Tina Turner has confessed Cher inspired her to leave her abusive marriage to ex-husband Ike - because her pal looked so happy as a single woman.

Tina left Ike in July 1976, a year after Cher ended her marriage to Sonny Bono.

The pair were close pals and Turner admits she was fascinated watching Cher take to being a single woman.

Speaking on an Oprah Winfrey Show special on Thursday, during which she performed onstage with Cher, Turner says, “I just remember she was so free. I admired her freedom.”

But the 68-year-old diva admits being on her own was tough at first. She says, “I called it Tina’s Operation Oops, because I made so many oops. But I slowly learned.”
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