The Memoir, Part One,' out Nov. 19, Cher writes that her then-husband, Sonny Bono, “manhandled” her during an escalation early in their relationship.

Cher, of course, is referencing Ball's marriage with I Love Lucy co-star Desi Arnaz. "And he was a huge womanizer too," the singer wrote. "Then Lucy had left him. She told me, 'F*ck him, you're the one with the talent.'" It would seem that Ball's advice was helpful, as Cher finalized her divorce from Bono in 1975.

Though Cher and Sonny Bono’s marriage lasted less than a decade, their musical hits endured. Yet Cher details in her new memoir that the success of her creative partnership with her late husband wasn’t equally shared.