Fans Debate Whether Cher's Son Looks Like His 'Sexy' Dad Or Is 'Not That Handsome'

Nov 15, 2024 by apost team

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Cher has been an icon for most of her life thanks to her amazing talents as an actress and singer. As a member of the musical duo Sonny & Cher, Cher skyrocketed to pop stardom in the late 1960s and achieved great success in the years to come. She has struggled with heartache and hard times throughout her life but has always been a beacon of hope, positivity, and happiness for many people worldwide.

With plenty of drive and ambition to make a great life for herself full of fame and success, Cher worked hard at perfecting her skills as a singer and actress. Her bold personality helped her connect with influential people along the way, but it was ultimately her talent that made her the star she still is today. Cher’s powerful and unique voice helped her stand out against other singers. 

Spending so much time in the spotlight has led to much of her private life becoming public knowledge, including her marriage to Sonny Bono and the life of their son, Chaz Bono. A lesser-known part of Cher’s life is her second marriage and the birth of her second son, Elijah Blue Allman. 

Like most celebrity children, they’re always subjected to harsh criticism from the public. In most cases, they’re held to a higher standard; even their mere appearance or disposition becomes topics of hurtful conversations online. 

In the case of Elijah, fans of her mother, Cher, shared their brutal opinions online about his appearance, even comparing him to his late father, Gregg Allman. 

Cher was born Cherilyn Sarkisian on May 20, 1946, in El Centro, California. She didn’t always live such a lavish and luxurious lifestyle, as Cher and her family struggled financially while the star was young. Before she was even a teenager, Cher had already shown a great interest in the arts and even produced her very own performance of the musical “Oklahoma!” for her fifth-grade teacher and class. Since she could not convince the boys in her class to participate, Cher acted out the male roles and sang their songs herself. Her unusually low voice fascinated many and ultimately led her to become the star she is today.

Cher was later enrolled at Montclair College Preparatory School, a private school in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Encino. The upper-class environment of the school came as a shock to Cher. Although she was not the best student, Cher was still extremely intelligent and very creative, and her striking looks and personality made her even more of a leading light among her classmates.

When she turned 16 years old, Cher dropped out of school and left home, and moved to Los Angeles with a friend. She dedicated her life to her passion of becoming a star and began taking acting classes while working to support herself by dancing at small clubs. There, she was able to introduce herself to a litany of other performers as well as managers and talent agents. Her bold personality paid off when she met fellow performer Sonny Bono in November 1962.

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Bono was best known for his skills as a singer, songwriter, and producer. He introduced Cher to Phil Spector, a record producer with many hits, including the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling.” Spector helped the rising star by having her work as a backup singer on a few recordings and even produced her first single, “Ringo, I Love You,” although Cher did not release the song under her name. Written and produced by Spector, the song was a tribute to The Beatles. Radio station programmers struggled to like the singer’s deep, contralto vocals and ultimately turned down the opportunity to play her song on the air.

Cher and Bono grew closer and became good friends before turning their friendship into a romantic relationship. They got married in a hotel room in Mexico on Oct. 27, 1964. They went on to have one child together named Chaz. Although the original intent for their musical partnership was to help launch Cher’s solo career, Cher had other plans and insisted on her new husband joining her along her musical journey. 

They first emerged as a duo called Caesar & Cleo but received poor reviews for their work. After focusing on some solo projects for Cher, the pair tried their hand again at becoming a successful duo under the name Sonny & Cher. The couple quickly skyrocketed to fame not only for their musical talents but for their personalities and great sense of fashion. Fans began dressing similarly to the stars with bell-bottoms, ruffled shirts, and fur vests.

While her relationship with Bono was the most public throughout her career, Cher also married her second husband, Gregg Allman, in 1975. Gregg was known as a singer and songwriter for the Allman Brothers Band. Before they divorced in 1979, the couple had one child together named Elijah Blue Allman, born July 10, 1976. Like his famous parents, Elijah also took an interest in a musical career and was gifted his first guitar at the age of 13 by none other than Gene Simmons from KISS, as HuffPost reported.

