Cher Reveals She Was 'Madly in Love' with Val Kilmer — But 'He Left' Despite Their 'Fabulous Sex'

Mar. 15, 2025

Cheris getting candid about her love — and sex — life.

During an appearance onThe Howard Stern Showon Wednesday, Nov. 20, the “Believe” singer, 78, opened up about how “madly in love” she was withVal Kilmerand how he left even though they had “fabulous sex.”

After hostHoward Sternasked Cher if “guys expect fabulous sex” because she’s “Cher,” the actress/musician responded: “Yes, and they get it.”

Cher and Val Kilmer in June 1982.Walter McBride/Corbis via Getty

Walter McBride/Corbis via Getty

Stern, 70, then asked “who would ever leave” her, to which Cher replied: “Few men. Few men. A couple.”

“Look, I was madly in love with Val Kilmer, and he left,” Cher recalled.

“Why would he leave? He’s having fabulous sex with one of the most beautiful women in the world. What the f—’s the problem with that?” the media personality asked.

“Because you don’t, sometimes you only stay, sometimes, you’re only meant to stay with someone so long and Val was like, he was really young,” the “Strong Enough” hitmaker replied.

Val Kilmer and Cher in 1983.Barry King/WireImage/Getty

Barry King/WireImage/Getty

Cher and Kilmer, 64, initially met in the early 1980s a birthday party and fell in love.

In August 2021, theMermaidsstaropened up to PEOPLE, about their friendship-turned-romance and bond they had in the years that followed.

“We became friends because we laughed at the same things constantly,” she said. “He would sleep over and it was just a friendship [at first.]

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Cher and Val Kilmer in 1984.Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty

Bill Nation/Sygma via Getty

Cher revealed that their age difference of 14 years “was a bigger deal back then.”

Cher noted that the former couple’s shared “sense of humor” and “what they would put up with from one another” was more than she experienced with anyone else.

“He would just go off and do his own thing and you just had to be prepared,” she recalled. “And he was so beautiful. It went from madly in love and laughing hysterically to respecting each other’s ability.

source: people.com