Cher opened up about her two-year-long relationship with Gene Simmons in her upcoming memoir, Cher: The Memoir, Half One. The Robust Sufficient singer revealed that he professed his love for her after their first date. She recalled assembly Simmons at a reception for Gerald Ford hosted by the top of her file label, Neil Bogart.
After they had been about to be launched, Cher mistook him for British actress Jean Simmons. Nevertheless, after their assembly and interplay, the singer was “impressed” by him. Being a real gentleman, Simmons drove the Grammy winner dwelling and introduced KISS merchandise for her baby, Chaz Bono.
The next day, they went on a date to a Tubes live performance. Nevertheless, he ended up flirting with Cher and her good friend, which left a bitter style within the singer’s mouth. The subsequent day, he referred to as to apologize however was met with rejection.
The day after that, the Detroit Rock Metropolis singer traveled to Japan and ended up racking up a $2,800 cellphone invoice from speaking to Cher for therefore lengthy. “That’s when he blurted out that he cherished me,” the Imagine singer recalled. “We hadn’t even kissed. We’d solely been out as soon as earlier than he left. What’s it with these males?” she added.
In a 1979 interview with Individuals, the previous couple opened up about their relationship. The Burlesque actress referred to as it the most effective relationship she had ever been in with a human being however admitted that it wasn’t all the time monogamous. “I am going by way of a really liberated section proper now,” she stated on the time.
Cher revealed that she has a “masculine perspective” towards courting and acknowledged that, regardless of Simmons spending his evening with one other girl, he would all the time come to her “so he can get on together with his day.” The singer admitted that she sought different males just for companionship. “Gene is the one one I am loopy about. All my relationships are severe. I do not screw round,” she added.
As for Simmons, he informed the outlet that he was “loopy” and “nuts” about her. “She’s my old flame. Cher’s an untainted soul who has by no means executed something dangerous to anyone,” he stated on the time.