Cher, 76, was walking hand-in-hand with her dramatically younger boyfriend Alexander ‘AE’ Edwards, 36, as they stepped out in Los Angeles this Friday.
The couple headed to a pre-Grammy dinner at chic Beverly Hills sushi joint Matsuhisa two days before the music awards ceremony.
For her latest outing, Cher, who won a Grammy for Believe in 2008, opted for understated elegance in silver slacks, a black top and a monochromatic jacket.
She accentuated her distinctive features with makeup, sported a luxurious platinum blonde hairdo and accessorised with a black handbag.
Matsuhisa is the brainchild of world-renowned sushi chef Nobu Matsuhisa, who is also the namesake of Nobu restaurants favored by celebrities such as the Kardashians.
On the town: Cher, 76, walked hand-in-hand with her dramatically younger boyfriend Alexander ‘AE’ Edwards, 36, as they stepped out in Los Angeles this Friday
Cher and ‘AE’ exuded romantic bliss as they walked hand-in-hand up the sidewalk during their Friday night out on the town.
The duo were first introduced at Paris Fashion Week in September last year and are said to have started dating two months later.
In December, Cher appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show and poked fun at the yawning 40-year age gap between her and her toy boy, a Def Jam music executive.
“Well, it’s kind of ridiculous on paper,” Cher admitted, “but in real life we get along great. He’s fabulous and I don’t give men qualities they don’t deserve.’
She hailed Alexander as “very nice,” adding, “He’s very smart, he’s very talented and he’s really funny — and I think he’s quite handsome.”
Cher remarked, “If I hadn’t met any younger men in my life, I would never have dated because older men just didn’t like me that much, you know what I mean?”
The “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer had “a few friends” who were “about my age,” but she felt like “they just didn’t like me for some reason.”
Cher rose to fame in the 1960s alongside her mentor and first husband Sonny Bono, whom she met when he was 28 and she was just 16.
Here we go: The couple were en route to a pre-Grammy dinner at chic Beverly Hills sushi hangout Matsuhisa, two days before the music awards take place
In the mid-1970s, their romance crumbled in a acrimonious divorce, which she filed for “involuntary servitude.”
Speaking on Kelly’s show, she said: “Younger men don’t care if you’re funny or rude and want to do stupid things and you have a strong personality, you know? I mean, I don’t give up my personality for anyone, okay?’
After a storm of rumors that it was an item, Cher finally confirmed on Instagram last month that she’s dating Alexander.
When another fan took to Twitter to address the massive age difference, she replied: “LOVE DOESN’T KNOW MATH, IT SEE [hearts].’
Cher has long had a crush on sensationally younger men like Rob Camilletti, whom she started dating in the 1980s when she was 40 and he was 22.
Rob, who became known as “Bagel Boy” because he worked in a bagel shop, was Cher’s Oscar date when she won best actress for Moonstruck in 1988.
Alexander is currently Vice President of Artists and Repertoire at Def Jam Recordings, home of the likes of Justin Bieber and 2 Chainz.
He currently has a three-year-old son named Slash Electric with his ex Amber Rose, whose romantic history also includes Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa.
Flashback: Cher rose to fame alongside her mentor and first husband Sonny Bono, whom she met when he was 28 and she was just 16; They are pictured four years later in Italy in 1966
Bagel Boy: Cher has long had a crush on sensationally younger men like Rob Camilletti, whom she befriended in the 1980s when she was 40 and he was 22
Amber and Alexander started dating in 2018, only for their relationship to erupt in the summer of 2021 when she slammed him for his on-screen infidelity.
“All 12 of you bums (of which I know there’s probably more) can have it,” she fumed on social media. “You all knew full well that he was in a relationship with a baby and you decided to fuck him anyway. I’ve seen all the texts and DMs. You were all aware of that, but you don’t owe me any loyalty, so whatever.’
Alexander then publicly admitted on Instagram Live that he cheated on Amber, describing infidelity as his “true nature.”
Once he started dating Cher, her fans began warning her on Twitter about his history of infidelity, to the point where she responded.
“BABE, ENGLISH IS MY FIRST LANGUAGE, I AM IN [HEART] NOT BLINDED BY THIS,” she wrote. “KNOWING WHAT I KNOW … SMOKE DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN [FIRE].’
Another fan worried about the possibility of her being “taken advantage of” in her responses, to which she responded, “As we all know… I WAS NOT BORN YESTERDAY & As far as I know for sure… There are no guarantees. Every time you make a choice, you take a chance. I’ve always taken risks…it’s WHO I am.”
AE and Amber: He currently has a three-year-old son named Slash Electric with his ex Amber Rose, whose romantic history also includes Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa