Marcos Hairstylist

RIP Tina Turner. I once told her that her mother must have mated with a scorpion. She took it as a compliment, which is how I meant it. I met her when my career was in a serious dip and hers had taken flight as the Lioness. We toasted her, wishing her success and asked how did it feel, and she said, “I’m just so happy to be done with Ike, nothing else matters.” And she offered advice to me, as my career floundered - she grabbed my very short hair and said, “Girlfriend, you need to get yourself a WIG!”

She also said when the photographers were clicking away so hard and fast you couldn’t make out anything but an audible blur, one photographer had said, “I’m so sorry.” Tina’s response was “Don’t worry, honey. My troubles start when this s**t stops.”

You go, girl. Soak up your reward.