Tina Turner was afraid that her son would become an abuser like his father
The last years of life for singer Tina Turner were difficult not only because of the various health problems she was facing but also because of the constant concern about her children, including mourning the early death of two of them.
The information was revealed by Afida Turner, daughter-in-law of the singer, in an interview with the Magazine. Afida was married to Tina's second child, Ronnie, until her death in December 2022 from complications from colon cancer.
According to Afida, who is also a singer, Tina has spent the last few years in mourning due to the death of Ronnie and their eldest son Craig, who committed suicide in 2018, but has always impressed family members because of his strength. and resilience. In addition to Craig and Ronnie, Tina also adopted the two children that her ex-husband Ike Turner had from an old marriage: Ike Jr. and Michael.
"She was sick for a long time, but she was also extraordinarily strong. She was fighting for her life from 2017 until now. We knew how sick she was, but she was so well that her death was not expected," highlighted Afida. In recent years, Tina has struggled with a variety of health issues, including high blood pressure, stroke, kidney failure, intestinal cancer, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
In the interview, Afida even revealed that Tina had a great concern that Ronnie would become an abusive husband like her father Ike-Tine divorced Ike in 1976 after years of being abused by her husband.
At the beginning of the relationship between Ronnie and the French singer, Tina even talked to Afida about it, advising her daughter-in-law to break up with her son. "Tina said to me, 'You don't want to be with him, he's going to be like his father,'" explained Afida, who said he feared Tina's foresight at the beginning of the relationship, but that over the years Ronnie has changed. “He made a very big effort to be with me. At first, it was difficult because I wasn't willing to be with him.
