Hollywood legend Cher insists she dates younger men because older guys have never been interested in her and she didn’t really have a great choice in the matter.
The 64-year-old actress-and-singer, who’s renowned for her romances with men half her age, is currently dating comedian-and-writer Ron Zimmerman - 12 years her junior – and says she never had much of a choice when it comes to her relationships, revealing, “Older men were never interested in me. It's a misconception that I had a big choice in men and only pursued really young men.”
The Oscar-winning actress claims her relationships with younger men, which include actors Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, sometimes dissuaded movie makers from giving her work over concerns about her reputation.
“For years I was approaching and pestering a lot of different directors. But they always said, 'She might be talented, but her lovers are too young and she doesn't dress like an actress,'' she explained.
And she revealed that winning the Academy Award for Moonstruck in 1988 was one of the 'most beautiful moments' in her life as it changed people's opinions about her.
”I was so happy to receive the Oscar. It saved my honour. Meryl Streep was happy for me and my whole family was there. It was the most beautiful moment of my life,” she said. Adding, “Audrey Hepburn, who I had always adored but never met, approached me and said, 'I'm so happy you won!' That almost wowed me even more than the Oscar. We started talking and became pen pals.”
