Cher is reflecting on her second marriage and what went wrong.
The singer reflected on her relationship with Gregg Allman and why she immediately said “I do” in her bestselling book, Cher: The Memoir, Part 1.
According to the book, Cher's divorce from ex-husband Sonny Bono was finalized in June 1975, when Cher had already started dating.
Now 78, she admitted she had some hesitation about her blossoming romance with the Allman Brothers Band singer.
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Cher reflected on her second marriage in her best-selling book, Cher: A Memoir, Part 1. (Getty Images)
“I didn't know if my relationship with Gregory would last,” Starr wrote. people magazine on wednesday.
“I lived each day as it came,” she said. “Then I found out I was pregnant and decided to get married.”
According to the newspaper, Cher wanted to get married after having children.
Cher married Gregg Allman just days after her divorce from Sonny Bono was finalized. (Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
“I just kept putting one foot in front of the other,” Cher wrote, as quoted by the paper. “The future is not written in stone. I did what I thought was right.”
The book says Cher's sister Georgine “Gee” and her friend Paulette looked at her “as if he had gone into another world” after she told him she was ready to get married. It is written that it was. In response, Cher said, “Okay, let's do this.”
The paper noted that the wedding took place just days after Cher and Bono's divorce.
“There was nothing romantic about our wedding day,” the Oscar winner admitted.
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The union was plagued by Gregg Allman's addiction. (Vinny Zufante/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
Nine days after the wedding, Cher filed for dissolution of the marriage. they reconciled.
The couple welcomed a son, Elijah Blue Allman, in 1976, but their relationship ended completely in 1979.
of new york post It was previously reported that the “Believe” singer filed for divorce after allegedly discovering a “plastic bag containing white powder” in her spouse's possession.
Things got even worse when they later learned Allman had a severe heroin addiction.
Nine days after the couple said yes, Cher filed for dissolution of their marriage. they reconciled. (David Redfern/Redfern/Getty Images)
”[I] told him on the phone, “I'm tired of doing this, Gregory.'' It was very tiring going to rehab with you,” she recalled, as quoted by the paper. “But I will continue,” he said quietly.
“His answer was so true that I stopped,” Cher continued. “He kept going to rehab, kept trying to get clean, kept trying despite his past failures. In that moment, instead of thinking about my own fatigue, I empathized with him.”
Scheer wrote that her “breaking point” came one night after Allman had a “paranoid breakdown.”
”[He] He claimed to have seen men with guns in his backyard,” the Grammy winner wrote.
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The couple parted ways for good in 1979. (Richard Creamer/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
She called this moment “the last straw.”
“that [was] It's not safe for the children,” Cher said. “It's only happened to me once, but I couldn't risk it.”
The “I'm No Angel” singer passed away in 2017 from liver cancer. He was 69 years old.
Alan Paul, author of Brothers and Sisters: The Story Behind the Allman Brothers Band and Albums that Defined the '70s, previously told FOX News Digital that the late star “never stopped loving” Cher. “It was,” he said.
Author Alan Paul claimed Gregg Allman was “in love” with Cher. (Harry Langdon/Getty Images)
“Greg didn't really want to talk about Cher,” Paul said. “People took that to mean they didn't like her or were aggressive towards her. I don't think that was ever the case. I think it was the other way around.”
Paul said that looking at their marriage, it was clear that neither of them were prepared for what was to come.
“Greg had a full-blown drug addiction at the time and was struggling to overcome it,” he explained. “He's been in and out of rehab several times. There were times when he was able to overcome it. He was very open about it. Cher was a 16-, 17-year-old She had been a celebrity in Hollywood for some time, but she didn't understand what that meant.”
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Cher and Gregg Allman got married in Las Vegas. Like their marriage, this celebration was short-lived. (Photo courtesy of Michael Ochs Archives)
“At some point early in their relationship, Greg said to her, 'Go home now. Think of it as a trip to Disneyland. It was fun while it lasted. Now go home,'” Paul said. . “He didn't want to tell her he was an addict. Cher is completely devastated, angry and devastated. In her mind, everything is fine. She's basically like, 'What the hell is going on?'
Paul claimed that Allman “cried for nearly an hour” before he mustered up the courage to tell her, “I'm a drug addict.”
“The good news is that I'm crazy about you, but the bad news is that I have a problem,” he told her.
“I don't care,” Cher reportedly said, “It's okay, we can overcome it.”
Gregg Allman passed away in 2017. (Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
“You don't understand,” he begged. “I'm going to steal your mom's TV.”
Paul claimed Cher was convinced it was an obstacle they could overcome together.
Cher, who by that time was a mother of two children, was struggling with Gregg Allman's addiction. (Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)
“Her response was, 'That's fine, it's a problem, we'll solve it,'” he explained. “She understood it as a problem, but she thought that if she went to the doctor and went to rehab, it would get better. She didn't understand…and Greg was very open about it. “The beginning of their relationship was overshadowed by his drug use.”
The second part of Cher's memoir is scheduled to be published in 2025.
