Cher accuses her Mask director of being ‘f***ing arrogant’ and ‘a pig’ in new memoir

Cher has named a famous film director she didn’t get along with during her acting career in the ’80s.

The 78-year-old iconic entertainer called Peter Bogdanovich – who directed her in the 1985 drama Mask – him an ‘a**hole’ in a new interview with The Times of London.

She recalled their time on set: “He wasn’t nice to the girls in the movie and he was so damn arrogant.”

The Believe hitmaker – who has just revealed the only celebrity to ever break up with her – insisted: ‘I really hated him.’

Bogdanovich died in 2022 at the age of 82 and also expressed his disgust for the singer before his death.

Speak with Vulture in 2019 he called her “the most difficult actor” he had ever worked with.

The 78-year-old iconic entertainer singled out Peter Bogdanovich (right), who directed her in the 1985 drama Mask, calling him an “a**hole” in a new interview with The Times; pictured with costar Sam Elliott

Peter claimed of the former Sonny & Cher artist, “She didn’t trust anyone, especially men.”

He also said of the screen siren, “She can’t act,” reasoning that she only won the Best Actress award at Cannes for her role in Mask “because I shot her very well.”

Cher said in her Times interview that the filmmaker “was a pig” and told her she was “a nobody.”

The singer recalled one incident in particular: ‘[Bogdanovich] comes in and says, “Cher, where do you think we should film this scene? And I say, “Well, the kitchen works pretty well, why don’t we do that again?”

She continued, “The next morning he arrives on set, eats an egg sandwich and starts yelling about not letting me direct this movie.”

According to her recollection, Cher said Pete told her she was “a nobody – he could lock me out at any time.”

Contrary to the late director’s comments, Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, insists that she is “really easy to work with,” especially when working with “really great directors that I respect.”

She mentioned Robert Altman (who directed her in Come Back To The 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean), her Silkwood director Mike Nichols and Norman Jewison, who directed her in Moonstruck, which won her an Academy Award.

She recalled of her time on set with Bogdanovich: “He wasn’t nice to the girls in the movie and he was so damn arrogant”; in the photo in 2017

Cher’s new self-titled memoir was released on November 19

“I know when to listen,” she said of her other collaborations with famous filmmakers.

Despite the conflict between Share and Bogdanovich, Mask was a commercial success.

Bogdanovich began his career as a film critic and historian before turning to filmmaking.

His second feature film from 1971, The Last Picture Show, became an instant classic, and he followed it up with other critically acclaimed films including What’s Up, Doc? and Paper Moon.

Later in life, he was known for his recurring appearances on The Sopranos as the psychiatrist to Tony Soprano’s psychiatrist (played by Lorraine Bracco).

Speaking to Howard Stern on Thursday, Cher gave another breathtaking interview.

When Stern asked her if men expect “great sex because you’re Cher,” the If I Could Turn Back Time singer replied firmly, “Yes, and they get it.”

When asked how she could know, she replied, “You could tell by the reaction,” prompting the longtime radio host to ask, “Who would ever leave you?”

Cher joked: “Few men, few men,” before adding: “Look, I was madly in love with Val Kilmer and he left.”

The two stars dated from 1982 to 1984, and their thirteen-year age difference raised many eyebrows at the time.

When asked why he left, Cher said, “Because sometimes you’re only meant to be with someone for so long,” adding that Val, now 64, “was very young.”