Cher accuses her Mask director of being 'f***ing arrogant' and 'a pig' in new memoir

Cher has named a well-known movie manager who she did not get on with during her acting vocation successful the '80s.

The 78-year-old iconic entertainer name-checked Peter Bogdanovich — who directed her successful the 1985 play Mask — calling him an 'a**hole successful a caller interrogation with The Times of London.

She recalled astir their clip connected set, 'He was not bully to the girls successful the movie and helium was truthful f***ing arrogant.'

The Believe hitmaker — who conscionable revealed the only personage who ever broke up with her — emphasized, 'I really, truly disliked him.'

Bogdanovich died astatine property 82 successful 2022, and was besides vocal astir his dislike of the vocalist anterior to his passing.

Speaking with Vulture successful 2019, helium branded her 'the astir hard actor' helium had ever worked with.

Peter claimed astir the erstwhile Sonny & Cher artist, 'She didn’t spot anybody, particularly men.'

He besides said astir the metallic surface siren, 'She can’t act,' and reasoned she lone won the Cannes Best Actress Award for her relation successful Mask 'because I changeable her precise well.'

Cher said successful her Times speech that the filmmaker 'was a pig' and told her she was 'a nobody.'

Remembering 1 incidental successful particular, the songstress said: '[Bogdanovich] comes successful and says, "Cher, wherever bash you deliberation we should movie this scene? And I say, "Well, the room is moving beauteous well, wherefore don’t we bash that again?”'

She continued, 'The adjacent greeting helium arrives connected set, eating an ovum sandwich, and starts screaming that he’s not going to fto maine nonstop this film.'

According to her recollection, Cher said Pete told her she was 'a cipher — helium tin chopped maine retired astatine immoderate moment.'

Contrary to the precocious director's comments, Cher, calved Cherilyn Sarkisian, insists she's 'really casual to enactment with,' peculiarly erstwhile she's collaborating with 'really large directors whom I respect.'

She named Robert Altman (who directed her successful Come Back To The 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean), her Silkwood manager Mike Nichols and Norman Jewison, who directed her successful Moonstruck, which won her an Academy Award.

'I cognize erstwhile to listen,' she said of her different collaborations with celebrated filmmakers. 

Despite the struggle betwixt stock and Bogdanovich, Mask was a commercialized success.

Bogdanovich began his vocation arsenic a film professional and historian, earlier turning to filmmaking.

His 1971 sophomore diagnostic The Last Picture Show became an instant classic, and helium followed it up with different acclaimed films including What's Up, Doc? and Paper Moon.

Later successful his beingness helium was known for his recurring appearances connected The Sopranos arsenic the psychiatrist to Tony Soprano's psychiatrist (played by Lorraine Bracco). 

Speaking with Howard Stern connected Thursday, Cher gave different jaw-dropping interview.

When Stern asked her if men 'expect fabulous enactment due to the fact that you're Cher,' the the If I Could Turn Back Time vocalist assuredly answered, 'Yes, and they get it.'

Asked however she tin tell, she replied, 'You could archer by the reaction,' prompting the longtime vigor big to ask, 'Who would ever permission you?'  

Cher quipped, 'Few men, fewer men,' earlier adding, 'Look, I was madly successful emotion with Val Kilmer and helium left.' 

The 2 stars dated from 1982 to 1984, and their 13-year property spread raised galore eyebrows astatine the time.

When asked wherefore helium left, Cher said, 'Because sometimes you're lone meant to enactment with idiosyncratic truthful long,' adding that Val, present 64, 'was truly young.'