Cher’s ties to the LGBTQ community go back even further than you might think.
“The first gay guys I ever met, I was 9 years old,” she said Thursday night at West Hollywood’s The Abbey, at a celebration for the bar’s new owner, Tristan Schukraft. “I walked into my house and there were these two guys there and they started talking to my mom and mom’s best friend. I was thinking, ‘Where have they been hiding these guys?’ I’m 9, but I thought, ‘Wait a minute… why aren’t the other guys as funny as these guys?’ It really was love at first sight.”
Cher went on to thank the queer community for its longtime support. “One thing I have to say that is serious, that is from the heart, is that I’ve had really ups and downs in my career – I mean, really! – and you guys never left me,” she said. “So thank you.”
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