Tanya Tucker dated the Rhinestone Cowboy himself in 1981, for a very, very short time. According to Variety, it was a high-profile and volatile relationship that Tucker never truly got over, and when Campbell passed away in 2017, she released a song dedicated to him. It was called "Forever Loving You," and it made all kinds of headlines again when she promised to donate some of the proceeds to the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.
Tucker and Campbell were in the headlines again, and not everyone was a fan. Campbell's widow, Kim, was married to the singer for 35 years, and condemned Tucker's display (and declaration of love) as "callous and disrespectful." In addition, she called their one-time, decades-old relationship a "distorted fairy tale," with TMZ reporting that she was outraged when Tucker performed the song on live television, and was given all the condolences that should have gone to the grieving widow and their children.
Tucker did respond, saying that she hadn't met his widow, but that she hadn't meant any harm in releasing the song. "Nobody didn't love Glen Campbell," she said. "I thank [Kim] for taking care of him, you know? ... I have no bad blood. She may, but I don't."
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