Cher dishes dirt on John and Harry Nilsson in her new memoir

Cher claims 'drunk' John Lennon once got naked in Playboy Mansion pool
Music-News.com
11 November 2024

Cher has claimed John Lennon once stripped off his clothes during a
drunken night at the Playboy Mansion in 1974.

In her new autobiography, "Cher: The Memoir, Part One," the "Believe"
hitmaker recalled having dinner at a restaurant in Los Angeles with the
Beatle and his friend, singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson, and asking the
pair if they wanted to visit Hugh Hefner's famed mansion for its Sunday
movie night.

According to Cher, Lennon was "dying" to see the property so she drove
them to the mansion, at which point she realised her companions were
"drunker than I'd thought".

The 78-year-old, a regular guest at the Playboy Mansion, led Lennon and
Nilsson to the swimming pool's Grotto - where they stripped naked.

"Giggling and falling over each other, John and Harry followed me out
into the grounds. Sitting them down inside the infamous Grotto - it was
like a huge cave that one end of the swimming pool went into - I went to
find a drink and when I came back they were standing in the middle of
the Grotto naked but still in the water, thank God," she wrote in the
book, which has been serialised by the Daily Mail.

When the pop legend told the pair they were not a "pretty" sight, they
threatened to leave the water.

"I was trying not to laugh, but it was impossible not to as they
threatened to wander around the mansion naked. It took me ages to get
them back in their clothes. It was like herding drunks," Cher continued.

She noted that while the mansion was "notorious for drunken orgies", the
Sunday movie nights were more relaxed events featuring cocktails, dinner
and the latest films.

Cher: The Memoir, Part One will be released on 19 November.