Cher inspired Turner to leave abusive husband
May 9th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT
London, May 9 (IANS) Singer Tina Turner reveals that it was singer-actress
Cher who inspired her to leave her abusive husband Ike because she looked very
happy as a single woman. Turner left Ike in 1976, which was after a year
Cher's marriage to Sonny Bone ended. The two were very close fiends and Turner
was impressed the way Cher enjoyed being a single woman. Turner was speaking
on a TV show where she performed with Cher, contactmusic.com reports.
Turner said: `I just remember she was so free. I admired her freedom.'
But Turner confessed that initially she found it very difficult to cope with
the divorce.
She said: `I called it Tina's Operation Oops, because I made so many oops,
but I slowly learned.'
May 9th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT
London, May 9 (IANS) Singer Tina Turner reveals that it was singer-actress
Cher who inspired her to leave her abusive husband Ike because she looked very
happy as a single woman. Turner left Ike in 1976, which was after a year
Cher's marriage to Sonny Bone ended. The two were very close fiends and Turner
was impressed the way Cher enjoyed being a single woman. Turner was speaking
on a TV show where she performed with Cher, contactmusic.com reports.
Turner said: `I just remember she was so free. I admired her freedom.'
But Turner confessed that initially she found it very difficult to cope with
the divorce.
She said: `I called it Tina's Operation Oops, because I made so many oops,
but I slowly learned.'