Sonny and Cher's relationship began as a platonic one. But they had a connection from the start. Cher told Elle in 2018 that when she first saw Sonny, "everyone simply vanished." "He was the oddest individual I'd ever seen." Cher moved in with Sonny, despite the fact that they were not romantically linked. She explained that she did this because he had been "kind enough to take me in". They soon became good friends who spent a lot of time together. They went on vacation together and attended parties/events where they would perform as a duo. In addition to this, they both enjoyed drinking and partying so they had much in common. Cher also said that although they were friends, she never considered him for her boyfriends because he was always working too much. However, she did have one romantic encounter while under the influence of cocaine. After taking the drug, Cher went up to a man at a party and kissed him. She later found out that this person was actually Sonny. Although she admitted that it was nice, she didn't think much of it until many years later when they met again during an interview process for a role. They eventually fell in love and got married. However, their marriage only lasted three months because they decided to go our separate ways after arguing over Cher wanting to pursue a career as a singer-songwriter while Sonny wanted her to quit music all together.