He once considered her to be his own daughter, but now Beyoncé's estranged father - Mathew Knowles - is on warpath against Destiny's Child original member Kelly Rowland. The former music industry power-player was served a harsh blow when BET Networks announced that Kelly will hold auditions for her new talent competition reality show – seeking singers and dancers to form a new group a la the best-selling super-group that made Kelly, Beyoncé and Michelle Williams international icons. 'Mathew Knowles hit the roof when he heard about the concept for the show, which he thinks is a direct rip-off of an unsuccessful attempt at a similar concept he tried to craft after his superstar daughter gave him the pink slip in 2011,' a source told Daily Mail Online exclusively.BET Networks announced that Kelly Rowland will hold auditions for her new talent competition reality show set for next yearMathew Knowles, 63, feels this idea was taken from his concept. He produced the reality series Breaking From Above in 2011, but it floppedKnowles helped launch Kelly's career along with daughter Beyoncé when he formed the group Destiny's ChildKelly, who lived with the Knowles family during her teenage years, considered Mathew to be like a father, but ended their working relationship in 2009A financially-strapped Mathew is also angry that Kelly, Michelle and Beyoncé refuse to accept any Destiny's Child dates or endeavors
_ has a 25-percent interest in the group and the trio doesn't want to compensate him on potential new earnings.