Elijah is the lead singer and guitarist of the industrial metal band Deadsy, which was active from 1995 until 2007. After a 10-year hiatus, it returned to the music scene in 2017. His love for music led him to his wife, Marieangela King, an English singer from the band KING. The happy couple was married on Dec. 1, 2013, at their home in Beverly Hills, California.

More than a musician, Elijah has also expressed his passion for the arts and showcased an art exhibit called “Stuff of Legends” at the Madison Gallery in Malibu in 2011. He talked to HuffPost about how he found inspiration from the specific pattern of step and repeat walls, the wall where most people are photographed while walking the red carpet.

“I’d look at these things on the red carpet and was fascinated by the triangulation between celebrity, the consumer and the corporate complex,” Elijah said. 

He also explained that his main commentary was “on the consequence and apocalypse of celebrity.”

While Cher and her son Chaz have been known to grace many headlines over the years, Elijah has generally shied away from the limelight, perhaps in part due to his rocky relationship with his mother. 

Despite some complications, Elijah and King had been living with Cher in Malibu during Elijah’s battle against Lyme disease, according to Yahoo News. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Elijah explained how hard it was for Cher to watch her son go through such a “brutal and long battle.”

“I think the one thing I’ve learned about parents is, they never think that you’re an adult,” he said. “You’ll never be an adult.”

In 2014, Elijah told Entertainment Tonight about how he and his mother had been working through their differences.

“We’ve got some more to go, but when you’re an adult, you take on a different sort of tone than when you’re an adolescent and I’m not going to sit in an adolescent’s kind of a mind frame because that’ll affect me negatively in my own life when I start my own family, so you got no choice if you want to be a balanced person, but to ultimately heal,” he said.

Speaking with the Daily Mail, the musician talked about not feeling like a family member.

“I’ve always been the black sheep of my family,” Elijah said. “The reason being we just have different value systems and we just have a different mentality and that clashes a lot.”

Witnessing his famous mother spend so much of her life in the spotlight helped Elijah find a place for himself in the entertainment industry while figuring out how to live a more private lifestyle as well. Despite their differences, Cher and her son have been able to work through most of their problems together, and they have both continued to flourish in their personal and professional lives.

Over the years, many people have looked back on Cher and Gregg’s relationship through their son, Elijah. Many of Cher’s fans have some pointed opinions on Elijah’s appearance. Many believe Elijah inherited his father's good looks, with some deeming him "the most handsome man" in the world.

"He looks like his daddy," one user remarked, as another said, "Actually her son Elijah is very handsome."

Some, however, say he’s not “handsome.” 

“Elijah Blue Allman is good looking, but "most handsome" may be a stretch. His dad was a sexy looking man, IMO. Chastity "Chaz" is male in looks only. To each there own,” a user said on Apost. 

“Somebody NEEDS GLASSES...He is NOT by FAR the most handsome man alive today...I know beauty is in the eyes of the beholder but seriously he is sort of HOMELY..,” another echoed. 

“Not handsome at all. My Sons are much better looking,” a third person agreed. 

On Nametests, Cher’s fans came to the same consensus on Elijah. 

“He’s not that handsome,” a user voiced out, while another said, “If that’s what you call the most handsome man alive my son would be the most handsome on the whole galaxy!!” 

Not all users were brutal in their opinions about Elijah. 

“People are so very cruel and hurtful. Makes me very sad for the human race!” a concerned user wrote. 

“Everybody’s son or daughter is the most handsome to their family members in the whole world,” another remarked. 

“I wouldn't call Elijah Blue the most handsome man alive. He does look a lot like his dad, who was an amazing musician,” a third person added. 

Are you a fan of Cher? What can you say about her son, Elijah Blue Allman? Let us know, and pass this on to your family, friends, and other Cher fans out there!