‘I Just Walked Out and Kept On Going’: Tina Turner Turned to Cher for Advice Years Before 1976 Beating That Led to Ike Turner Breakup, New Memoir Reveals

Pop singer Cher has never forgotten the relationship advice she gave to her lifelong friend Tina Turner, a conversation that may have helped save Tina’s life. In her bombshell new memoir, “Cher: The Memoir Part 1,” Cher recounts the time Tina sought her guidance on leaving her abusive husband, Ike Turner. The memoir provides a glimpse into the “Believe” singer’s personal life and reveals shocking details about her early relationship with Sonny Bono, who she said “manhandled” her. Cher’s new memoir reveals Tina Turner came to her for advice to escape Ike Turner’s abuse. (Photos by Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images; Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) In the 1970s, the “Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll” performed on Cher’s variety show twice with her husband Ike. Cher had recently left Bono, citing infidelity and involuntary servitude, and the two singers became fast friends. While filming one day, Tina broke down and asked her friend and fellow songstress for some makeup to cover up a bruise on her arm. In her memoir, the Grammy-winner recalled the “Private Dancer” artist asking how she found the courage to leave Bono, who owned all the rights to her music. “I looked at...