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It’s just a misleading headline tbh.
“And the reason I got with young men is because men my age are older — well now they’re all dead — but before, they were always terrified to approach me. And younger men — they were raised by women like me,” the 77-year-old detailed.
I choose to interpret this closer to how she meant it. There are studies that show that men who were raised by single moms are more supportive of wives who have careers, and I think she was referring to that respect of autonomy over an age gap.
i feel like in general if a guy loves and respects his mom he tends to treat women well and sees them more as a person and not just their gender.
anecdotal, but in opposition to that i had an ex who was very bitter towards his mom over his parents’ divorce & told me how women who posted scandalously online are “objects” (in reaction to me saying i would prefer he stopped liking half naked girls on IG 🥴)
But there are men of her own age with single moms too. They didn’t just start existing. Those men probably are not from as well to do families however and Cher probably has requirements regarding that
Not really. Divorce was very rare when she was growing up. I'm GenX and only a handful of my classmates had parents that were divorced. Women couldn't even have their own bank accounts until the 70s, so you had to have a male relative or a husband cosign before that. Cher was already an adult by then.
I was just reading about Cher’s mother, Georgia Holt, on Wikipedia and learned that she was married and divorced 7 times. From 1976 until her death in 2022, she was in a relationship with a man 22 years her junior. So maybe it runs in the family!
Cher dated Tom Cruise when he was 23 and she was 38 and she said he’s in her “top 5 lovers”. How do I know this? I spend too much time here :)) 😊
When the genders are reversed it's often a barely legal girl and an old guy not a 37 year old man and old woman. Every time Aaron Taylor Johnson's wife, any of Madonna or Kate Beckinsale's 20 year old boyfriends are mentioned here they always get called out. Let's not infantilise almost 40 year old men and diminish the creepiness of actual problematic age gaps. We're talking about two full grown adults.
Well it is true that people under 25's pre frontal cortex isn't done coming together yet (the decision making part of the brain). i've personally only seen barely legal girls being infantilised here. But it's not infantilision IMO to say that 20 year olds and 40 year olds should have different levels of maturity. The other criticisms I see is people being grossed out by people replacing their 18 to 25 year old girlfriends/boyfriends and seemingly only valuing their partners youth. Which is obviously more common in men than women.
Then you clearly haven’t been on this sub long enough. Everyone has roasted and came for Aaron Taylor Johnson’s wife. Pretty much sums up the whole comment section here and the caption of the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/s/cOUhugWUAa
There’s a reason why Aaron limits his comment section on instagram because that’s all they comment about. Them Shaming his wife lmao.
I don’t know why you want people to criticize Cher for dating a 40 YEAR OLD man… big difference between a 40 year old and a 23 year old. Like Leonardo Dicarpio who only dates under 25 and rightfully gets roasted.
Edit: he’s actually 37 not 40. Three more years
Call it out when u see it. Dating 30/40 yr olds that are younger than 70 is not it. If I’ve missed any instances, please, by all means, do the honors urself.
Nope, no one would give a shit. There are so many old men dating women in their 30s and it’s been like that since forever. People are just “eww okay well, money” and case closed.
If it’s a woman they always have to speculate on what’s wrong with them..
Staaahp!…what!??
Edit: I had to dive down this rabbit hole. Seems this started from his autobiography “Scar Tissue” in it he talks about how a 29 year old Cher babysat him one night and he watched her undress (without Chers knowledge) while she was in the bathroom. Then she let him sleep in her bed with her and he describes sleeping next to a beautiful woman he had just seen naked, as a sensual/sexual experience for his 13 year old self.
Recounting this same incident during an interview with an Italian magazine, it seems the phrase “slept together” was translated as “had sex with”
Seems like it’s a false rumor that keeps getting passed around. But feel free to correct me or add context everyone.
I looked into it and it seems like it might be a misunderstanding? Apparently in the original biography he just said they slept together while she was babysitting, as in slept on the same bed, which was later possibly mistranslated from an italian magazine (looking at replies from [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/8tl2ww/anthony_kiedis_of_red_hot_chili_peppers_alleges/)).
