Musicians Who Treated Their Significant Others Like Trash

Publish date: 2024-05-09

Tina Turner's struggles with husband Ike Turner were widely publicized, and Ike himself not only admitted to being abusive, but also showed absolutely no remorse. In an interview, a reporter said, "If everything Tina says about you is true, then you're a bad man." To which Ike replied, "Well, I would say this, maybe so, if it was true, but if that's what it took to make her what she is today, then I have no regrets. There's no scars on Tina."

The reporter spoke to Tina in that same interview, and she said, "Yes, Ike was a violent man when I met him. I knew he was a violent person, I also knew that he had a mental problem." The abuse wasn't just physical, according to her. "My relationship with Ike was doomed the day he figured out I was going to be his meal ticket, his moneymaker," Tina wrote in her autobiography "My Love Story," adding, "Ike needed to control me, to own me, economically and psychologically, so I could never leave him." It was Ike's idea to change her stage name to Tina Turner. Per Vanity Fair in a report on the 2021 documentary "Tina," other details emerged, including how controlling Ike reportedly was over her money, as well as how abusive, with Tina saying he beat her when she was pregnant.

If you or someone you know is dealing with domestic abuse, you can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233. You can also find more information, resources, and support at their website.

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