Tina Turner applied once Sher for advice on how to escape her abusive marriage Ike TurnerThe “Believe” icon spills over into his memoir.
In “Cher: The Memoir, Part One,” the singer explains that Turner appeared twice on her TV show, which she started after her scandalous events. Sonny Bono breakup, and during a backstage chat in April 1975, Tina asked him directly, “Tell me how you left him.”
Cher revealed that Tina’s raw question came after she found herself in her dressing room and needed help covering a bruise on her arm.
While helping him, Cher wrote: “I looked at him and said I just got out and kept going.”
Cher said Tina’s plea brought her back when she called Lucille Ball For advice on leaving Sonny: Desi Arnaz.
Tina eventually filed for divorce from Ike a year later in 1976. She later recounted their abusive relationship in her 1986 memoir, I, Tina, and her 2018 book, Tina Turner. My love story” in the book.
