Cher fumes Sonny Bono 'took all my money' when they were married

Pop icon Cher has revealed however her ex-husband, Sonny Bono, ripped her disconnected financially during their clip unneurotic arsenic she roseate to fame

Pop icon Cher has revealed however her ex-husband, Sonny Bono, ripped her disconnected financially during their clip unneurotic arsenic she roseate to fame.

Speaking arsenic she released her caller memoir, the singer, 78, shared that she initially believed their wealth was shared. “I conscionable thought, we’re hubby and wife. Half the things are his, fractional the things are mine. It didn’t hap to maine that determination was different way,” she said. But past she added: “He took each my money.”

Best known for their deed songs and tv amusement The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, the pair’s nationalist representation masked a analyzable relationship. Behind the scenes, the Believe hitmaker says, Bono took connected a “parent” role, controlling some her finances and their concern arrangements.

The 2 met erstwhile Cher was 16 and helium was 27. She said she wouldn’t statement it a “#MeToo moment” but admits she lied astir her property astatine the time. Cher recalled moving successful with Bono to debar returning to her mother’s home, initially offering to navigator and cleanable successful speech for a spot to stay.

The 2 joined successful 1964, had children and became a household name. But Cher describes Bono’s behaviour arsenic progressively controlling arsenic they grew successful fame. He allegedly structured their wealth to marque Cher his employee, limiting her fiscal independence. “To this day,” she said, “I privation to God I could conscionable ask, ‘Son, astatine what point, during what day, did you go, ‘Yeah, you cognize what? I’m going to instrumentality her money.’”

The mates divorced successful 1975, and Bono died successful a skiing mishap successful 1998. “I woke up 1 greeting — early, similar 5 — and I conscionable thought, I’m not going to bash this anymore. I’m going to permission him,” Cher explained, adding that she told her hubby that she wanted to prosecute a narration with the group’s guitarist and yet did. “I started to enactment into spot a program that was truthful unsafe that I don’t cognize however I had the nervus to bash it.”

Speaking to the New York Times, Cher recounted deciding to permission him aft years of his “my mode oregon the highway” mentality. She yet started a caller narration with their guitarist, which helped her interruption away. It was lone done her aboriginal narration with shaper David Geffen that she learned basal wealth skills, yet establishing herself independently. “I didn’t cognize however to marque a cheque out. I didn’t person a banking account,” she admitted.

Cher: The Memoir by HarperCollins is present retired connected sale.