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It’s not every day you learn you have something in common withCher, straight from the source.
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Maybe you do, too, if your taste in fragrances is rather specific.
“I’m not a rose girl,” she asserts over an audio-only Zoom call.
But the scent itself isn’t as important to her as the effect the scent has on other people.
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“I’m one that goes right for the jugular when it comes to perfume.
“My mom said, ‘Cher, good girls don’t wear that.’
I was like, ‘Mom, come on.'”
Cher at the 1974 Met Gala
Whereas our olfactory preferences are aligned, where Cher and I disagree is the singer-actor-comedian’s icon status.
“In my mind, an icon has always got to be old to be iconic.
I can’t think [I’m] old yet,” the 76-year-old explains.
Cher at the Oscars in 1986
So who does Cher consider an icon?
She’s a pain in the ass and the hair, you cannot believe her hair.
She refers to it as “the dress that we call The Dress.”
Cher, Elton John, and Dianna Ross at the Rock Music Awards in 1975
In said fiasco, Cher accidentally scared the hell out ofJane Fonda.
She went, ‘Jesus, Cher you scared me to death.’
My cape was cashmere.
Cher onThe Sonny & Cher Show
I mean, Bob doesn’t make anything that shouldn’t be in a museum.”
As if that’s all that matters (and it is).
“When I look at it, I think, ‘Well, that’s ridiculous.
Cher onThe Sonny & Cher Show
It’s not enough clothes.'”
But as it turns out, there’s a reason Cher is so emotionally attached to them.
“Once upon a time…” she laughs before recalling her time onThe Sonny & Cher Show.
Cher onThe Sonny & Cher Show
“When we first started doing it, no one could handle my hair.”
If I couldn’t wear a wig, what would I do?"
Cher onThe Sonny & Cher Show
But the story goes far beyond that.
Cher onThe Sonny & Cher Show
“When I didMask, the director said, ‘you might’t wear a wig.
You have to dye your hair because I will know if you’rewearing a wig.'”
As you probably already know, you have to bleach hair that dark for then dye it red.
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For anyone with naturally dark hair, that’s a disaster waiting to happen.
She recalls going to said director’s birthday party, where he’d seen the new look and guffawed.
I didn’t say to shove it, but boy, I wanted to."
What hasn’t Cher done in the beauty department yet?
That’s a question even she can’t answer.
“Well, God, what else can I do?
I mean, I’ve worn every hair color and style,” she says.
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