Cher’s new book is called Memoir Part 1 is being worked on and it deals with her multiple-married mother, her childhood and her marriage to Sonny Bono.
In 1962, she met Bono in a cafe and shared that although it was not love at first sight, it was something she had never felt before. At that time, he was 27 years old and she was 16. A few years later, the couple rose to superstardom and had five songs in the top 50 at the same time, including the number one hit “I Got You Babe”.
While their success continued into the 1970s with Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour shows, things have begun to falter between the couple.
“He started not caring. About me,” she told CBS in a new interview.
Bono didn’t like her hanging out or even talking to the duo’s band. But that didn’t stop Cher from keeping an eye on one of the guitarists in the group. One night, Cher met a guitarist named Bill and there was an immediate attraction.
“We went back to where the guys used to get high before the show. And then he kissed me, and it was like, Oh, my God,” she told the outlet. this news agency.
Bono discovered the incident.
“I don’t know if I can really say what happened because it’s so personal and it’s so… embarrassing,” Cher said.
In her book, CBS reported that she told Bono that she wanted to sleep with Bill.
“I said, ‘I want to sleep with Bill.’ It seems crazy now, I didn’t mean it, but I thought saying those words was the only way for him to let me go,” she wrote.
“I thought if I did this it would be over. He wouldn’t be able to come back. We wouldn’t be able to be Sonny & Cher. I just wanted to blow it up. But I didn’t know I wanted to blow up .” it until I blew it up,” Cher added.
Cher was offered a significant amount of money to stay and perform the show despite her rocky relationship.
“Because everyone was afraid I was going to blow up the show. They just said, ‘What do you want?’ And I said, ‘Well, I want my own place in Malibu. And I want $5,000 a month? And I want freedom,'” she revealed.
Cher and Bono continued their relationship for two more years until Cher’s new boyfriend, record executive David Geffen, received a copy of her contract and she learned the shocking truth.
“Sonny owns 95% of the company and his lawyer owns 5%. And it’s called Cher Enterprises, but I own nothing! And we’ve worked together for almost 12 years,” she continued. custom.
“I said, ‘At what point did you think this was a good idea?’ And he said, ‘I always knew you would leave me.’ And I said, ‘That’s no reason! Son, how could you do that? I’ve been by your side working all those nights, all those days, for better or for worse,'” Cher said.
Despite this, the former couple remained friends after Cher married Gregg Allman and she even joined Bono in their show’s revival.
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