“I think I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m a big fan,'” he recalls of his interaction with the “Believe” singer.
No amount of motorcycle riding or zombie slaying could have prepared Norman Reedus to meet his longtime crush, Cher.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon star revealed on Tuesday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live that he spotted the “Believe” singer at the premiere of his new film The Bikeriders earlier this week and immediately knew that he had to introduce himself.
“There’s so many episodes of Ride where they say, ‘Who’s your dream guest?’ And I say, ‘Cher.’ I’ve said it like, 85 times,” Reedus explained, referring to his motorcycle travel series. “And then she showed up last night and I’m sitting there, I have my arm around Austin [Butler] and Jodie [Comer], and I’m like, ‘Oh my God, that’s Cher.’ I was like, ‘Look, look, that’s Cher.’”
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Comer instantly understood this was a big moment for Reedus. “Jodie goes, ‘Oh, you love her,’ because I was talking about her [when] we did one of the press things. And I go, ‘Should I go over there?’ And she goes, ‘No, no!’ And I went, ‘No!’ And I ran over there,” he recalled, before stretching his hand out as if he was meeting Cher and speaking gibberish.
Jimmy Kimmel then asked, “Why do you think Jodie said no to you going over there to say hello to her?”
While Reedus didn’t explain Comer’s reasoning, it’s likely because he was very excited to finally get his chance to meet the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. “I attacked her like Halloween candy. I was like, boom!” He said. “I think I was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m a big fan.’”
In addition to Cher, Reedus said that he was also introduced to her boyfriend Alexander “AE” Edwards at the event too.
“She was with her boyfriend who was very nice, but then I heard he got in a fight with somebody recently and so I immediately was like, ‘Nice to meet you sir,’” he said, likely referencing Edwards’ recent altercation with Travis Scott at the Cannes Film Festival. “She was so sweet. She was like, ‘Oh, we’re big fans.’ I was like, oh, yeah, right, whatever. I was geeking out a little bit.”
Reedus’ all or nothing love for Cher stems from his childhood. “She had the long hair and she was always singing on talk shows and stuff,” he said. “And my sister had a Cher doll.”
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