Cher recalls a curious interlude from her rich and many-chaptered history in her new book “Cher: The Memoir, Part One.”

Cherilyn Sarkisian — recounts how she applied for a copy of her birth certificate in 1979 and was "shocked" to see that her first name was registered as Cheryl."I believed Cherilyn was my name until the day years later when I decided to legally change my name to simply Cher,

Cher recalled finding out her legal first name when she was in her 30s. The singer believed that she was named Cherilyn but discovered an error was made on her birth certificate.

Cher did tweet in honor of Bogdanovich when he died in 2022. “I’m Proud Of The Film [‘Mask’] We Made Together,” Cher wrote, “& In The End I’m Sure He Must Have Been As Well. He made Some Very Memorable Films,& Discovered amazingly Talented artists.”

Cher has some choice words to describe a director with whom she previously worked. In a sprawling interview with The Times of London, timed to the first-half release of her two-part memoir, she opened up about her childhood and career,

In an interview with the U.K.'s Times published Friday ahead of her memoir's release, the singer discussed her acting career and the difficulty of working with two filmmakers in particular.