"Half the things are his, half the things are mine. It didn't occur to me that there was another way," the legendary singer says

Cher has revealed that she was financially deceived by her then-husband, Sonny Bono, in the first volume of the legendary singer’s memoir. “He took all my money,” the 78-year-old told The New York Times in an interview about the book, adding that she was not immediately aware of her financial situation and that she trusted Bono at the time.

Cher has always been supportive of her son Chaz Bono’s gender identity — and she’s making no exception in her memoir. According to The New York Times, the pop legend makes a disclaimer toward the front of Cher: The Memoir,