Music icon Cher detailed her rocky relationship with Sonny Bono and how it drove her to thoughts of suicide multiple times. The „Believe“ singer admitted Bono thought about „throwing“ her off a balcony.
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On her rise to fame, music icon Cher reached rock bottom during her „loveless marriage“ to Sonny Bono.
The „Believe“ singer confessed her ex-husband Bono had thoughts of murdering her during their tumultuous relationship in her new book, „Cher: The Memoir, Part One“, released today.
After struggling in the marriage, Cher admitted to Bono that she was interested in sleeping with their guitarist, Bill. She wrote that her music duo partner and then-husband did not take the news well.
„You know, after you went off with Bill that night at the Sahara [hotel], I seriously thought about throwing you off our balcony“, she recalled him saying.
Cher added she thought her ex-husband’s confession was „crazy.“
She wrote that he added, „I figured I’d plead insanity like Spade Cooley and get seven years in jail before they released me.
