​​Cher says late ex-husband Sonny Bono “seriously thought” about killing her

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Cher’s late ex-husband Sonny Bono thought about killing her, the singer has said in her new book, Cher: The Memoir, Part One.In the memoir, which was released yesterday (November 19), the 78-year-old wrote that Bono “seriously thought” about killing her by throwing her off a balcony.According to TMZ, Bono, whose divorce from Cher was finalised in 1975, made the confession after Cher admitted to wanting to sleep with the duo’s guitarist, who she identifies only as ‘Bill’.Cher wrote: “He laughed a little at that and so did I.

It was crazy that he was telling me. He went on: ‘I figured I’d plead insanity like Spade Cooley and get seven years in jail before they released me.

Then I’d get a book deal and my own show.'”The singer responded by telling Bono that “there would have been no need to push” her because she was “gonna jump” anyway.Describing the conversation as the “darkest moment” of their marriage, Cher added: “I don’t think for a minute that Sonny would have actually pushed me off the balcony, but I’m sure it crossed his mind, and he knew that jumping off had also crossed mine.

What else could we do but laugh?”She also wrote in the book that she had thoughts of suicide while in a hotel room in Las Vegas, saying: “I stepped barefoot onto the balcony of our suite and stared down.