When? variable When Sonny Bono got married, he gave it a whole new meaning “I got You Babe.”
The legendary diva — whose “Cher: The Memoirs” will be released Tuesday — claims that, when she and her then-husband had a singing and TV partnership, Sony cheated her out of paying her fair share of her earnings.
“He took all my money,” Cher, 78, said. told the New York Times“I just thought, ‘We’re husband and wife. ‘Half the things are his, half the things are mine.’ It never occurred to me that there was another way.”
In fact, Bono founded a company called Cher Enterprises, in which he owned 95%, with the remaining 5% going to his lawyer.
During their marriage, which lasted from 1964 to 1975, Cher and Bono became a famous duo, with hit songs such as “the beat Goes On” and the TV show “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour” on CBS — and she’s still grappling with his betrayal, 26 years after his death.
“To this day, I wish to God I could just ask, ‘Son, what time, what day did you go,’ ‘Yeah, you know what? I’m going to get his money.’ ,
But this was not the only problem in their marriage. Cher said that fame changed Bono, and it became “my way or the highway” for her.
He wouldn’t let her socialize with the band members, prevented her from going to a Tupperware party hosted by Brian Wilson’s wife, and once even burned her tennis clothes in the backyard.
Bono also cheated on Cher, accusing his wife of infidelity, which eventually reached his breaking point.
“I woke up one morning – early, like 5 o’clock – and I thought, ‘I’m not going to do this anymore. I’m going to leave him,'” she said. “I started making a plan that was so dangerous I don’t know how I got the courage to do it.”
Additionally, she told Bono that she wanted to sleep with his guitarist. And he did just that.
New Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame She was only 16 years old when she met Bono, then 27, in a coffee shop. After lying about her age, she ends up living with him in exchange for cooking and cleaning.
“In my mind, I was thinking, ‘Yeah, right, this old line,'” Cher writes in her memoir, part two of which is planned for next year. “But I must have gotten a look on his face because he shook his head and laughed. ‘Don’t worry, I’ve got twin beds,’ he said. ‘And to be honest, I don’t find you particularly attractive,’ he said with a grin. ,
Looking back on it, Cher said, “It wasn’t a #MeToo moment because I lied to him.” But, she added, “I’m not forgiving him because he did some things that were ridiculous.”
