Question from Helen: You battled with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome how did you managed to recover from it? A lot of people think the illness is psychosomatic...do you think it is?
Cher: My experience was it was really a physical illness but it does make you depressed as well. It's a virus you have it's called Epstein Barr virus and the disease it gives you is chronic fatigue. Boy, it was devastating for me. I finally went to a homeopathic doctor who did Eastern stuff as well. I wasn't able to work for almost three years. I had gotten pneumonia and I was sick constantly I kept getting colds that turned
into bronchitis. Finally I got pneumonia and was really really sick and went to this doctor. I've spent pretty much my whole life working.
Question from Jason Bird: Did anyone ever treat you different because of your fame?
Cher: People have grown up with me I've always been there so people feel like they know me, it's such a strange thing. People usually treat me pretty nicely they feel like they know me.
Question from Vicky Sisson: With all due respect, your not as young as you used to be and you achieved an awful lot, is there anything that you feel you have still left to achieve? what is it?
Cher: Well, you know, there are certain things I would really love to do. I directed this think in America called "If These Walls Could Talk" actually it was on HPO and
twenty-million people saw it and I got lots of offers to direct after that.
Question from Chloe Umpleby: What is the most embarrasing thing that has happened to you while on stage?
Cher: I got my hair caught in my zipper and I couldn't get in or out of my costume! I was not actually on stage, I'd run off to make a change and I had to cut my hair to get out of my costume.
Question from Jennifer Smith: How do you feel about the media?
Cher: I think it's not very honest. I think it's mostly sensational it's very subjective. People get information to suit themselves so it's hard to believe anything you see or hear because the media is not just purveyors of information, they've got a vested interest.
Question from Geoff Keegan: Are you the patron of any Dyslexia groups in the USA or Europe or would you if you were asked?
Cher: I've given things to auction and I've served on committees but I'm not on the board of any groups. But I've done some work for the Lab School in Washington DC, a great school.
Question from Saskia Wood: Do you have a special person in your life at the moment?
Cher: No, I don't. I think I'd prefer to have a partner but if I don't find someone I'm interested in I'd rather be by myself.
Question from Carla Knight: What is the most stupid thing you've ever done?
Cher: Oh God I've done so many stupid things in my life, I can't even figure out which one is the most stupid I've ever done !
Question from Anna: I've seen the photos of your website - you look slimmer and in better shape now than you were in the 60's! How do you keep in shape...tips please?
Cher: Well, I'm a huge fanatic about yoga and I do Pilates and yoga.
BBC Host: Just time for one more question...
Question from Martin: - If you were going to stay on a desert island what would be the most important 3 items you would take?
Cher: Oh my goodness... I guess I'd take a picture of my family, and I'd take a book and I'd take my CD Walkman so I could have music ! (I don't know what album I'd take). If I could only take one, I think I'd take Bruce Springsteen's greatest hits.
BBC Host: That is all we have time for. Here is Cher with a final word...
Cher: I really want to thank you all for hanging in and I hope I won't disappoint you, that I have more things coming out that you'll enjoy. That's what my job is, to make people feel better.
BBC Host: Thank You and Goodbye!
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