New bombshell in Hollywood. If in recent weeks, Cher (79) has been putting all her energy into convincing a judge at the Superior Court of Los Angeles to grant her legal custody of her son Elijah Blue Allman (49), as his severe mental problems have caused serious altercations with the law such as break-ins or thefts, it has now been discovered that the Oscar-winning actress is a grandmother by surprise.
The teenage granddaughter is 15 years old, named Ever, and is the daughter of a brief relationship Elijah Blue had with former model Kayti Edwards in 2010. What makes this story interesting is that Kayti belongs to Hollywood royalty, as her great-grandfather was Blake Edwards (deceased in 2010), director of Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Pink Panther (1963), and her great-grandmother (step-great-grandmother, actually), is Julie Andrews (90), the unforgettable star of Mary Poppins (1964) and the second wife of Edwards.
It seems that, in 2021 and after an overdose, Elijah confessed to his then-wife, Marieangela King, that he had been a father many years ago. At first, no one paid attention to those words given Elijah's mental state, but that rumor continued to linger.
As Kayti Edwards, the mother of the teenager, has confessed to The Sun, "Cher contacted me last June and asked if it was true, so I had to confess. She said she had heard something about it from Elijah in 2021, but didn't know if it was just madness. When she heard the news, she was speechless."
The fact that a secret like this could be kept in the Hollywood industry is remarkably attention-grabbing, as paparazzi and social media are constantly on the lookout twenty-four hours a day.
Elijah and Kayti had been friends for quite some time, but "we spent one night together and I got pregnant." The former model has told The Sun that "he always knew (Elijah) from day one, but he never wanted to be a father. He used to come every two years to say hello." Kayti has stated that Ever's real father has been her husband.
While Cher processes this happy news, the child's father is hospitalized in a psychiatric center while the diva accelerates the process for legal guardianship.
As reported by People magazine, having access to some of the legal documents, Elijah lacks the "capacity to understand the concept of money" and is also "unable to manage his financial resources and to deal with fraud or bad influences."
The Oscar winner has been trying for two and a half years to convince a judge to save her young son from his own hell.
Undoubtedly, this 2026 is full of surprises for Cher. Last March, she was the protagonist of happy news when her son Chaz Bono (57) got married at a hotel in Las Vegas to Shaara Blue Mathes. The couple met over four decades ago.