FOR ANYONE WHO may not be aware, Cher and Meryl Streep go way back; decades, donkey’s years, absolute yonks, you know yourself.
And with a friendship as enduring as theirs, it’s hardly surprising they have shared experiences which probably felt a little surreal; even to them.
This week, Cher, who will be starring alongside Meryl in Mamma Mia 2, recalled one of these experiences while appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden.
And it turns out the Oscar winners once saved a woman’s life while on a quest to get their munch on in New York.
Setting the scene for viewers, Cher explained that it was 1983, Meryl had recently given birth and the pair were in downtown NYC.
Cher admitted she thought the neighbourhood was a little sketchy, but Meryl assured her mate there was nothing to worry about.
And loathe and all as we are to criticise our Lord and Saviour Meryl, she was wrong.
So we walk out and the first thing we see is some guy hitting cars with a brick. And then we walk down the street and we hear screaming. We come around the corner and this gigantic man is ripping the clothes off of this girl.
We know; absolutely terrifying.
So, what did the ladies do?
Meryl starts screaming and I start screaming and we run towards this gigantic man and he turns and starts running towards us. We split up and he ran through us and we went up to the girl. All of her clothes were torn and she was clutching her bag.
Thankfully, the victim of the assault was relatively unharmed, and according to Cher, overjoyed that her rescuers were personal heroes of hers.
So we’re putting her together, kind of trying to get her to look a little bit, you know, like she hasn’t just been ravished, and she looks at us and goes, ‘Oh my God! I’ve been saved by Meryl Streep and Cher! I’m an actress and I work in a cafe where we sing and all my friends are going to be so jealous!’
Cue the relieved laughter of the audience (and James Corden) who didn’t know where that story might be going.
Team Cheryl, FTW.
