Cher: Sonny Bono Said He Wanted to MURDER Me!

For those unaware, Cher is coming retired with a memoir, aptly titled “Cher: The Memoir (Part One).”

For those besides unaware, Cher present says that her erstwhile hubby thought astir sidesplitting her astatine 1 point.

There. Have we gotten your attention?

Sonny Bono and Cher, mode backmost successful the day. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Back successful the aboriginal 1970s, Cher was joined to chap instrumentalist Sonny Bono.

They released the iconic duet “I Got You Babe,” they co-starred connected the amusement The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, they were a VERY large woody astatine the time.

But they weren’t wholly blessed backmost then. At all.

In her book, Cher details a stint successful Las Vegas astatine the Sahara Hotel successful October 1972 … erstwhile she told her hubby she wanted to slumber with Bill, a guitarist successful their band.

Cher poses during a photocall up of the Balmain amusement arsenic portion of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024, successful Paris connected September 27, 2023. (Photo by JULIEN DE ROSA / AFP)

She didn’t really mean it, Cher insists, but Bono hadn’t taken her earnestly erstwhile she antecedently said she wanted retired of the union.

“The soundlessness was deafening. Then [Sonny] said, ‘How agelong bash you deliberation you’ll need?’” Cher writes.

“Two hours,” she replied, prompting Bono to permission the country and Cher to interruption down successful tears.

The mates spouses yet hold to interruption up, but agreed that Cher would proceed surviving with Bono during the week truthful arsenic to not destruct their nationalist image.

Crazy, right?

Cher performs during Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show astatine Duggal Greenhouse astatine the Brooklyn Navy Yard successful Brooklyn, New York connected October 15, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

One greeting astatine meal during this awkward period, Bono came close retired and said:

“You know, aft you went disconnected with Bill that nighttime astatine the Sahara, I earnestly thought astir throwing you disconnected our balcony.”

“He laughed a small astatine that and truthful did I. It was brainsick that helium was telling me,” Cher writes, adding that she responded by saying “there would person been nary request to propulsion maine due to the fact that I was gonna jump!’”

According to Cher, Bono adjacent explained that helium would “plead insanity” aft committing this deed “and get 7 years successful jailhouse earlier they released me. Then I’d get a publication woody and my ain show.”

It sounds arsenic if Bono truly did deliberation this through.

Cher arrives for the 2022 Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA) Fashion Awards astatine Cipriani South Street successful the Manhattan borough of New York, connected November 7, 2022. (Photo by Andrea RENAULT / AFP) (Photo by ANDREA RENAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

Cher besides writes:

“I don’t deliberation for a infinitesimal that Sonny would person really pushed maine disconnected the balcony, but I’m definite it crossed his mind, and helium knew that jumping disconnected had besides crossed mine. What other could we bash but laugh?”

Sonny and Cher met erstwhile she was conscionable 16 and helium was 27. They were joined from 1964 to 1975.

The former, who Cher says was unfaithful to her during their marriage, died successful 1998 pursuing a skiing accident.

Cher: The Memoir (Part One) is presently disposable to purchase.