Cher Reveals What Name Is Listed on Her Driver’s After Opening Up About Birth Certificate Mix-Up

Cher’s driver’s license is registered exactly how fans would imagine it to be.

During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the multi-hyphenate brainstormed ideas for the second half of her memoir with Jimmy Kimmel. Cher: The Memoir, Part One was released in November and has become a New York Times bestseller since.

The first question Kimmel, 57, asked Cher, 78, was about the last time she drove a car. Cher admitted it had been a little while, but alluded to having bought a car recently. Kimmel then asked Cher if she had a driver’s license and if her last name was on it.

“I don’t have a last name,” the Moonstruck actress said, confirming that it just says “Cher” on her license. “I had to go to court, they give you a special dispensation or whatever you call it. You have to prove that someone could know you, like the populace could know you by that name. It’s not easy.”

Kimmel joked that if Cher simply showed up, she would be set. He also asked Cher if she had ever been to jury duty, and the “Believe” singer said that “they won’t take me.”

After Kimmel asked if it was because she was “too famous,” Cher said she was “too distracting.” She also mentioned going to a court in session to prepare for a role as a lawyer, but when she showed up, “The judge kicked me out after 10 minutes,” she added, because he was worried she would disrupt the trial.

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Though Cher doesn’t mention her driver’s license in her memoir, she does recall learning what her name on her birth certificate said.

“I believed Cherilyn was my name until the day years later when I decided to legally change my name to simply Cher,” she wrote.

However, Cher was shocked to find out that her birth certificate read “Cheryl.” Cher’s mom, Georgia Holt, had been in labor for a long time and there was a mix-up in Holt telling the nurse the name she had in mind for her daughter.

When Cher confronted her mom, she “simply shrugged,” Cher wrote. “I was only a teenager, and I was in a lot of pain. Give me a break,” Holt said, per the memoir.

In her memoir, Cher opens up about interactions with many celebrities, from Dolly Parton and John Lennon to Salvador Dalí and Princess Margaret, as well as her past relationships with Sonny Bono, Gregg Allman, Gene Simmons and more.

Cher: The Memoir, Part One is available wherever books are sold. The second half of Cher’s memoir is expected to be published in 2025.

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