Tina Turner’s $1,000 Wig Pulled After Going Viral for All the Wrong Reasons

A new Tina Turner wig just hit the internet—and flopped harder than a cover band trying to sing “Proud Mary” in the wrong key.

This week, an officially licensed Tina Turner wig was released to honor the late Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Designed by her longtime hairstylist Arthur Johns and made from human hair, the wig was supposed to be a tribute to Tina’s iconic teased-out ’80s look. Instead, it looked more like it belonged to Little Orphan Annie or Olivia Newton-John in Grease. And the price? A cool $1,000.

Almost immediately, fans slammed the design online for looking nothing like Tina’s signature hair. Instead of bold, wild volume, the wig served up soft, generic curls—more community theater than rock royalty.

One person joked it looked like it came with a free performance of Tomorrow. Another said it gave “Tell me about it, stud” energy… not exactly what you’d expect from a tribute to a music legend known for her ferocity.

Within hours of launch, Turner’s estate yanked the product from the site. That’s right: less than a day on the market before it was banished to the “what were we thinking?” corner of the internet.

Arthur Johns, however, is still standing by his work. He told the media, “Tina wore that hair. If you do your research, you’ll see that curl was very popular in the ’90s and through the early 2000s. What you don’t see is Tina onstage after 25 minutes, working that hair, throwing her body around and having that hair blow up and just become wild.”

Fair point, Arthur—but fans weren’t buying it. Literally or figuratively.