Tragic Details About Cyndi Lauper

Aug 04 2020

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Cyndi Lauper is the personification of '80s pop. Her wild style of dress and dyed hair were pretty outlandish even for the time, but the songs themselves were timeless bangers. But along with her big professional triumphs came plenty of heartbreak. This is the tragic real-life story of Cyndi Lauper. True artists pull from real life to make their work personal and empathetic and Cyndi Lauper is no exception. Raised in the Roman Catholic faith, Lauper recounted the time a nun attacked her after catching a nine-year-old Lauper scratching a friend's back. She told Inside the Hollywood Closet: "A nun ran in, ripped me off her back, threw me against the lockers, beat the s--- out of me, and called me a lesbian." But the future pop icon wasn't treated much better by classmates. She told The Times in 2008, "When I was a kid, I dressed differently, so people threw rocks at me." Lauper faced a difficult home life, too. According to WE TV, she grew up in the working-class Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens. Her father left the family when she was 10, and her mother remarried a man described as a violent bully. In her book, Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir, she revealed that after her stepfather threatened to sexually assault her and her sister, she left home for good at 17 years old. Watch the video for more Tragic Details About Cyndi Lauper. #CyndiLauper #GirlsJustWantToHaveFun Childhood | 0:00 Living on her own | 1:15 Band over solo career | 2:11 Career troubles | 3:20 Psoriasis diagnosis | 4:49 Broadway musical mishap | 5:44