Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Cher Hilariously Puzzles Twitter With Bizarre Tribute To Queen Elizabeth After Her Death

Cher Hilariously Puzzles Twitter With Bizarre Tribute To Queen Elizabeth After Her Death
Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage/Getty Images; Jane Barlow/WPA Pool/Getty Images

Innumerable tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth II have made since the announcement of her passing last week, coming from everyone from heads of state to celebrities to regular people the world over.

But perhaps no tribute has been quite so memorable as Cher's, whose wacky, often hilariously inscrutable Twitter presence has become legendary in its own right.


The music and film icon took to the platform just hours after Her Royal Highness's death to honor her as only Cher could: with a bizarrely worded, instantly misunderstood tribute that brought the internet some much-needed levity.


Cher started out her post as many celebrities' have, by recounting the time she met the late Queen. Cher wrote:

"Am Sad About The Passing Of Queen Elizabeth II. I Had Honor Of Meeting Her."
"I Was In Long Line of [people]. Waiting 2 Meet Her, Yet When She Got 2 Me, She Asked Me Pertinent Questions, & Seemed Genuinely Interested In Talking 2 Me."

Cher's was not unlike many others' recollections of meeting Her Majesty shared last week, recounting her in-person grace and warmth.

But the next line of Cher's remembrance definitely raised some eyebrows.

"I’m Proud She Was a🐂& Happy She Had a Great Sense Of Humor"

Wait, did Cher just call the late Queen of England a cow?! Of course not, but you'd be forgiven for thinking so, like much of the internet did.

Others thought perhaps Cher meant to use a goat emoji, to call Queen Elizabeth "the G.O.A.T," meaning "Greatest of All Time." making Cher's supposed blunder go viral almost instantly.

Cher eventually cleared up what she meant. The cow emoji was simply a reference to her and the Queen's shared astrological sign, Taurus, the symbol for which is a bull or ox. Phew!


Of course, Twitter had a field day with this Cher moment.














Others pointed out that even if Cher had intended the cow emoji to be literal, it wouldn't have been off-base. Queen Elizabeth was known to be a lover of cows after a viral moment of childlike glee about the animals at a livestock show.


Cher first met Queen Elizabeth II in 1988 at the British premiere of the Steven Spielberg film Empire of the Sun.

They caught up again at the 2001 Royal Variety Performance, a yearly show for the Royal Family to benefit the Royal Variety Charity, which provides aid to sick, elderly or financially struggling professionals in the British entertainment industry.

Cher performed one of her most beloved hits, "Believe," which was a new chart-topping tune all over the world at the time.

More from Trending

Destiny's Child at Beyoncé's Final 'Cowboy Carter Tour' Stop
@beyonceaccess/Twitter (X)

Destiny's Child Reunited For Beyoncé's Final Cowboy Carter Tour Stop—And Fans Are Not OK

Beyoncé has been touring all across the country with her Cowboy Carter Tour, and there have been many surprise appearances and musical guests, including Miley Cyrus and Jay-Z.

But for her final stop on the Cowboy Carter Tour, Beyoncé wanted to do something extra special: offer a reminder of where she's been and a hint of what's to come in her next chapter.

Keep ReadingShow less
Ryan Murphy (left) Faces Backlash from Jack Schlossberg (right) Over JFK Jr. Series
Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images; Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Ryan Murphy dismisses JFK Jr. backlash

Controversial producer and showrunner Ryan Murphy has landed in a real-life feud with Jack Schlossberg—grandson of President John F. Kennedy—after Schlossberg publicly criticized Murphy’s upcoming anthology series dramatizing the whirlwind, tabloid-fueled romance between JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.

First announced in August 2021, American Love Story (also referred to as Love Story) is part of Murphy’s expanding slate of provocative anthology series, dramatizing sensational American cultural and historical moments. This installment stars Sarah Pidgeon as Bessette-Kennedy and Paul Kelly as JFK Jr.

Keep ReadingShow less
Jack Posobiec; Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot
Real America's Voice; @instaagraace/TikTok

Far-Right Pundit Dragged After Claiming Cheating Coldplay Couple Proves People Hate 'Straight White CEOs'

Far-right white nationalist Jack Posobiec has a scalding hot take on the Coldplay affair couple, and boy is it dumb!

Posobiec says the uproar over Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot's affair is because of how much America hates white men.

Keep ReadingShow less

People Share The Survival Tips That Actually Saved Their Lives

Surviving life is difficult.

And I'm talking about just the basics.

Keep ReadingShow less
House party
Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images

Gen Z Asks Reddit If '90s House Parties Really Existed Like In The Movies—And The Responses Are Everything

Whether they lived it or not, people everywhere love '80s, '90s, and early 2000s nostalgia. The way the times were portrayed in music and movies made people especially fascinated by the lore, curious if the atmospheres were embellished or real things that could have happened.

On the "GenX" subReddit, a Gen Z Redditor came forward, curious if the house party scenes that were common in '90s and early 2000s films were actually something that happened or if they were simply fabricated by Hollywood—and the subReddit did not disappoint.

Keep ReadingShow less