Cher’s Memoir Confirms Sonny Bono Was, in Fact, a POS
"He told me he was sorry but insisted I was to blame for not having enough sex with him," Cher wrote of her ex-husband in the first part of her new self-titled memoir.
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Imagine leading such a monumental life—one chockful of divorce, debt, and death—that your memoir has to be two parts just to fit it all in. Only a small sample of the population could face such a conundrum, and one of them is the living legend known as Cher.
This week, the singer, actor, and now, author, released part one of her self-titled book, and already, multiple anecdotes have made the rounds in the press. Unfortunately, too many of them co-star Sonny Bono, Cher’s late first husband and the father of her child, Chaz. There’s the pair’s not-so-meet-cute in a coffee shop (“I thought it was like when Tony met Maria. I mean, everybody disappeared”), how his immaturity aided their 11-year age gap (“he was kind of childish”), and his galling declaration after she moved in with him (“Honestly, I don’t find you particularly attractive”). Charming!
All in all, Cher’s continued candor is more evidence that Bono was every bit the asshole others have claimed he was. Never forget when he tried to impose an anti-nudity law for spring breakers during his tenure as Mayor of Palm Springs. Anyway. Most disturbing of all (apart from the fact that he met Cher when she was just 16 years old) are the details of their “loveless” six-year marriage and its dissolution.
“I was dizzy with loneliness,” Cher wrote of their relationship. “I saw how easy it would be to step over the edge and simply disappear. For a few crazy minutes I couldn’t imagine any other option. I did this five or six times.” Are you reading between the lines? Their relationship was so bad that Cher—the Cher—contemplated suicide multiple times before the age of 30.