Cher opens up about her fling with Tom Cruise

Cher recently revealed to James Corden that Hollywood star Tom Cruise was among her top five lovers and the veteran singer has now opened up about their first meeting. The 72-year-old singer and the 56-year-old actor first met in 1985 at Madonna and Sean Penn's wedding and apparently went on to have an affair.

''Then a bunch of people who were dyslexic were invited to the White House, and Tom and I are both dyslexic. We didn't go out till way later, but there definitely was a connection there," Cher told Event magazine.

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Asked if two were still friends, she added, "Yeah! Though I don't get what he does, that whole Scientology thing. I can't understand it so I just don't." Cher said she was currently single and "on the lookout".

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"The problem I have with all the boyfriends lately is that I don't want to go any place with them because you can't keep a relationship going in this kind of goldfish bowl, where everything you do and every picture you have taken will be on Instagram.

"There's no way to keep something special," she added.