Cher has revealed that she was financially deceived by her then-husband, Sonny Bono, in the first part of the legendary singer’s memoir.

“He took all my money,” the 78-year-old said The New York Times in an interview about the book, adding that she was not immediately aware of her financial situation and that she trusted Bono at the time.

‘I just thought, ‘We are husband and wife. Half the things are his, half the things are mine.” It didn’t occur to me that there was another way.”

“To this day, I wish to God that I could just ask, ‘Son, at what point, on what day, did you go, ‘Yeah, you know what?’ I’m going to take her money,” she added.

Cher was 16 when she first met the 27-year-old The times. The pair eventually became a couple and they married in 1964. They divorced in 1975. Bono died in 1998 in a skiing accident in South Lake Tahoe, California.

In her book, Cher also describes how Bono limited her social life, including not allowing her to socialize with other band members.

She also delves into other life matters, including how she still works with her 96-year-old singing teacher.

“You’re not supposed to be able to sing at this age,” she told the BBC Times. “I have sung all my life. It will make me sad the day I can’t.”

Writing her self-titled memoir “exhausted me,” she said. Part two is expected sometime in 2025.