For the first time, singer PP Arnold talks about the gloomy behind-the-scenes of her artistic journey with Tina Turner and Ike in an interview. Rape is one of the artist’s shocking revelations.
PP Arnold, 75, gave an interview to the Telegramduring which she delivered for the first time on his experience with Ike Turner, 76. Having been part of the group The Ikettesthe singer made terrible revelations on the latter, who died in 2007. The artist said he had it “trapped in a room and raped in the mid-1960s“.
The young woman says thatshe had to “contain his anger“ following this rapeespecially for fear of to be excluded from the artistic world. PP Arnold also indicated that she did not know how to tell what had happened to him. “If I had told Tina, or even my parents, it would have meant that I should have gone home” she continued.
Tina Turner: PP Arnold is not the only one to have been abused by her ex-husband, Ike Turner
Ex-husband of Tina Turner, Ike Turner died in 2007. The couple marked the history of the blues in the 60s and 70s. If their talent is beyond reproach, behind the scenes is traumatic to say the least. The PP Arnold revelations are not the only testimonies of violence of Ike Turner in his lifetime. Tina Turner also shared her bad experience with her ex-husband, with whom she was married for more than 16 years. In his autobiography titled My Love Storypublished in October 2019 by Century editions, the singer with a deep voice says that her husband “was first verbally abusive“.
Then came blows with a wooden shoe tree. “As he played the guitar, he didn’t want to use his hands to hit me” Tina Turner, 82, recalled in her book. The singer continues that their story “was a parody of a normal relationship, defined by abuse and fear, without love or affection“. The memory of these traumatic moments would have accompanied the artist throughout his career, without her being able to talk about it until now.
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The entertainer said he “trapped her in a room and raped her in the mid-1960s.”
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The young woman says she had to “contain her anger”, especially for fear of being excluded from the artistic world.
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She indicated that she did not know how to relate what had happened to her.
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“If I had told Tina, or even my parents, it would have meant that I should have gone home,” she continued.
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Ex-husband of Tina Turner, Ike Turner died in 2007.
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The couple marked the history of the blues in the 60s and 70s.
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If their talent is beyond reproach, behind the scenes are traumatic to say the least.
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The revelations of PP Arnold are not the only testimonies of violence by Ike Turner during his lifetime.
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Tina Turner also shared her bad experience with her ex-husband, to whom she was married for more than 16 years.
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In her autobiography entitled My Love Story, published in October 2019 by Century editions, the deep-voiced singer says that her husband “was first verbally violent”.