Cher writes in her new memoir that she considered jumping off a Las Vegas balcony “five or six times” during her marriage to Sonny Bono.
In her new memoir, Cher writes about how she considered killing herself"five or six times" during the heyday of"The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour." Cher felt so overworked and under-loved by her first husband, Sonny Bono , that she considered jumping off a hotel balcony to get away from him, she writes in her new memoir.at the height of their fame on “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour,” which aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974.
In October 1972, the couple — who were parents to a toddler — taped two episodes of their TV show back-to-back then flew to Las Vegas to play two gigs a night at the Sahara Hotel.Cher was heartbroken to discover Sonny had signed them up for even more work, knowing it was hurting her and their child, Chas .The star was just 16 when she met Bono, who was 27. Chas was born after Cher suffered a miscarriage.
Then he told her he’d signed a new contract for them to “perform in Vegas every summer for God knows how many years …”“Defeated” by the idea of how all the performing was hurting her and their child, Cher writes that she stepped “barefoot on the balcony of our suite and stared down …
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