Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer have plenty to talk about on the set of the new “Top Gun” sequel — with both of the original film’s leads having bedded pop legend Cher! It’s a bizarre footnote to the massive ’80s hit, but Cher hasn’t kept it a secret. In fact, she’s given rave reviews to both of the much-younger actors for their very personal performances. Tom’s been praised as being “in her top five” list of great lovers, while Val got rave reviews, too. Tom and Val don’t have to be jealous while back working together, either. Cher’s very public courting of Val made it clear that her “Top Gun” team-up started before the movie’s stars had even met…
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Val hadn't even made his screen debut in 1984's "Top Secret" when Cher revealed that
he'd become one of her Hollywood romances — after the 37-year-old star grabbed her younger man straight from Juilliard's drama program. Cher praised Val as a future superstar, boasting that he was “sensitive, artistic, humor and he is a great kisser. My rule of thumb, and it’s never failed me, is if a man’s a good kisser, he’s a great f--k!”
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Cher added that Val didn't rush things, either. “We had a friendship first,” she insisted back in 1984. “I was wondering if something was wrong with him. I don’t know what he thought of me. But when we did kiss, I thought my head would shoot right off my body.” She had one complaint, though, saying, “Sometimes it’s just too intense and hot!”
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But while Cher may have gone to "Top Gun" to see Val, she left with a new appreciation for Tom Cruise —
dodging a new scandal this time by quietly dating the rising star in 1985. She didn't mind the 16-year age difference with the "shy boy [who] didn't have any money", either. “He was so wonderful, and I was so crazy about him,” Cher insisted, adding that she practically “lived in his apartment.”
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But insiders report that neither star could compete with Cher's passion for her next younger man. The media mocked Cher's relationship with bagel-shop employee Rob Camilletti, and even dubbed him "Bagel Boy" after the two met on her 40th birthday in 1986. But despite Rob having two hard acts to follow, said an insider, he remains “the love of her life — and also No. 1 on the lover list!”
Val hadn't even made his screen debut in 1984's "Top Secret" when Cher revealed that
he'd become one of her Hollywood romances — after the 37-year-old star grabbed her younger man straight from Juilliard's drama program. Cher praised Val as a future superstar, boasting that he was “sensitive, artistic, humor and he is a great kisser. My rule of thumb, and it’s never failed me, is if a man’s a good kisser, he’s a great f--k!”
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Cher added that Val didn't rush things, either. “We had a friendship first,” she insisted back in 1984. “I was wondering if something was wrong with him. I don’t know what he thought of me. But when we did kiss, I thought my head would shoot right off my body.” She had one complaint, though, saying, “Sometimes it’s just too intense and hot!”
Photo credit: Getty Images
But while Cher may have gone to "Top Gun" to see Val, she left with a new appreciation for Tom Cruise —
dodging a new scandal this time by quietly dating the rising star in 1985. She didn't mind the 16-year age difference with the "shy boy [who] didn't have any money", either. “He was so wonderful, and I was so crazy about him,” Cher insisted, adding that she practically “lived in his apartment.”
But insiders report that neither star could compete with Cher's passion for her next younger man. The media mocked Cher's relationship with bagel-shop employee Rob Camilletti, and even dubbed him "Bagel Boy" after the two met on her 40th birthday in 1986. But despite Rob having two hard acts to follow, said an insider, he remains “the love of her life — and also No. 1 on the lover list!”
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