Tina Turner Honored With Bronze Statue In Tennessee Hometown Horrifies The Internet

It’s probably a good thing this late rock and roll legend wasn’t alive to see the unveiling of this statue in her hometown. Late rock n’ roll legend Tina Turner has been honoured with a new statue in her home town of Brownsville, Tennessee over the weekend. Well, perhaps “honoured” is a strong word. The sculpture, the work of Atlanta-based artist Fred Ajanogha, was unveiled at Carver High School, which the star attended back when she was Anna Mae Bullock, on Sunday as part of the annual Tina Turner Heritage Day celebrations. The statue shows Turner, who died in 2023 aged 83, at the height of her 80s career success: Giant hair and small dress, mid-performance. From far away it’s not … so bad: But the likeness to Turner or lack thereof has earned the artwork some brutal reactions on social media. ABC News in the US tweeted out a photo of the statue, and got hundreds of comments in response, mostly from horrified fans of the star. “Love Tina Turner, but this is not her,” wrote one person.

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