If you’ve seen the latest news about music legend Tina Turner, you may be wondering if the singer hates America. It was announced yesterday that the pop icon has relinquished her American citizenship. This latest news comes after Turner celebrated a summer wedding in Sweden, where she presently keeps on rollin’.
Turns out Tina has always been a Swede at heart. Never was that more evident than when Tina relinquished her U.S. citizenship, as the Huffington Post reports:
“Longtime Switzerland resident, Tina Turner formally filed paperwork with the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland on Oct. 24 to relinquish her United States citizenship, declaring that she ‘has no plans to reside in the United States in the future.’”
That certainly makes sense, considering she married Erwin Bach, a Swedish resident, over the summer. Mr. Bach is nearly two decades younger than Turner, but you couldn’t tell that from looking at Tina.
The two exchanged their vows on the shore of Lake Zurich in Switzerland, where Mr. Bach calls home. The Daily Mail offered up all the dirt on the Buddhist ceremony:
“Around 120 guests, including David Bowie, Oprah Winfrey and Sade, attended as Turner and Bach celebrated their marriage at their Kusnacht home. Turner requested that all the guests wear white to the celebration, while she wore a gown designed by Italian fashion giant Giorgio Armani.”
The marriage caught many by surprise, considering her turbulent marriage to Ike Turner. Seven years ago, the singer gave an interview to Oprah, where she claimed:
“People often ask me why don’t I marry. I have love. I have a good life. I don’t need to interfere with that. For some people, marriage means ‘You’re mine now.’ That can be the beginning of the failure of a relationship. Psychologically, something happens when someone says, ‘You’re my husband or wife. You can’t do this or that.’ It’s about ownership. That freedom that two people loving each other and wanting to be together--and being able to leave if anything is wrong--is gone. Neither Erwin nor I feel the need to get married. We’ve been together for 18 years. What would marriage give me that I don’t already have? Marriage would be about pleasing the public. Why do I need to please the public if I’m already pleased?”
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