A bombshell revelation has emerged about legendary singer Cher's past that was notably absent from her recent memoir - an alleged yearlong relationship with her mother's 35-year-old best friend when she was just 14 years old.
The shocking claims first appeared in Lawrence Qurik's book "Totally Uninhibited: The Life and Wild Times of Cher," which detailed the alleged affair that Cher kept hidden from her mother Georgia Holt for many years.
According to sources close to the singer, the relationship was an "ultimate act of rebellion" stemming from a complex relationship with her mother, a former beauty queen who married eight times.
Cher later addressed the allegations directly, describing the man as "a great guy" who "looked like Tom Selleck, but blond" and stood at 6'4". She recounted that the relationship began after he kissed her while painting a staircase at her house.
The singer admitted she "wanted to be close with him" during their year together but reflected that at "14 and a half" she didn't truly understand what good physical intimacy meant.
While Cher's recently released memoir does discuss losing her virginity at age 14, it was to a different person - a boy she had "revenge sex" with after feeling dismissed by him. She described that experience as "massively overrated."
A friend of the star noted that while Cher was loved equally as her sister, her actions stemmed from "uncertainty that came from within her."
The 78-year-old superstar's memoir covers numerous revelations about her life, but this particular chapter of her teenage years remains notably absent from its pages.
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