I was going to keep it,” the actor said. “Because here we are more than 30 years later and here I am.”

This year GLAMOUR honoured two reproductive rights advocates — Kaitlyn Joshua and Hadley Duvall — who said while it has been hard at times, they are making real strides to restore abortion rights for all.

“We are changing the conversation,” said Joshua, continuing, “We are shifting the narrative by centering women.”

Rounding out the mother-daughter theme, Brooke Shields, herself a 2023 GLAMOUR Woman of the Year, hosted the red carpet with her daughter, Rowan Henchy. Model Jordyn Woods also brought her mum to the event.

TL;DR: We love mums! Mums are the best.

This article originally appeared on GLAMOUR (US).