Most people slow down at 79. Cher is planning a new marriage, a new home life, and a new kind of love story. The reason she chose this moment in her life will make you stop and think about your own plans.
According to new reports, she has set her heart on walking down the aisle with her boyfriend, music executive Alexander “AE” Edwards, 39, before her 80th birthday on May 20, 2026. They met in 2022 and have spent three years building a life together, and Cher now sees this big birthday as the perfect time to seal the deal.
Critics talk non-stop about the 40-year age gap. Cher simply does not care. She has said that you get older, but your spirit is younger, and everything about this relationship shows that is how she lives. In a recent chat with Gayle King, she called AE beautiful and really talented and summed it up in four words that say it all: I just love him.
Her bond with his 6-year-old son, Slash, is just as strong. She describes him as smart, funny, and a delight. She even joked that she once prayed, God, give me a toddler and a man, and feels she got exactly what she asked for. Today they share her 13,000-square-foot Malibu mansion, slipping between glamorous outings and family time under one very famous roof.
This would be her third marriage, after Sonny Bono (1964-1975) and Gregg Allman (1975-1979), and it comes after a painful period that saw her son Elijah Blue hospitalized following a drug overdose in the summer of 2025. For Cher, this wedding is more than a headline romance.
Cher 79 Ready to Say “I Do” to Alexander AE Edwards 39 Before 80 Birthday| Age GAP DOESN’T MATTER
In that CBS Mornings conversation, she laughs about the forty year age gap, brushes off the critics, and repeats the idea that you grow older while your spirit stays young. She also lights up when she talks about AE’s little boy, Slash, and their life together. It is the clearest window into why she feels ready to commit at eighty.
Cher Explains Why 40-YEAR Age Gap Romance With AE Edwards Works!
To really understand how this love story looks outside the walls of her Malibu home, you only need to see Cher and AE step onto a red carpet together. Their Versace debut shows exactly what the article describes. They arrive in bold, matching looks, laughing, whispering, and sharing an unbothered kiss in front of the cameras.