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CELEBRITY INTERVIEW
By: Chris Azzopardi
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CHER We’ve Got Her, Babe
Cher talks new Christmas album, antiLGBTQ+ ‘insanity’ and why she never took credit for co-writing ‘Believe’
After being introduced to Cher on the phone as her “old friend Chris” by Cher’s longtime publicist Liz Rosenberg, there is only one sensible way for me to respond: “Hello, old friend Cher.” 16 Fab Vegas
Calling Cher an old friend to Cher feels completely natural — well, almost. There is at least some familiarity in knowing her off the phone too, through a treasure trove of a half-century’s worth of artistic contributions, even if the icon
is a higher pop culture power. But then, at the same time, the enduring gay icon has also been like an old friend to those in the LGBTQ+ community, including me.