Note that i dont have any particular feelings about Cher as a person but this is just a pretty big accusation lol
She also said men her age have always been intimidated by her and she has been too shy to pursue her. I’m assuming young men are the only guys with balls or self confidence to pursue her.
So, like, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s wife is a demon, predator etc. DiCaprio and the like who date younger women are gross, disgusting, borderline pedophiles. But then Chris Evans marrying someone 16 years younger is fine because apparently it makes some psychos on the internet mad. And Cher saying stuff like that makes her a ‘queen’, ‘she slayin’ etc.
Like, how do people here unironically see themselves as the leading authority on dating morals and such but then go on to apply the fattest double standard whenever it ‘fits’. The self-righteousness amazes me.
Yes she should definitely find a geezer with a strong heart, a prescription to blue pills and still says ‘women’s lib’. Then I can address creepy old men leching on young women and say ‘yes I would feel the same way if genders were flipped’ without having to address systemic gendered power dynamics, which is complicated and a real drag. Boo hiss, Cher.
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She has 2 ex-husbands, Gregg Alman and Sonny Bono, both dead.
Are you accusing Cher of being a serial killer? Because id totally watch that movie
Don’t you mean Cher-ial killer?
Do you believe in life after love? Because Cher surely doesn't!
Comment of the Day!👏
Well, it would have to be 3 ex husbands to qualify for that.
Right! Two’s just a coincidence.
Where’s the bagel boy she dated nowadays? Is he still w us? Lol
TBF she says date not just marry so who knows how many men she's dated that are only reachable by a Ouija Board
Imagine your surprise when they put 🌲 on the witness stand. DA: Mr Tree, please explain to the court how you came in contact with Mr. Bono...
The tree: I lost half a day of skiing
Stoooooop I’m dead
So is he 😞
Jfc I just woke the whole house up! 💀💀
I would continue to Stan even if she was
Gene Simmons! Still alive.
I mean, it’s a funny sound bite, but she’s dated younger men since she was in her 30s lol
It’s just a misleading headline tbh. “And the reason I got with young men is because men my age are older — well now they’re all dead — but before, they were always terrified to approach me. And younger men — they were raised by women like me,” the 77-year-old detailed.
“They were raised by women like me” 🙃
My exact face
Amazing show. Just finished season 1. The end twist is amazing
Oh god that was NOT the right way to say that
I choose to interpret this closer to how she meant it. There are studies that show that men who were raised by single moms are more supportive of wives who have careers, and I think she was referring to that respect of autonomy over an age gap.
Wait, really? That's neat.
i feel like in general if a guy loves and respects his mom he tends to treat women well and sees them more as a person and not just their gender. anecdotal, but in opposition to that i had an ex who was very bitter towards his mom over his parents’ divorce & told me how women who posted scandalously online are “objects” (in reaction to me saying i would prefer he stopped liking half naked girls on IG 🥴)
But there are men of her own age with single moms too. They didn’t just start existing. Those men probably are not from as well to do families however and Cher probably has requirements regarding that
Not really. Divorce was very rare when she was growing up. I'm GenX and only a handful of my classmates had parents that were divorced. Women couldn't even have their own bank accounts until the 70s, so you had to have a male relative or a husband cosign before that. Cher was already an adult by then.
True. But most 77-80 year old men have issues regarding health etc.. and are looking for a caretaker. Blehhh no thanks.
thank you, jesus.
I think my skin just crawled 😬
did she not hear herself 🥴
Wow, the full quote is something else 🚩 Uhhhhhh
https://i.redd.it/gwxnivexpwxc1.gif
this gif is 4k quality damn
One of THE movies of my childhood. 
What is the movie called?
Mermaids! It's from 1990, and it stars Cher, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins, and Christina Ricci. It's set in 1963 in Massachusetts.
I miss bob
The tenth anniversary of his death was this past Monday, actually (April 29th).
Was just thinking the same thing.
Mermaids
i love this movie so much
What’s the movie?
mermaids
Can’t tell if Cher or Gaga
It's Cher in Mermaids... but a Gaga remake I'd watch.
I’m now wanting for a Cher biopic feat Gaga
Honestly. It would be fantastic. All the costumes and wigs! Never thought of it before but now it's all I want lol!
