

"He beat me with a shoe stretcher," Tina said. Tina said that Ike would then physically harm her and have sex with her afterward. Tina said that Ike was insecure about the singer leaving him when she became a star, so he tried to control her. I went through basic torture," Tina said in People's recording used in the documentary. "My ex-husband was a physically violent man. Tina has spoken out about domestic violence on numerous occasions after her 1978 divorce. During the relationship, Ike had control of all her music and physically and verbally abused her. Tina and Ike began working together after meeting in 1957 and married in 1962. In fact, the recording of Tina's interview with People in 1981 about her life and abuse is played throughout the documentary. While Tina Turner has spoken about her abusive marriage with Ike Turner before, we got to hear her own words describe the situation in HBO's 2021 documentary "Tina." Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
