her much younger producer beau, Alexander \u201cAE\u201d Edwards<\/a>, 39, celebrated the opening of Alan Faena\u2019s new hotel in West Chelsea on Friday, and we\u2019re told they were glued at the hip.<\/p>\nCher and Alexander \u201cAE\u201d Edwards arrived to the Faena holding hands. David X Prutting\/BFA.com\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
\u201cCher and her boyfriend were very close and stuck together\u2026They seem very much in love and happy to be together,\u201d a source told Page Six.<\/p>\n
The couple stuck together most of the night. David X Prutting\/BFA.com\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Cher and Edwards attended a private opening of \u201cAmaze, Vogue, Ascend, Flourish,\u201d an installation commissioned by Faena Art that transformed the hotel\u2019s courtyard into a retro rollerskating rink.<\/p>\n
They arrived holding hands and when they weren\u2019t together, Cher and Faena served guests her \u201cCherlato\u201d ice cream, the frozen desert she created with Gianpaolo \u201cGiapo\u201d Grazioli.<\/p>\n
Cher and Alan Faena served Cherlato to guests like Gayle King. David X Prutting\/BFA.com\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was in great spirits, hanging out with friends and her boyfriend. The entire night felt electric and free,\u201d the insider said. <\/p>\n
Gayle King, Amy Sacco, artist Ashley Longshore,Grace Faena and drag legend Lady Bunny were a few of the VIPs who came out to celebrate. <\/p>\n
Bunny \u2014 who appeared on a billboard along with LGBTQ pioneers Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and Willie Ninja \u2014 observed that Cher \u201cseemed to really enjoy snuggling [with] her man,\u201d according an Instagram recap she posted of the event.<\/p>\n
DJ Lady Bunny was one of Faena\u2019s weekend performers. David X Prutting\/BFA.com\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Cher launched her gelato brand in 2023. David X Prutting\/BFA.com \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n
Cher and Edwards hit Indochine, where they dined with Domenico Dolce, jeweler Loree Rodkin and stylist Patti Wilson. <\/p>\n
Monday Blue, Kervyn Mark, the Muses, Justin Strauss, Stormin Norman and Bunny all performed at the Faena throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cher brought her ice cream brand and her younger boyfriend to NYC over the weekend. The \u201cIf I…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[191,215,216,217,9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-celebrity-news","tag-cher","tag-dj-lady-bunny","tag-ice-cream","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}