I love her
I was just reading about Cher’s mother, Georgia Holt, on Wikipedia and learned that she was married and divorced 7 times. From 1976 until her death in 2022, she was in a relationship with a man 22 years her junior. So maybe it runs in the family!
Her mom also looked incredible for her age
I was curious so I went and read Georgia’s Wikipedia. Her mother was only 13 when she married her father, who was 21. 😳
Yikes. Giving Jerry Lee Lewis. But get it, Cher. My queen
And she also lived until 96 years old!
Omg. Married and actually GAVE BIRTH to Georgia at 13 years old!! What the hell man😟
Oof, I missed that part 😕
I love the sentiment but there are times I have considered dessert a necessity 🤣
A woman after my own heart, just flip it around.
Necessity is not a man, luxury like a dessert is a man. I'm not sure what you're driving at but it's got some interesting scenery.
The guy she’s currently dating is almost 40 so it’s not like she’s praying on the young and dumb.
Yeah idk why anyone gives af about age gaps once everyone is over the age of 25
This woman’s roster is legendary. Go Cher!
Cher dated Tom Cruise when he was 23 and she was 38 and she said he’s in her “top 5 lovers”. How do I know this? I spend too much time here :)) 😊 
I mean yeah, finding healthy men to date at 77 might mean moving out of your age group.
fair
I mean, the statistics tell me she's right. lmao
Queen shit. I hope I live long enough to be able to say this lol
I love Cher.
Lmao 🤣 She cracks me up.
Demographics yo. Great argument for women marrying younger men here!
Imagine if the genders were swapped. This comment section would be ripping her (as a man) to shreds.
When the genders are reversed it's often a barely legal girl and an old guy not a 37 year old man and old woman. Every time Aaron Taylor Johnson's wife, any of Madonna or Kate Beckinsale's 20 year old boyfriends are mentioned here they always get called out. Let's not infantilise almost 40 year old men and diminish the creepiness of actual problematic age gaps. We're talking about two full grown adults.
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Well it is true that people under 25's pre frontal cortex isn't done coming together yet (the decision making part of the brain). i've personally only seen barely legal girls being infantilised here. But it's not infantilision IMO to say that 20 year olds and 40 year olds should have different levels of maturity. The other criticisms I see is people being grossed out by people replacing their 18 to 25 year old girlfriends/boyfriends and seemingly only valuing their partners youth. Which is obviously more common in men than women.
If you HONESTLY think that this site doesn’t treat situations like this way differently based on the genders, then idk what to tell ya.
Then you clearly haven’t been on this sub long enough. Everyone has roasted and came for Aaron Taylor Johnson’s wife. Pretty much sums up the whole comment section here and the caption of the post: https://www.reddit.com/r/popculturechat/s/cOUhugWUAa There’s a reason why Aaron limits his comment section on instagram because that’s all they comment about. Them Shaming his wife lmao. I don’t know why you want people to criticize Cher for dating a 40 YEAR OLD man… big difference between a 40 year old and a 23 year old. Like Leonardo Dicarpio who only dates under 25 and rightfully gets roasted. Edit: he’s actually 37 not 40. Three more years
Call it out when u see it. Dating 30/40 yr olds that are younger than 70 is not it. If I’ve missed any instances, please, by all means, do the honors urself.
Nope, no one would give a shit. There are so many old men dating women in their 30s and it’s been like that since forever. People are just “eww okay well, money” and case closed. If it’s a woman they always have to speculate on what’s wrong with them..
Sure
Sure
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Staaahp!…what!?? Edit: I had to dive down this rabbit hole. Seems this started from his autobiography “Scar Tissue” in it he talks about how a 29 year old Cher babysat him one night and he watched her undress (without Chers knowledge) while she was in the bathroom. Then she let him sleep in her bed with her and he describes sleeping next to a beautiful woman he had just seen naked, as a sensual/sexual experience for his 13 year old self. Recounting this same incident during an interview with an Italian magazine, it seems the phrase “slept together” was translated as “had sex with” Seems like it’s a false rumor that keeps getting passed around. But feel free to correct me or add context everyone.
