Tina Turner’s ex-best friend admitted that she regretted writing a book about the musician and insisted that “he never wanted to hurt her.”
Eddy Armani, 64, met the 81-year-old singer as a child and eventually took a job as a personal assistant, acting as a close friend and confidant for almost 20 years.
However, their relationship fell apart after Tina met her second husband, Erwin Bach, and in 1998 Eddy wrote The Real T, a book detailing the peaks and troughs of Tina’s career in an attempt to “Attracts attention.”
Appearing this morning from his home in west London, Eddy said that if he could return, he would never have written the book and told him he was “excited” to see scenes of his ex-boyfriend in the new HBO documentary, Tina .
Tina Turner’s former best friend, 64-year-old Eddy Armani, admitted that he regretted writing a book about the musician and insisted that “he never wanted to hurt her.”
Their relationship fell apart after 81-year-old Tina met her second husband, Erwin Bach, photographed with Tina in 2018 in London.
Eddy became fascinated by Tina after seeing her on TV at the age of six and began a friendship after repeatedly calling her studio and asking to meet her.
He explained: “What I was doing was every day after school, I kept calling the studio asking to talk to Ike and Tina Turner, I called every day and then one day, I liked a woman, She invited me to go to the studio, and I just went to meet Tina and I was scared.
“In those days, the audience of Ike and Tina Turner was very mature, so everyone thought they were Ike and Tina Turner’s son.”
He added: “I would not give up anything, I met the musicians, the cleaning agent, the person who did something, whatever came to Tina, I met them and became friends with them. I wore it down! ‘
Appearing this morning from his home in west London, Eddy said that if he could return, he would never write the book.
Eddy began working as a personal assistant to Tina as a teenager, revealing that she “studied her like a bible” and that she was a “very strict” person in charge.
He said: “I studied Tina like a bible, I went to church on a Sunday, I studied her gait, she talked about accent, I knew Tina better than Tina knew sometimes.
“It was absolute, very strict, very direct, to the point where he didn’t have time, he didn’t play games.” You tell yourself something three times that you’re out. ”
Eddy recalled the day she left her abusive ex-husband, Ike, before her divorce in 1976, claiming that he was “the bad son of a gun.”
In 1998, Eddy wrote The Real T, a book that details the highlights and highlights of Tina’s career, in an attempt to “attract her attention.”
He said: “Until adolescence, I was not a fool, I knew what was happening. Ike was actually a very nice charismatic man, but behind the scenes he did all this damage.
“It was really sad, and the day Tina left Ike, I worked for them in the recording studio and I got the news that Tina was missing and the hell broke out.
“It was the first time I was scared of Ike. He was a bad son of a gun and anyone stopped him.
After his relationship with Tina fell apart, in 1998 Eddy wrote the book “The Real T”, a book that details the maximum and minimum points of Tina’s career, in an attempt to “attract her attention”.
Eddy developed a fascination for Tina after seeing her on TV at the age of six (pictured, Tina singing in London)
He explained: “I found out [her thoughts on the book] I’m still close to family members, she didn’t comment on the book, and she didn’t fight me. He divided us.
“If I had a choice, I wouldn’t have written the book, because I would never have wanted to hurt or oppose Tina.
“I was trying to get her attention and I did it wrong, I love Tina … it’s very emotional, when I saw the documentary, I thought she was happy.”
When asked why their friendship broke up, Eddy said: “Basically, she met the man of her life, who is now her husband and she is very happy, she and I did not get along.
Eddy remembered the day she left her abusive ex-husband, Ike, before her divorce in 1976, claiming that he was the “evil son of a gun” (pictured together).
– Erwin [Bach] I didn’t like it from the beginning, I was such a fan and Tina and I were like two peas in a pod and he couldn’t handle it ”.
The new HBO documentary, Tina, aims to revive the star as a global phenomenon in the 1980s, following her breakup with Ike, with Eddy saluting the “fantastic” movie.
He said: “I have been waiting for him for a long time and I was a little nervous about what he was and he would not tell me. I followed him alone with my best friend, without outside influences.