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Cougars We Love | 08/05/2008 9:00 am

Cougar Catch of the Week: Cher, 62, and 38-Year-Old Hikin’ Bikin’ Adventurin’ Tim Medvetz

By The Staff at wowOwow.com
Cher and Tim Medvetz
Cher and Tim Medvetz © AP/ Discovery Channel

Divine Cher is known for dating men much younger than herself — Val Kilmer, Tom Cruise and Rob Camilletti, the then-22-year-old bagel baker.

But now Cher, 62, is in a serious relationship with her 38-year-old biker boyfriend Tim Medvetz. Although not as famous or as rich as the songbird, Medvetz did climb Mount Everest for the Discovery Channel series "Everest: Beyond the Limit" — despite having metal plates and pins in his spine, ankle and skull after a bike crash in 2001.

The August 4 print edition of the National Enquirer is reporting that they plan to wed by the end of the year. Our own Liz Smith, however, doesn’t foresee wedding bells, writing in her nationally syndicated column on July 23 that Cher is "mad for him. She is extremely happy. This does not translate inevitably to marriage. I’d be surprised if she made such a commitment at this point."

The tabloid reported that Cher will be taking the jump and that the two-time divorcee is having her boyfriend, who has been called a "former Hell’s Angel” and said to have a secret girlfriend, sign a $600-million prenuptial agreement.

Click here to see photos of "cougars" we love, from Cleopatra to Jennifer Aniston, and their smart younger men.

37 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

sanders c
Cougar (and Cougars We Love) is such a vulgar and demeaning way to talk about a May/December romance. For those who prefer class to crass, check out this Youtube tribute to Tennesee Williams’ The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone starring Vivien Leigh and Warren Beatty. The singer is Dinah Washington. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GlW_lD1-ZU
By sanders c on 08/05/2008 11:56 am
Kathrine Gluvna
I hate the label ‘Cougar’. I hate that there is a label. Can we stop using it please? Is there a label for men who date younger women? Who cares? If Cher and her boyfriend are both happy in the relationship, can’t we just be happy for them without resorting to a label?
By Kathrine Gluvna on 08/05/2008 12:55 pm
My Two Cents
I too dislike the term cougar, to have someone to love and be loved by someone is wonderful, live and let live !
By My Two Cents on 08/05/2008 3:52 pm
marta pont
OMG, what’s so extraordinary about May December pairings!!! If what is odd is the womens’s age, well, let’s say there is more info about it nowadays. I think that if it ever happens to you, go with the flow & enjoy it. It’s a wonderful experience & sexy to boot. My last paramour was 25 years my junior, another culture, anothe race. It took him more than a year to bring me back to his home territory (in the antipodes of my own), he gave me a 2 week honeymoon deep in the Himalayas & won my heart. We travelled all over Asia/Europe & South America together, no one seemed to care, neither did we. We were incredibly happy for about 3 years, then life circumstances forced us to part. No regrets. We are still friends, living on different continents but knowing we were lucky enough to have that incredible romantic interlude. I wish you all the same luck!!!
By marta pont on 08/06/2008 12:18 pm
Sharon Belko
Marta - I totally agree with you - if my “May/December” relationsbip ended tomorrow - I would only be grateful that we had 7 years of wonderful memories, honesty, laughter and great joy!
By Sharon Belko on 08/06/2008 6:11 pm
Tick Pyne
I just finished reading Lesley Stahl’s piece about her cherished friend, Rosemary Gibbons. Prior to that, I’d glanced through the article on Cher and Jennifer Aniston, depicted as cougars boldly stalking their fragile, young prey. I am a bit perplexed now though. Doesn’t Rosemary belong to this group? She is, after all, considerably older than her very attractive and obviously brilliant husband. Is she safely exempt from this patronizing term because of her years of hard work and self-sacrifice, or is it simply a double-standard carved onto a double-edged sword?
By Tick Pyne on 08/06/2008 6:18 pm
Sandbee (FB) 54
Being in the more standard May / December situation, 59 to my husbands 77, I am seeing how difficult it is at this point when he is no longer able to be doing things and is having a lot of health problems. I would not want to be in the reverse place where someone so much younger than me was suddenly having to take care of me. It is a hard change in a life both for him and for me, when he was always so active and independent.
By Sandbee (FB) 54 on 08/06/2008 7:10 pm