“Cher: The Memoir, Part One” is here – and proving the pop icon is more than "strong enough" to talk about her past. Even when that past involves talking about some uncomfortable topics, including the age gap between her and late ex-husband Sonny Bono.

Cher didn't officially divorce Bono until 1975, but the two officially separated in 1974, after Cher had commenced a two-year relationship with record producer David Geffen. She married rock star Gregg Allman only four days after finalizing her divorce with Bono.

I figured I’d plead insanity … Then I’d get a book deal and my own show,” Cher alleges Sonny told her after admitting to thinking about killing her.

Though Cher and Sonny Bono’s marriage lasted less than a decade, their musical hits endured. Yet Cher details in her new memoir that the success of her creative partnership with her late husband wasn’t equally shared.

Cher was 16 when she met the 27-year-old record producer Sonny Bono. She was 18 when she married Bono — her first marriage, his second — and 19 when the couple released the smash 1965 single “I Got You,

Cher released the first installment of a planned two-part memoir Tuesday, “Cher: The Memoir, Part One,” spanning roughly the first half of the 78-year-old entertainer’s life, with anecdotes about a marriage to Sonny Bono she called “ loveless ” that led her to consider suicide at the height of their television fame in the 1970s.

In 1972, Sonny Bono told Cher he “seriously thought” about how he’d kill his then-wife, and how he’d parlay his infamy into a new career.

This article contains mentions of suicide and an individual's death. Cher had a whirlwind romance with Sonny Bono which led to their impromptu wedding. However, the much-in-love couple and former roommates fell apart since their relationship was officiated and some of the issues they had were because of Bono’s infidelity and his