Cher Says Meeting Sonny Bono 'Wasn't Love at First Sight' — but Was Something She'd 'Never Felt Before'
In 1962, a young Cher met Sonny Bono in a coffee shop. She was captivated, comparing their first meeting to Tony and Maria's in West Side Story—a moment when everyone else faded away. Anthony Mason sits down with the legendary icon. pic.twitter.com/NiGSQeO5EJ
Cher Makes a Bold Admission About Meeting Sonny Bono for the First Time
The two singers, who went on to find success as Sonny & Cher, met for the first time in 1962, when Cher was 16 and Bono was 27. The age gap wasn’t strange for the “Believe” singer, who suggested that Bono was able to be “real” with her because she “didn't expect anything.”
Cher says her mother wanted to put Sonny Bono 'in jail' because of their 11-year age-gap relationship
These days, Cher — now 78 — prefers dating younger men. She has a 40-year age gap with her boyfriend, Alexander Edwards.
Cher says Sonny Bono was so 'childish' that their 11-year age gap didn't matter: 'He got to be real with me'
Cher, who met 27-year-old Sonny Bono when she was 16, says their age gap wasn't strange because 'he was kind of childish.'
Cher says her mother wanted Sonny in jail: Here’s why
Apparently, Cher ’s mother didn’t approve of the huge age-gap romance between the singer and her first husband, Sonny Bono. During an interview with Anthony Mason on “ CBS Sunday Morning ” on Sunday,
Cher Reveals the Extent of Sonny Bono's Financial Deceit Which Still Haunts Her Today
Cher’s life has been so epic that it’s requiring not one, but two parts to her memoir. The first book, Cher: The Memoir: Part One, is out on Tuesday, Nov. 19, and she is spilling the tea on her first marriage to Sonny Bono.
Cher's "loveless marriage" to Sonny Bono pushed her to her breaking point
Among the most poignant revelations in the memoir is the candid recounting of her tumultuous relationship with Sonny Bono — her former husband, creative partner, and the other half of the iconic duo,
Cher Says She Considered Jumping From Balcony During ‘Loveless Marriage’ to Sonny Bono
In her memoir, Cher wrote about the moment she considered jumping off a hotel balcony in 1972 during a dark moment in her marriage to Sonny Bono.
Cher’s mom wanted to jail Sonny Bono over their 11-year age gap: ‘I was just a kid’
Cher's mom Georgia Holt threatened to put Sonny Bono in jail when he was dating her underage daughter. Mama said lock you up. That was the mother of all mantras after Cher’s mom, Georgia Holt, discovered that her underage daughter was shacking up with Sonny Bono.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A man charged with first-degree murder after a fatal shooting on Thanksgiving Day is out of jail. Now, a grieving family is asking, how did that happen? The mother of 15 ...
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Baron Davis likens Anthony Mason to Draymond Green: "I like his decision-making"
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Cher's rise to stardom and rocky romance with Sonny Bono come into focus in new memoir
Volume 1 of the singer's long-awaited life story covers roughly the period from her birth to 1980, when Cher, a twice-divorced single mother with two children, found herself at a professional ...