In a new interview with GLAAD, Cher remembers the first two gay men she ever met, and what she thought about them. The Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! star sat down with the LGBTQ media advocacy group to discuss her role in the new film, and when the topic of her status as an LGBTQ icon came up, she shared this adorable story.
Alright you might not like this, the first gay man I met I was 12 years old. I came home from school and there were these two guys in our living room. They were talking to my Mom and her best friend and they were so happy and excited about everything they were talking about. So animated. I thought these guys are much more fun than the regular men that come over to visit. I didn’t know they were gay but I just thought these guys are great. It just started from them.
Interviewer Anthony Ramos refers to the men as her “dancing queens” and Cher agrees.
Next, Ramos asks Cher about the film Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, out in theaters worldwide July 20.
“I was nervous to be here because everyone had been together before, had been such friends,” Cher answers. “But then, the movie is just so much fun and it sweeps up the audience. I don’t know, I do this, when watching a movie. I want a movie to be great. But if it’s not, I start picking it apart. I can’t help myself and then, of course, it gets ruined. With this, I think you’re swept away in the excitement. It’s pure joy and just fabulous.”
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Watch the Cher interview with GLAAD below:
https://www.facebook.com/GLAAD/videos/10157291648103840/
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Kieran
Cher: “I thought these guys are much more fun than the regular men that come over to visit.”
How does she know these “regular men” weren’t gay? They weren’t giggling and lisping?
Can we get over reducing all gay men to outdated and tired stereotypes? There are “regular men” who are gay.
Juanjo
Honey, climb down off the cross. We need the wood for something useful.
topsyturvy
I sort of kind of understand what you’re saying but at the same time I’m willing to give Cher a break on this one. Sure, she could have been more “artful” in her wording but let’s cut her some slack.
Jack Meoff
You need to remember the era she’s referring to. It would have been 1958 and a lot of gay men were very stereotypical back then. It was a bit of a cultural backlash I guess.
man5996853
What an obnoxious response.
Who cares if the “regular” men were gay or straight? She was enamored with the aspects of gay men’s personalities that are often reviled by closed-minded, hateful people. She, despite her age, despite the time, celebrated the men for who they were. That’s a beautiful thing.
People like you are the reason why we don’t have more allies. Your self-righteousness is borderline offensive.