Tina Turner's Daughter-in-Law Wants To Use Late Husband Ronnie's Sperm To Conceive A Baby
French singer and actress Afida Turner says she has been plagued with grief since losing her husband, Ronnie, and then his mother—the legendary Tina Turner.
"My heart is destroyed," the 46-year-old told PEOPLE.
Afida had been with Ronnie Turner for over 15 years living in Encino, California. She is currently living in Egypt.
"My life in Los Angeles became a nightmare — a real nightmare. That's why I got the f— out of there. No house, no furniture. Just my memories and Ronnie's clothes."
Ronnie died in December 2022 after a long battle with colon cancer.
"It was very sad that Ronnie passed, and then his mom passed six months after. It is very difficult for me because people only see the music or the pictures, but I go back home and scream the names of my loved ones. [That pain] will never go away," she says. "I'm still very depressed and thinking about very bad, dark, bad stuff," Afida said tearfully. "You don't want to go through this in life. You have to talk to God, otherwise you go nuts and kill yourself. I'm suffering and my heart is destroyed. I'm trying not to lose my mind."
Now, Afida said she plans to use her late husband's sperm to attempt to have a baby. She says that Ronnie gifted his sperm to her as a birthday gift. "I'm gonna have Ronnie's baby," she said. "If I can," she adds, "I'm 46. But we'll see."
She hopes to have the IVF procedure this year. "It's still bad because he's not here, but what can I do?" she asks. "At least I will have a little one that looks like Ronnie. A monster like me and him, can you imagine?"
The singer says she stayed with Ronnie through his most tumultuous times as he battled drug use for much of his adult life. But she adds that for the last three years of his life, he was sober, living cleanly, and practicing Buddhism—like his mother.
Tina Turner shared a touching tribute to her son when he passed, writing on social media, "Ronnie, you left the world far too early," she wrote. "In sorrow I close my eyes and think of you, my beloved son."
