27 Jan 2025

Feature interview - Cher

From Afternoons, 3:10 pm on 27 January 2025

While on holiday in Northland, Jesse got called into action to interview the one and only Cher! 

Her career spans 70 years with struggles and triumphs. In the first of a two-volume memoir, she turns back time and takes us through the first 34 years of her life beginning with a turbulent childhood and a rocky marriage to Sonny Bono.   

Cher and Sonny Bono pose for a promotional photo for 'The Sonny and Cher Show' in 1970.

1970: Cher and Sonny Bono pose for a promotional photo for 'The Sonny and Cher Show' in 1970. (Photo by Martin Mills/Getty Images) Photo: Martin Mills

But the interview started with Cher immediately singling out Jesse's un-ironed holiday T-Shirt. Can he recover from that?

Jesse and the offending t shirt that Cher singled out Photo: