Jenifer Lewis is the newest movie star to pay tribute to the late Tina Turner. The actress teared up whereas remembering the legendary singer who handed away on Wednesday.
Lewis expressed her feelings after studying the information of Turner’s demise. “I really feel like a mom, a sister, a good friend, a trainer has handed this airplane, and I’m grateful to Tina for being who she was,” she informed Folks. The 12-time Grammy Award-winner died in Switzerland at age 83 after battling a protracted sickness.
Lewis mentioned she initially tried to carry again her tears as Turner’s demise put her in contact together with her personal mortality.
“I attempted to not cry as a result of I’m 66, and sooner or later, all of us must learn to mourn and never crumble,” she defined. “However I needed to enable myself to cry as a result of she was one of many biggest entertainers that ever lived.”
Lewis recalled assembly Turner backstage after one in every of her live shows within the Eighties. The actress was on a nationwide tour with “Eubie” the musical, when she met the singer briefly. She mentioned she bowed all the way down to her and expressed her adoration.
“I feel I mentioned one thing like, ‘I need to be identical to you,’ and he or she mentioned, ‘I can see it in you,’” mentioned Lewis. “It was highly effective to only have that second within the dressing room together with her.”
The actress performed Tina Turner’s mom Zelma Bullock within the 1993 Turner biopic, “What’s Love Acquired to Do With It.” Whereas she didn’t get to satisfy with Turner once more through the filming, she did, by likelihood, meet Bullock and her daughter Alline at “a vitamin retailer,” after the film premiered.
Bullock and Lewis ultimately developed a bond earlier than Bullock’s passing. Lewis had the honour of singing at Bullock’s funeral.
TheGrio is FREE in your TV through Apple TV, Amazon Hearth, Roku, and Android TV. Please obtain theGrio cell apps as we speak!