Cher reveals Tina Turner asked for advice on leaving abusive husband

Cher revealed that Tina Turner He’s already asked you for some unusual advice. In his memoir, Cher: The Memoir, Part Onethe interpreter of “Believe” said that she met Turner and her ex-husband, Ikewhen they appeared on the program Sonny & Chershown in the 1970s.

Second Cher, Turner asked for help to hide bruises on her arm and asked the singer about her romance with Sonny Bono. Cher and he were married from 1964 to 1975, and Turner I wanted to know how she left the abusive relationship with the musician.

“I looked at her and said, ‘I just left and carried on,'” he recalled. Cher in a passage from his book. The artist added that during rehearsals with Ikehe “didn’t smile once” and played the guitar “without any emotion”.

Tina and Ike they were married from 1962 to 1978.

Sonny and Cher

Cher also revealed details about their relationship Sonnystating, for example, that her ex-husband admitted that he thought about killing her. After the singer said she would like to sleep with the band’s guitarist, Bono talked about the idea: “He laughed a little, and so did I. It was crazy what he was telling me.”

“He said, ‘I would plead insanity as Spade Cooley and I would spend seven years in prison until they released me. Then I would sign a contract and do my own show,” he continued, arguing that “it wouldn’t be necessary to push her [da varanda]”, because she herself would “jump”.

I don’t think for a single minute that Sonny would actually push me off the balcony, but I’m sure it crossed his mind, and he knew that jumping crossed my mind too. What else could we do but laugh? – Cher

The couple had a son, Chazbefore the divorce, in 1975. Four days after the end of the separation, Cher married Gregg Allmanwith whom he had a son Elijah.