THIS WEEK ON SUNDAY NIGHT – after the X-Factor
STONED
He’s an AFL footy legend who lived decades with a dark
secret. For more than 20 years – including every day of his playing career –
this Collingwood great smoked marijuana. Later he progressed to amphetamines
and alcohol to cope with life. He even got stoned the day his team won the
Grand Final – and his memories of his greatest day are far different from his
teammates.
He kept his addition secret from everyone, including his
wife. Marijuana almost destroyed his family, and now that he’s clean, he’s
coming clean on the dangers of cannabis. But in famously liberal California, a
group of Hollywood mums are taking him on. These Californian housewives claim
pot is saving their marriages and making them better parents. Cheryl turned to
marijuana after her marriage broke down, and credits the drug with weaning her off
anti-depressants and controlling her anxiety. She now runs a 30-hectare legal
cannabis plantation with her daughter and hosts regular pot parties where she
and her fellow mums get ‘medicated’. This is a controversial angle on the drug
debate that is seldom heard.
HAVEN’T SEEN THE LAST OF HER
For one unforgettable day, Sunday Night’s Rahni Sadler steps
inside Cher’s grand Malibu mansion to talk with the pop diva about her
incredible life. At 67 and on the verge of a comeback, she wanted to tell all
in this pull-no-punches interview. Humble, unaffected and brutally honest, she
swears like a sailor and happily dishes the truth on her famous romances, her
lifelong bond with Sonny Bono, and a tumultuous career that’s seen her pick up
an Oscar, an Emmy, two Golden Globes and a Bafta. Cher’s family life has been
just as eventful as her remarkable rollercoaster professional life: and she
almost didn’t make it into the world. Her mother was literally lying on the
abortion table when she changed her mind and one of entertainment’s biggest
names was born. As a child she was placed in an orphanage while her mother
battled to make ends meet. As a mother herself, she famously struggled with her
daughter Chastity coming out as a lesbian, then more recently adjusted to the
news that Chaz is transgender, and now her son. Showing Sunday Night around her
incredible home overlooking the beach at Malibu, Cher describes her first album
in 12 years as her best work to date – but the self-deprecating pop icon still
admits she’s ‘not a Cher fan’ and has never liked her looks.
