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Cher: Tom Cruise is in my Top 5 lovers of all time list

In a clear example of long-forgotten Hollywood odd couples, Cher gushed over her “hot and heavy” romance with Tom Cruise from decades back.

The legendary singer/actress stopped by “Watch What Happens Live!” with Andy Cohen to play a game called “Gypies, Tramps and Tea!” where Cher would say the first thing that came to her mind about her former costars and friends like Elvis (“I didn’t really know him”), Nicolas Cage (“He’s crazy! But I love him”), Meryl Streep, Michael Jackson and more.

When a photo of Tom Cruise came up, she smiled, paused and uttered an “Aww” and added, “He wasn’t a scientologist back then!”

Cohen then dug deeper about their dating past – “Was it hot and heavy?”

“It was pretty hot and heavy for a little minute,” she replied. She said he was also a “great, lovable guy.” She later spilled that he’s in the “top five” best lovers of all time.

Cher also casually admitted in the interview that she’s had a lesbian lover in the past: “Oh God, who hasn’t?”

Cher had a brief romance with a 16-years-younger Cruise at the start of his career in the 1980s. The singer was 39 at the time and admitted that she was smitten with the then 23-year-old rising star. It’s said they met at a White House event in the mid-eighties after his hit film “Risky Business.”

Cher told “Entertainment Tonight” in March 2008, “It was a long, long time ago and neither one of us ever talked about it and I don’t know why. When we were together he was such a private person. He always has been until lately. He didn’t mention it and I didn’t mention it. I loved him though, he was amazing.”