Tina Turner Wears Her Crown Proudly
 

One of the joys of being a long-time diva in the music industry is that you can say whatever you want. Aretha Franklin know this. Tina Turner knows it, too. If you recall Franklin was upset at last year's Grammy Awards when Beyonce introduced Turner as "the Queen." According to Aretha, there's only one queen. But Tina Turner told USA Today recently that that was just Aretha being Aretha.

"Aretha has always been like that. We've always accepted that from her. She's the queen of soul, and I'm the queen of rock 'n' roll. There were so many kings and queens there that night. Her ego must be so big to think she was the only one."

Turner laughs. "That's how queens are!"

In the same interview, she admitted that she felt nothing after Ike Turner's death, since he had been dead to her for a long time. She also said she could attribute her youthful good looks to genes, "but then again, as [she] look at [her] family, [she would] have to say [she's] the only one that got them." [USAT]

Comments (3)

No. 1 · RhymesWithSilver

I just have to say- Tina Turner is effin' awesome. When I was 3, I used to dance around on my mom's bed singing "Proud Mary".

Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 12:10 pm
No. 2 · FlashingLights

Aretha's ego wasn't the only thing that was "big" that night…

Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 12:41 pm
No. 3 · daria of Gorgeous Black Women

I can tolerate diva-like behavior when it comes from a place of insecurity but Aretha's came from a false sense of entitlement. I actually skip past her songs now because that crap bothered me so much. Aretha is a very grown a– woman. Acting like a brat is never cute but it's definitely unforgivable after a certain age. I'm not sure what particular age that is, but if you're referred to as a legend regularly, you are definitely too grown for it.

I **ADORE** Tina Turner and routinely refer to her as "Queen Tina" now. I don't agree that it's "how queens are." She sure isn't!

Hilarious on the genes. That obviously comes from hard work. She's definitely gotten better with age and that's not genetics. That's hard work.

Posted: Oct 3, 2008 at 5:42 pm
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