When Cher demanded her longtime designer whip up 20 costumes ASAP for her upcoming tour, he said he’s too busy – and now she’s heartbroken.
But a source says Emmy-winning costumer Bob Mackie, 73, simply couldn’t handle the stress of keeping her happy anymore.
“Bob and Cher have clashed in the past, but her latest tour pushed him over the edge,” celebrity biographer Mark Bego, who’s written two books on Cher, told The ENQUIRER.
“Cher is a demanding perfectionist, and Bob’s a consummate professional who hates to work under pressure.
He’s done all of Cher’s costumes from her days on ‘The Sonny & Cher Show’ back in the ’70s up to her last tour, so she expected Bob to succumb to her tight schedule demands at the last minute.
“Instead, he told her ‘no.’