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>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK.
MY FIRST GUEST IS AN OSCAR, EMMY, AND GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING
SINGER KNOWN AS "THE GODDESS OF POP."
PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "A LATE SHOW," CHER.
HELLO, CHER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> HELLO, STEPHEN.
I'M HAPPY TO BE THERE.
>> Stephen: NOW, THE LAST TIME YOU WERE ON THE SHOW WAS IN
NOVEMBER RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION.
AND-- AND YOU-- YOU WERE URGING PEOPLE TO GO VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN.
AND WHEN FOUND OUT HE WON THE ELECTION, YOU TWEETED THIS,
"BETWEEN JUMPING ON MY BED AND CRYING, I COULDN'T TWEET.
I HAVE WANTED HIM TO BE PRESIDENT SINCE 2006.
MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE" DID YOU REALLY JUMP ON YOUR BED,
CHER?
>> I DID.
I JUMPED ON MY BED.
AND I DIDN'T CARE IF I BROKE IT.
I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING.
I WAS SO EXCITED.
>> Stephen: AND AN EARLY ADOPTER, 2006.
NOT EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD JOE'S TRAIN-- AND HE LOVES TRAINS.
NOT EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD JOE'S TRAIN.
>> I BARGED INTO HIS OFFICE.
>> Stephen: WHAT.
>> I BARGED INTO HIS OFFICE.
>> Stephen: SECURITY LET YOU DO THAT?
>> HE THINKS HE INVITED ME, BUT HE DIDN'T.
I JUST WENT IN TO GRILL HIM.
>> Stephen: AS OF YESTERDAY, EVERY ADULT IN AMERICA HAS THE
ABILITY TO GET VACCINATED.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN YOUR SHOTS?
>> I DID.
I GOT-- I GOT MY SECOND SHOT, TOO UPON.
>> Stephen: DID YOU GO-- >> I WAS NERVOUS.
I WAS NERVOUS.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU.
I FEEL LIKE RACHEL.
I WAS-- I WAS A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY.
BUT I-- I DON'T KNOW.
IT WAS STUPID, YOU KNOW.
SOMETIMES-- SOMETIMES YOU LET YOUR FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN MAKE
YOU...
SHUT YOUR MIND, SHUT YOUR EMOTIONS DOWN.
YOU'RE NOT YOURSELF.
BECAUSE FEAR IS SUCH-- IT'S SUCH AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING THING.
AND I JUST WAS AFRAID, AND THEN I JUST SAID YOU KNOW, THIS IS
DUMB.
I CAN'T DO THIS.
THIS IS DUMB.
I'M GOING TO DO IT.
I'M GOING TO GET MY SHOT.
>> Stephen: DID YOU DO PFIZER OR MODERNA?
I'M JUST CURIOUS.
>> I DID PFIZER.
>> Stephen: HOW WAS THAT SECOND SHOT?
>> IT WAS FINE.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE PERSON GIVING YOU THE SHOT?
WERE THEY NERVOUS TO BE INJECTING CHER?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
SHE SEEMED FINE.
>> Stephen: NO?
NO SHAKY HAND OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
NO FANNING OUT OR ANYTHING?
>> I HAD THAT ONCE, THOUGH, WITH A GUY WHO WAS TAKING MY BLOOD.
AND I WENT, "DUDE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CALM DOWN, BECAUSE
THIS IS NOT WORKING IF ARE ME."
( LAUGHTER )
BREATHS, AND DON'T HURT ME."
>> Stephen: NOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN BASICALLY IN THE SWEAT
PANTS FOR A YEAR HERE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT CHER SHOWS UP TO GET VACCINATED IN SWEAT
PANTS.
WERE YOU WEARING SOMETHING FABULOUS WITH A FEATHER
HEADDRESS AND OPEN MIDDRIF?
>> I WAS WEARING ALL THOSE THINGS.
I I WAS WEARING-- I DON'T KNOW, SWEAT PANTS.
I WAS WEARING A SIZE LARGE ADIDAS OR SOMETHING I GOT IN
GERMANY, AND A RATTY OLD T-SHIRT AND BOMBER JACKET.
IS THAT GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU?
>> Stephen: THAT'S GREAT.
I'M SURE YOU ROCKED.
I'M SURE YOU ROCKED IT.
NOW, IN JANUARY, YOU TWEETED THIS OUT.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: "WAS THINKING OF DOING A VIRTUAL CONCERT.
SOME OF MY FAVORITES THAT WERE NEVER HITS, AND SOME THAT WERE.
ONLY PROBLEM-- BEEN SINGING 50-PLUS YEARS.
TOO MANY SONGS."
OKAY, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN FAVORITE CHER SONGS.
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE CHER SONGS?
>> I THINK MY FAVORITE-- OH, THIS IS SO HARD.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT A HUGE CHER FAN, AND EVERYBODY
KNOWS THAT.
>> Stephen: WAIT, WAIT, HOLD THE-- PHONE.
YOU'RE NOT A CHER-- YOU'RE NOT A CHER FAN?
