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Cher shares Lucy's less-than-sunny Bono bon mot
The singer reached out to her famous peer for advice.
Breaking up is hard to do. If you've ever gone through the heartache of leaving and rebuilding, you know there aren't many more torturous experiences. While many breakups should be celebrated, that doesn't keep them from being a real pain for the parties involved. But, sometimes we have to clear out the old to make room for the new, and it starts with agony.
Now, what if we take that breakup and all its excruciating sadness, and amplify it with fame? Breakups are tough and sometimes embarrassing for any of us, but when you couple all that with the public eye, it's a very troubling combination.
Especially back in the day when divorce wasn't nearly as discussed as it is today, a woman leaving her husband was a pretty taboo subject. So, when we consider a celebrity like Cher, who starred in a variety program with her then-husband Sonny Bono, it's clear that the conscious uncoupling would've been more complicated than just the divorce papers.
Luckily, Cher had a Hollywood peer who'd already done just that, and in no-less a public fashion.
“I called Lucille Ball to ask for her advice,” Cher writes in her memoir, Cher: The Memoir, Part One.
“I told her, ‘Lucy, I want to leave Sonny and you’re the only one I know that’s ever been in this same situation. What should I do?’ Lucy and her husband had also become famous working together as stars on TV. And he was a huge womanizer too. Then Lucy had left him. She told me, ‘F--- him, you’re the one with the talent.’”
It's lonely at the top of the variety show mountain. Fortunately, Cher was able to find solace in her famous friend. The divorce hardly cost her career in the long run, as Cher continues to be adored by millions today.
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