Cher, 76, walked hand in hand with her dramatically younger boyfriend, Alexander ‘AE’ Edwards, 36, as they stepped out in Los Angeles on Friday.
The couple were headed to a pre-Grammy dinner at the upscale Beverly Hills sushi restaurant Matsuhisa, two days before the music awards were to take place.
For her latest work, Cher, who won a Grammy for Believe in 2008, opted for understated elegance in silver pants, a black top, and a monochrome jacket.
Accentuating her striking features with makeup, she sported a luxurious platinum blonde hairstyle and accessorized it with a black handbag.
Matsuhisa is the brainchild of world-renowned sushi chef Nobu Matsuhisa, who is also the namesake of Nobu restaurants favorites of stars like the Kardashians.
In town: Cher, 76, walked hand in hand with her dramatically younger boyfriend, Alexander ‘AE’ Edwards, 36, as they stepped out in Los Angeles on Friday
Cher and ‘AE’ exuded romantic bliss as they walked down the sidewalk together hand in hand during their Friday night on the town.
The duo first showed up at Paris Fashion Week in September last year and are believed to have started dating two months later.
In December, Cher appeared on The Kelly Clarkson Show she poked fun at the massive 40-year age gap between her and her toyboy, a Def Jam music executive.
“Well, on paper it’s a bit ridiculous,” Cher admitted, “but in real life we get along really well.” It’s fabulous and I don’t give men qualities they don’t deserve.
He praised Alexander as “very nice”, adding: “He’s very smart, he’s very talented and he’s very funny, and I think he’s quite handsome.”
Cher noted, “If I hadn’t met younger men in my life, I never would 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 couple of boyfriends” who were “around my age”, but she felt they “just didn’t like her for whatever 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.
They’re leaving: The couple were on their way to a pre-Grammy dinner at the swanky Beverly Hills sushi restaurant Matsuhisa two days before the music awards were to take place
In the mid-1970s, their romance collapsed in a spiteful divorce, which she filed for “involuntary servitude.”
On Kelly’s show, he said: “Younger men don’t care if you’re, you know, funny or outrageous and want to do stupid things and, you know, and have a strong personality, you know? I mean I’m not going to give up my personality for anyone, okay?
After a storm of dating rumors, Cher finally confirmed on Instagram last month that she is dating Alexander.
When another fan on Twitter mentioned the huge age gap, she replied: “LOVE DOESN’T KNOW MATH, GO [hearts].’
Cher has a longtime fondness for sensationally younger men, like Rob Camilletti, whom she dated in the 1980s when she was 40 and he was 22.
Rob, who became known as the ‘Bagel Boy’ because he worked at a bagel shop, was Cher’s Oscar date when she won best actress for Moonstruck in 1988.
Alexander currently holds a position as Vice President of Artists and Repertoire at Def Jam Recordings, home to stars like 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.
Throwback: 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 represented four years later in Italy in 1966
‘Bagel Boy’: Cher has a longtime fondness for sensationally younger men, like Rob Camilletti, whom she dated in the 1980s when she was 40 and he was 22.
Amber and Alexander began dating in 2018 only to have their relationship catch fire during the summer of 2021 when she criticized him for his serial cheating.
“The 12 homeless (the ones I know there are probably more) can have it,” he joked on social media. “Everyone knew that he was in a relationship with a baby and they decided to fuck him anyway.” I saw all the texts and DM. You all knew that very well, but you owe me no loyalty, so whatever.
Later, Alexander publicly admitted on Instagram Live that he had cheated on Amber, describing the infidelity as his “true nature.”
When he started hanging out with Cher, her fans began warning her on Twitter about his history of cheating to the point that she responded.
‘BABE, ENGLISH IS MY FIRST LANGUAGE, I’M IN [HEART] NOT BLINDED BY IT,’ he wrote. ‘I KNOW WHAT I KNOW… SMOKING DOESN’T ALWAYS MEAN [FIRE].’
Another fan raised concerns in her responses about being “taken advantage of,” to which she replied, “As we all know…I WASN’T BORN YESTERDAY, and what I know for sure…There are no guarantees.” Every time you make a decision, you take a risk. 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