At min 8:25 , you'll see Cher picking up Diana Ross' daughter, Tracee Ellis Ross .
From min 8:50 , with Gene Simmons ( of the " Kiss" ), there are 2 impersonators of Diana Ross and
Cher .Gene Simmons ( August 25, 1949), also known by his stage persona "The Demon", he was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band the "Kiss".
He formerly had live-in relationships with Cher and Diana Ross, revealing that he fell in love with
Ross while dating Cher !
The following is Cher's introduction to a 1983 biographical book about Diana Ross, titled "Reach Out (The Diana Ross Story)," by Sharon Publications:
" Diana has lots of close friends, but you know what? Young as they are, her kids are her closest friends. She's had a lot of guts having that many only a year or so apart.
Diana needs her kids. They're her rock, her anchor. They are really what it is all about for her.
Only her kids can cure that special loneliness. And don't let all the noise fool you, she's got the lonelies, too. You can't be that big and escape them.
I first met Diana Ross in 1965, and I couldn't stand the broad. No matter how many times we
were introduced, she couldn't remember my name. But friends kept saying if we ever sat down
and rapped, we'd like each other. I doubted it. But the time came when we did sit down.
And let me tell you whyI love Diana. She's a funky, get-down broad. Like me, she is a very
complex person. Before EST, she couldn't take any criticism.
She'd go into herself, withdraw. Then she would punish herself with it. No more. Now she listens,
evaluates, takes what she feels is beneficial and dumps the rest where it belongs.
Then, too, Diana always feared people were trying to invade her armor.
Not that you could. Before EST, the chick wore a breast plate that was a foot-and-a-half
thick. Now a lot of Diana's defenses have come crumbling down. The armor, at
best, is maybe an inch thick. She's a very outfront person. And she's OK with herself.
Freer. People can't hurt her like they used to.
It's hard for a man being married to one of us gals. The bread we earn, the adoration we get.
Man, you gotta think of the guy. He's raised to be the provider, and a chick like Diana doesn't
need anyone to provide for her.
Then, too, women like Diana and me are selfish. When you dwell on yourself as we do,
when you have people fawning all over you 24 hours a day telling you how 'divine' you are,
it's hard to come off that pedestal, to be some man's little woman when the whole world is
screaming 'Star!' at you.
A lot of people want from Diana without knowing what it is they really
want. Some even think they love her-some do-just as many resent her and her
success. That's true of all us alley cats who leave our alleys in the slums and
make it to Beverly Hills. The jealousy can kill you, and what you've got."
Cher