When their 48-year-old son Elijah was born in 1976, the couple was still together. He joined Cher’s 55-year-old son Chaz Bono, whom she had with Sonny.
The Grammy winner describes the incident as “the last straw” and says, “[My breaking] point came soon after Gregory.
Had a paranoid breakdown one night and insisted he saw men with guns in the backyard.” “It [was] not safe for kids,” she continues.
Even though it just occurred once, I couldn’t take the chance. In January 1979, Cher and Gregg formalized their divorce after splitting up once again.