Tragic Details About Cyndi Lauper

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.“