Tonight, Cher, #icon, performed her ICONIC "Believe" at the Billboard Music Awards in pink heart pasties because she is CHER.
She then did "Turn Back Time" in a bodysuit:
Which looks a WHOLE lot like this bodysuit she wore 25 years ago:
She then accepted the Icon award, giving a thank you speech the only way Cher could:
Thank you. So, I've wanted to do what I do since I was 4 years old. And I've been doing it for 53 years. Yeah. This is not an applause thing. I'm 71 yesterday. So ...Yes. And I can do a five-minute plank, okay? Just saying.
I want to thank my mom, because when I was really young, she said you're not going to be the smartest, prettiest, the most talented, but you're going to be special. And then when I met Sonny, he said the same thing. And there was nothing about me that led anyone to believe I was going to be special. So, I've had so much help, I've had the greatest people to work with.
I had an experience with Phil Spector, worked for one year for $25 that taught me so much. I worked with the wrecking crew, people you may not know, but they're the greatest people in our industry.
And I think luck has so much to do with my success. I think it was mostly luck, and a little bit of something thrown in. That's it, and I want to thank Diane Warren, Rob, David Geffen, and a million other people. So, thank you.
#fiveminuteplank.
Sally is the Editor-in-Chief of InStyle. Prieviously, she was the Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire. She came to Marie Claire from ELLE.com, where she was the Executive Editor. Before that, Sally was at New York Magazine's The Cut and graduated with an English major from Boston College. Her favorite Harry Potter is Order of the Phoenix.
