Cher was steps away from suicide after ‘loveless marriage’ to Sonny Bono

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As she rose to fame, music icon Cher hit rock bottom during her “loveless marriage” to Sonny Bono.

The “Believe” singer admitted that 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.

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“You know, after you left with Bill that night at the Sahara (hotel), I seriously thought about throwing you off our balcony,” she recalled him saying.

Cher added that 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 prison before they let me out. Then I’d get a book deal and my own show.”

She replied, “Oh, you did, did you? Well, there would have been no need to push me because I wanted to jump!”

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While she claimed it was the “darkest moment” of their marriage, Cher wrote that she didn’t think Bono would actually push her off the balcony, but she was “sure he did.”

At that moment, they couldn’t stop laughing, Cher wrote in her memoir.

Meanwhile, Cher reflected on how their rocky relationship led the pop singer to contemplate suicide several times.

“There I was, twenty-six years old, and in what had become a loveless marriage…he just lost interest.”

“I stepped barefoot onto the balcony of our suite and stared down. I was giddy with loneliness. I saw how easy it would be to step over the edge and simply disappear. For a few crazy minutes, I couldn’t imagine any other option ,” she wrote.

Cher said she had suicidal thoughts “five or six times.”

What pulled Cher away from the ledge was the vulnerable thought of how it would deeply affect her family if she were to jump to her death.

“… every time I think… about my mom, about my sister, about everyone, and how things like this could make people who look up to me feel like it’s a viable solution, and I would resign.”

The “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer then came up with another solution to her relationship with Bono.

“I don’t have to jump off, I can just leave him.”

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Cher wrote that she reached out to her friend Lucille Ball, who was also dealing with marital struggles with her husband and co-star Desi Arnaz.

“I told her, ‘Lucy, I want to leave Sonny, and you’re the only one I know who’s ever been in the same situation. What am I going to do?'” Cher recalled.

“She told me, ‘F— him, you’re the one with the talent’.”

Bono, whose real name was Salvatore Bono, and Cher married in 1967 and soared to success as a musical duo. The two welcomed their only child, Chaz Bono, in 1969.

In Cher’s memoir, she described how Bono controlled every aspect of her life and took all her money at the height of their fame on “The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour.”

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After nine years of marriage, the couple divorced in 1975. In 1998, Bono died in a skiing accident.