Cher looks back at her second marriage and what went wrong.
The singer reflected on her relationship with Gregg Allman in her best-selling book “Cher: The Memoir, Part One” and why she said “I do” so quickly.
According to the book, Cher's divorce from her ex-husband Sonny Bono was finalized in June 1975 when she had already begun dating the rock singer.
The 78-year-old admitted she had some reservations about her blossoming romance with the Allman Brothers Band singer.
Cher looked back on her second marriage in the best-selling book Cher: The Memoir, Part One. (Getty Images)
“I didn’t know whether my relationship with Gregory would continue or not,” the star wrote, according to what was reported. People magazine Wednesday.
“I lived each day as it came,” she said. “Then I found out I was pregnant, and we decided to get married.”
According to the outlet, Cher wanted to get married if she were to have a child.
Cher married Gregg Allman days after finalizing her divorce from Sonny Bono. (Michael Oakes Archives/Getty Images)
“I continued to put one foot in front of the other,” Cher wrote, according to the newspaper. “The future is never written in stone. I did what I thought was the right thing to do.”
The book noted that Cher's sister Georganne “G” and her friend Paulette looked at the singer “as if she had gone to an alternate universe” after she told them she was ready to tie the knot. In response, Cher said: “Come on, let's just do this.”
The outlet noted that the wedding took place days after Cher's divorce from Bono.
“There was nothing romantic about our wedding day,” the Oscar winner admitted.
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The guild was plagued by Gregg Allman's addiction. (Vinny Zovanti/Michael Oakes Archives/Getty Images)
Nine days after their wedding, Cher filed for annulment. They have reconciled.
The couple welcomed their son Elijah Blue Allman in 1976. However, they decided to separate forever in 1979.
the New York Post It was previously reported that the “Believe” singer originally filed for divorce after finding a “plastic bag filled with white powder” that belonged to her husband.
Things only got worse when she later learned that Allman was struggling with a heroin addiction.
Nine days after the couple said “I do,” Cher filed for an annulment. They have reconciled. (David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images)
“(I) told him over the phone: ‘I'm so tired of doing this, Gregory. I'm so tired of going to rehab with you,” she was quoted as saying by the newspaper. “He was calm on the other end of the line. “But I will continue,” he said quietly.
“His answer stopped me in my tracks because it was true,” Cher continued. “He kept going to rehab, kept trying to recover, and kept putting in the effort despite his past failures. In that moment, instead of thinking about my burnout, I empathized with him.”
Cher wrote that her “breaking point” came after Allman suffered a “paranoid breakdown” one night.
“(He insisted) he saw armed men in the backyard,” the Grammy winner wrote.
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The couple called it quits for good in 1979. (Richard Kramer/Michael Oakes Archives/Getty Images)
She described that moment as “the last straw.”
“It wasn't safe for the kids,” Shear said. “It only happened once, but I couldn't risk it.”
“I'm not an angel” The singer died in 2017 From liver cancer. He was 69 years old.
Alan Ball, author of “Brothers and Sisters: The Allman Brothers Band and the Inside Story of the Album That Defined the '70s,” previously told Fox News Digital that the late star “never stopped loving” Cher.
Author Alan Ball claimed that Gregg Allman “never stopped loving” Cher. (Harry Langdon/Getty Images)
“Greg didn’t like to talk about Cher much,” Paul said. “People took that as hatred towards her, or aggression towards her, or something like that. I don't think that was the case at all. I think it was the opposite.”
Paul said that looking back on their marriage, it was clear that they were not prepared for what was to come.
“At the time, Greg was addicted to drugs and was struggling to get over it,” he explained. “He was in and out of rehab a few times. He had periods where he was able to overcome that. He talked about it very openly. Cher, even though she had been in Hollywood and famous since she was 16-17 years old, was naive.” And you didn't understand what that meant.”
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Cher and Gregg Allman were married in Las Vegas. The celebration was short, like their wedding. (Photo by Michael Oakes Archive)
“Greg told her early in their relationship: 'Just go home. Pretend this was a trip to Disneyland. It was fun all the time. Now go home,'” Paul said. “He couldn't tell her he was an addict. Cher was completely crushedangry, blown away. In her mind, everything is going well. It's basically like, “What the hell is going on?”
Paul claimed Allman “cried for about an hour” before he was able to muster the courage to tell her: “I'm addicted.”
He told her, “The good news is that I'm crazy in love with you, but the bad news is that I have a problem.”
“Unfazed” Cher allegedly said: “It's okay — we can get through this.”
Gregg Allman died in 2017. (Michael Oakes Archives/Getty Images)
“You don't understand,” he pleaded. “I'll steal your mother's TV.”
Paul claimed that Cher was confident it was an obstacle they could overcome together.
Cher, who at the time was a mother of two, struggled with Gregg Allman's addiction. (Michael Oakes Archives/Getty Images)
“Her reaction was: 'That's good, it's a problem, we'll fix it,'” he explained. “She understood it as a problem, but she thought it was something where you go to the doctor, and you can go to rehab, and you'll be better. She didn't understand… And Greg spoke very frankly about it… Who at the beginning of their relationship, was overshadowed by drug use “.
The second part of Cher's memoirs It is scheduled to be published in 2025.