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In his biography, he just states he slept in the bed with her when she was babysitting him. He didn't say they had sexual contact at all
I looked into it and it seems like it might be a misunderstanding? Apparently in the original biography he just said they slept together while she was babysitting, as in slept on the same bed, which was later possibly mistranslated from an italian magazine (looking at replies from [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/Music/comments/8tl2ww/anthony_kiedis_of_red_hot_chili_peppers_alleges/)). Note that i dont have any particular feelings about Cher as a person but this is just a pretty big accusation lol
 What
Whaaat?! 
Wait why have I never heard of this before??
Oh no. That would explain so much...
WTF
Sorry you gotta say more about that. Wtf??
And then didn’t he go on to have sex with numerous underage girls?
That’s a Taurus statement if I ever heard one
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She's not wrong
I need to hear this quote in Trixie Mattel's Cher voice🤣🤣🤣
God I love her
I mean, she's not wrong.
Fucking iconic.
Killer energy.
I mean… that’s fair
shit she’s got a point
She’s so real for this
God I love her
Atta girl
It is a self deprecating joke guys.
Gross.
Creepy.
The younger man in question is 37. He’s a grown ass adult it’s not creepy
It’s creepy she’s even dating younger guys.
Why is it creepy? Elaborate on why it is weird for a 37 year old to date someone older than them. Who is being harmed here?
No it’s creepy that she’s even dating guys half her age when she’s almost 80.
Why? You won’t explain why it’s creepy
A person dating someone half their age is creepy.
Why though? What makes it creepy when both people are grown adults, who met as adults.
Yeah I’m just saying her history with dating younger guys goes all the way back when she was in her late 30s early 40s dating early 20s guys.
They’re just keeping that same energy when the genders are reversed.
I’ve never once seen someone accuse an older man dating a 37 year old woman of being a creep. Ever. I’ve seen it said about 25 year olds and younger.
Thats cool an all. But imagine the head she gives. And the amount of high class lube you get to try.
Facts
She also said men her age have always been intimidated by her and she has been too shy to pursue her. I’m assuming young men are the only guys with balls or self confidence to pursue her.
Coming home to a naughty Cher is a life worth living
Now reverse the genders for a hypothetical scenario
It doesn’t work because most men die before most women so older dudes literally have plenty of old ladies to pick from 😂
Her latest boyfriend is 37. It’s age appropriate.
So funny when its a women doing it, she gets praise. When it's a male, he's a creepy old man.
Alexander Edwards is 38. He is not freshly 18 and their dating announcement comes out a week after his birthday.
i think as long as all parties have their prefrontal cortex developed… alls fair in love and war
Sure. Whatever helps you sleep at night.
The issue is not and never has been age gaps, but the age of the youngest in the relationship, and it always has been.
Sure
Shows the double standards doesn't it? Look at our downvotes and the defenders upvoted lol
It depends on the age of the younger partners.
People get mad over both if you look hard enough…
Is no one going to say it?
Say?
Bad joke
So, like, Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s wife is a demon, predator etc. DiCaprio and the like who date younger women are gross, disgusting, borderline pedophiles. But then Chris Evans marrying someone 16 years younger is fine because apparently it makes some psychos on the internet mad. And Cher saying stuff like that makes her a ‘queen’, ‘she slayin’ etc. Like, how do people here unironically see themselves as the leading authority on dating morals and such but then go on to apply the fattest double standard whenever it ‘fits’. The self-righteousness amazes me.
Queen shit
Good for her
Well, She’s not wrong 🤣
Yes she should definitely find a geezer with a strong heart, a prescription to blue pills and still says ‘women’s lib’. Then I can address creepy old men leching on young women and say ‘yes I would feel the same way if genders were flipped’ without having to address systemic gendered power dynamics, which is complicated and a real drag. Boo hiss, Cher. /s
Yikes
Yeah u killed them
Younger men are not interested in older women.
Doesn’t apply to all of us. I was always interested in women 10-15 years older than me
Cher's bf begs to differ
Celebs do not represent the average young guy
I think you are off topic. Do you know what this post is about?
Fair enough! 😂. Edit: wrong face