For two years, the 78-year-old singer and the 38-year-old producer have been setting the Internet on fire with their passionate love story.
West Hollywood, November 2, 2022 Under the glare of the paparazzi, Cher goes to the fancy restaurant Craig’s, hand in hand with one Edward Alexanders. He is 76 years old, she is 36. The significant age difference, which is rarely shown between women and men, immediately raises a wave of criticism against the singer. The society is divided, some celebrate his audacity, others express their displeasure. He answers at his own expense (formerly Twitter), saying: “Love knows no mathematics.” However, this is not the first time that she finds herself in the arms of a younger man.
A 1970s pop singer with jet-black hair and a deep voice, Cher is an icon. Like her career, her love life has been tumultuous, punctuated by intense romances and major love stories. As in his stage debut, in 1965, when he created an inseparable duet with Sonny Bono in the studio and in the city. Named Sonny and Cher, they celebrated the decade with a massive hit i got you my love and the fruit of their love will give them a son, Chaz, who is now 55 years old. In the 1970s, the singer fell under the spell of musician Gregg Allman, and Elijah Blue (47 years old today) was born. Years pass, so do relationships, but no one seems to remember the singer, who has been known for years for her strong and feminist expressions. As in 1996, when he announced during an interview. “A man is not a necessity, a man is a luxury.” At least until Paris Fashion Week in Fall 2023.
Love at first sight
In October 2024, Cher reveals to the magazine People that a friend gave his number after discussing “about 15 minutes” with a certain Alexander Edwards; “I was very shocked because people don’t give my number like that. I always told my friends. “We’re too old to date younger guys and I’ll never fall in love over a text.” But Cher is tempted and ends up breaking all of his rules. Then began a passionate relationship with a producer 40 years younger than her, and less than a month later the couple appeared in public for the first time.
Although he is far from achieving Cher’s popularity, Alexander Edwards is not unknown to the general public. A music producer, his name regularly appears in the tabloids during his tumultuous relationship with Wiz Khalifa and later Kanye West’s ex-partner Amber Rose. In 2019, they had a son with a very Hollywood name: Slash Electric. The couple split amicably in 2021 due to the producer’s repeated (and alleged) infidelities. A year later, his meeting with Cher seemed to calm him until he reassured his son’s mother; “I’m so happy that Alexander is with Cher because it creates stability for my son when he goes home,” Amber reveals. Rose on the mic Jason Lee Podcast In March 2024.
It’s official, Cher and Alexander are in a strong relationship. In December 2022, rumors of an engagement began circulating when the singer posted a photo of a giant diamond ring on X. “I have no words,” he wrote. Since then, the jewel (which she wears on her middle finger) appears in all stolen photos of the couple. In the same month, he went to the set The Kelly Clarkson Show , where he admits. “On paper, it’s a bit funny. But in real life we get along very well. She is fabulous. And I’m not in the habit of giving men qualities they don’t deserve.
A liberated woman
Four decades apart and a history of betrayals… Despite the fact that he was able to seduce Cher, Alexander Edwards has not yet won over the singer’s fans. On social networks, Internet users question the intention of the producer, to which the latter replies: “As we all know… I was not born in the last rain, and what I am sure of is that there are never any guarantees. Every time we make a choice, we take a risk. I’ve always taken risks…that’s just who I am.”
It must be said that this is not the first time that Cher has tried her luck in the issue of generation gap. In the early 1980s, she dated actor Val Kilmer, who was 13 years her junior. In 1985, at the wedding of Madonna and Sean Penn, she met 22-year-old Tom Cruise. The couple will live their romance in the utmost secrecy, despite their 16-year age difference. Finally, in 1986, Cher met the man we nicknamed “Bagel Boy” at the time, baker Rob Camiletti. He is 22 years old, she is 40.
You might think, like many famous men, that Cher just has a preference for younger people… Not really. For the Oscar-winning singer in 2021 Moonstruck (1987) reveals an entirely different reason on set The Kelly Clarkson Show “I had a few friends who were around my age, but I didn’t like them for one reason or another. And maybe younger men don’t care if you’re funny or obnoxious, want to goof around and have a strong personality. I won’t give up my individuality for anyone, okay? Being a liberated woman is not easy.
Source: Le Figaro
