Posted 15 minutes agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownThree Years After Confirming Their Controversial Romance On Twitter, 79-Year-Old Cher Has Defended Having A 39-Year-Old Boyfriend Cher first confirmed the divisive relationship in 2022, when she admitted that she and Alexander look "strange" on "paper."by Stephanie SoteriouBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink Back in 2022, Cher, then 76 years old, basically broke the internet when she confirmed that she was in a relationship with 36-year-old music executive Alexander Edwards.