It seems like the controversy surrounding former Fox News talking head and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's stinging criticism of mega superstar Beyoncé won't be going away anytime soon. In the social conservative, ex Governor of Arkansas' latest book Gods, Guns, Grits and Gravy, he blasted President Obama and the First Lady for allowing their daughters to listen to Beyoncé, calling the lauded performer's lyrics, "obnoxious and toxic mental poison" and her dance moves a "culture of crude."

Since the two-fisted book excerpt was released, Huckabee has defended (and reiterated) his eyebrow-raising views on Queen Bey as everyone from The Daily Show Host Jon Stewart to Destiny's Child member Michelle Williams have balked at his culture-war jabs. Well, we can add one more to list of Huckabee's detractors: Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss.

The former member of '90s R&B group and Grammy-winning singer-songwriter, who worked with Beyoncé during her Destiny's Child days, tells Enstars that she is baffled by Huckabee's verbal takedown of the celebrated music icon. "I think that's so stupid," Kandi says of Huckabee's unwarranted remarks. "Why wouldn't you let your kids listen to Beyoncé? She makes a lot of girl-power records and she makes a lot of party records and love songs. She works very hard and you never hear about her being in trouble. To me when it comes to music, if [Huckabee] doesn't like that the president lets his daughters listen to Beyoncé then he sure wouldn't like what I let my daughter listen to [laughs]."

And who does Kandi allow her daughter to listen to?

"My daughter's favorite artist is Nicki Minaj," she says of the at times raunchy hip-hop star. "My daughter tells me that some of her classmates are rachet because they started kissing already [laughs]. She is in the 7th grade, but the music does not determine whether or not she is going to be fast. I feel like people try to put the blame on so many other things for kids not turning out positive. They want to blame the music; they want to blame TV and music videos. But at the end of the day, home training is very important."

For Kandi, it all comes down to doing your job as a role model. "I don't believe that music has this power to tell your kids to act a certain kind of way," she adds. "A parent is supposed to be a guide to their child."

For more on Kandi Burruss, be on the lookout for Enstars' exclusive Q&A with the reality show star.

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