Cher Says Rock Hall of Fame Can ‘Go You-Know-What Themselves’

Cher has emphatically added herself to the record of superstars who need nothing to do with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

During a December 14 look on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the legendary singer and actress commented on the truth that solely she’s one of solely two acts to have earned No. 1 hits in seven totally different many years.

“It took four of them to be one of me… [it’s] the Rolling Stones and me,” she advised Clarkson in between quite a few disbelieving interruptions from the enthusiastic host. “And I’m not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. You know what, I wouldn’t be in it now if they gave me a million dollars. I’m not kidding you, I was about to say I’m not shitting you. I’m never changing my mind. They can just go you-know-what-themselves.”

Cher earned her first No. 1 hit as one-half of Sonny & Cher in 1965 with “I Got You, Babe.” Earlier this 12 months her single “DJ Play a Christmas Song” reached the highest spot on Billboard‘s Dance / Electronic Digital Song Sales chart, making her the primary solo artist to prime the charts in seven totally different many years.

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Cher has been eligible for Rock Hall Induction since 1991, however has by no means even been nominated. As sturdy as her new anti-Hall feedback are, she’s received a methods to go to meet up with Bruce Dickinson. In 2018 the Iron Maiden singer known as the Hall “an utter and complete load of bollocks” that’s “run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans who wouldn’t know rock ’n’ roll if it hit them in the face. …I’m really happy we’re not there and I would never want to be there. If we’re ever inducted, I will refuse — they won’t bloody be having my corpse in there.”