>> NOT-- NOT SO MUCH.
>> Stephen: WELL, YOU MUST FEEL LONELY BECAUSE THERE ARE A
LOT OF CHER FANS OUT THERE.
>> WELL, I'VE DONE SOME GOOD THINGS.
I HAVE SOME THINGS I'M PROUD OF.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, "SONG FOR THE LONELY" I THINK IS MY FAVORITE
SONG.
AND I'M PRETTY PROUD OF THE "MAMA MIA" ALBUM, EVEN THOUGH
PEOPLE KIND OF SCOFFED.
BUT I THINK I DID A GOOD JOB OF INTERPRETING THE SONGS.
>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND...
YOU H"YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST ME."
I WASN'T A GOOD SINGER IN THE BEGINNING AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
HARD FOR ME TO HEAR THOSE SONGS.
>> Stephen: WHY, YOU DON'T LIKE-- YOU DON'T LIKE "GYPSIES,
TRAMPS, AND THIEVES."
"I GOT YOU, BABE."
COME ON!
>> WELL, NO, "I GOT YOU BABE," HAS A PLACE OF HONOR ALL ON ITS
OWN, YOU KNOW.
SONNY CAME TO ME-- SONNY USED TO WAKE ME UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT AND SAY, "COME IN HERE.
I WANT YOU TO SING THIS."
AND HE COULD ONLY PLAY, LIKE, TWO, THREE CHORDS, FIVE CHORDS--
I DON'T REMEMBER.
SO HE WOKE ME UP AND I WAS LIKE OKAY.
AND HE SAID, "OKAY, SING THIS."
AND HE STARTED TO PLAY "I GOT YOU BABE."
I SAID, "THIS IS A STUPID SONG.
I'M GOING BACK TO BED."
( LAUGHTER )
WORDS EVENTUALLY, I'M GUESSING.
>> ABSOLUTELY!
>> Stephen: WHAT WAS IT LIKE-- I'M-- I'M ON TV.
I DO THAT A LOT.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE HOSTING YOUR TV SHOW?
DID YOU KNOW-- THAT SHOW WAS A HUGE HIT.
PEOPLE TODAY DON'T PERCEIVE OF YOU AS A TV STAR.
BUT YOU GUYS, FIRST YOU AS SONNY AND CHER, AND I GUESS YOU GUYS,
EVEN AFTER YOU SPLIT UP, YOU STILL DID THE SHOW TOGETHER,
RIGHT?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: IT WAS A HUGE, HUGE HIT.
>> I KNOW.
IT WAS-- IT WAS VERY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE WERE MODERN.
THEY WERE STILL KIND OF HALF INTO BOB HOPE, AND WE KIND OF
CAME ON THE SCENE AND WE WERE-- I WAS NAKED AND SONNY WAS FUNNY,
AND THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE SOLD IT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S A GOOD COMBINATION.
I GOTTA GET A NAKED GIRL ON THIS SHOW!
>> THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.
EVERYONE THOUGHT I WAS A BITCH, BUT I WAS JUST BEING FUNNY.
( LAUGHTER )
DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE A BITCH.
>> I WAS THE CHALLENGING ONE, AND HE WAS THE NICE ONE.
( LAUGHTER )
YOU BABE."
YOU GOT TO GIVE HIM THAT.
>> OH, I HAVE TO GIVE HIM A LOT OF CREDIT.
I MEAN, HE FOUND ME AND I WAS-- I WAS WORKING AT SEA'S CANDY,
OKAY.
>> Stephen: WOW.
HOW OLD WERE YOU GUYS WHEN YOU STARTED?
>> WELL, I WAS 16 WHEN I MET HIM.
AND I -- >> Stephen: AND HE WAS 42?
HOW OLD WAS HE?
>> NO, HE WAS 28.
>> Stephen: OH, THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
>> YOU CAN GO TO JAILINAR NOW.
>> Stephen: YES, OR GET ELECTED TO CONGRESS IN FLORIDA.
>> YES.
AND MY MOM KEPT THREATENING HIM, BUT IT WAS LIKE, MOM, PLEASE."
BUT I FELT VERY GROWN-UP, AND I WAS LIVING ON MY OWN.
AND I LIED TO HIM.
AND THEN WHEN MY MOM SAID SHE WAS GOING TO PUT HIM IN JAIL, I
HAD TO SAY, "YOU KNOW, I'M NOT 18, BUT MY BIRTHDAY'S COMING IN
MAY.
" AND IT WAS MAY.
AND I SAID, "SO I'LL BE 18 IN MAY."
BUT I WAS ONLY 16 GOING TO BE 17 IN MAY.
SO HE COULD HAVE STILL GONE TO JAIL.
( LAUGHTER )
OH, MY G WE HAVE TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK,
BUT WHEN WE COME BACK CHER IS GOING TO TELL A STORY OF WHEN
SHE WAS 17 AND HAD TO SHOVE A HOPPED-UP MUSIC LEGEND INTO A
PLANE.
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