Tina Turner’s Late Son Ike Jr. Cut Ties with His Mother in 2000

Seven years before his death, Ike Turner Jr. — son of music icons Tina and Ike Turner Sr. — spoke candidly about a family fractured by pain, distance, and unresolved wounds from the past. In a haunting interview with The Mail Sunday, Ike Turner Jr. revealed that he had not spoken to his mother, Tina Turner, in nearly two decades. "I haven't talked to my mother since God knows when – probably around 2000," he admitted in the 2018 interview, adding that he believed none of his brothers — Michael Turner, Craig Turner, and Ronald "Ronnie" Turner — had either. He further explained that his mother had moved on with her life, remarried, and settled in Europe, choosing to distance herself entirely from the painful memories of the past. Ike Jr. Revealed His Lingering RegretDespite understanding he