Cher Spotted Wearing Large Diamond Ring at Son Chaz Bono's Wedding

A large diamond on Cher's left ring finger stole the scene at her son Chaz Bono's wedding at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, sending fans and fashion reporters into immediate speculation about whether the 79-year-old icon had quietly gotten engaged to her partner, Alexander "AE" Edwards.

Cher arrived at one of the hotel's ballrooms on the weekend of March 8-9, 2026, to watch Chaz, 57, marry his longtime partner Shara Blue Mathes, who have been together since 2017. She stepped out of a black car wearing a dark jacket printed with white stars and dark pants, the diamond unmistakably visible on her ring finger. Alongside the center stone sat a diamond-encrusted band, the combination prompting the kind of breathless coverage that follows Cher almost everywhere she goes.

The ring itself is the story. InStyle described the center stone as a "huge shiny marquise diamond," while jewelry experts who examined photographs offered competing shape assessments. Hana Kaneko, a brand owner and heirloom jewels curator based in Los Angeles, said the stone "looks to be of a high color and clarity" and was "likely somewhere around six carats." She suggested it could be a "high cut/clarity antique cushion" shape, pointing to the fact that "the sides of the diamond have nice larger facets." Rustin Yasavolian, CEO of Masina Diamonds, leaned toward a pear shape and placed the stone between five and seven carats, estimating the ring's value at "$350,000 to $400,000" given its presumed size and quality. Photographers, however, only caught quick glimpses, which limits any definitive identification of cut or carat weight.

Yasavolian was clearly taken with the design logic of a pear-shaped stone in this context. "The beautiful thing about the pear shape is that its elongated silhouette gives it a larger appearance than its actual carat weight," he said. "The issue some people face when designing elaborate engagement rings is that they sometimes don't blend well with other rings or bands."

Despite the elegance of the ring, Cher dressed around it with characteristic irreverence: a baggy zip-up hoodie layered over a low-cut black tank top, slouchy cargo pants, black sneakers, a bedazzled purse, and a silver chain necklace. Her signature black hair fell in a middle part, and her long polished French nails provided, as InStyle noted, a perfect backdrop for the bling.

Page Six, which first reported the sighting, moved quickly to tamp down the engagement speculation, confirming exclusively that Cher and Edwards are neither married nor engaged. Cher's representatives did not immediately respond to comment requests from other outlets. The denial echoes a statement from December 2025, when a spokesperson said there were "absolutely no plans for a wedding."

This is not the first time a diamond from Edwards has triggered engagement rumors. In 2023, Cher showed off a teardrop-shaped ring he had given her and called it the "best Christmas gift" she had ever received in an Access Hollywood interview. She was asked why it wasn't on her left ring finger. "He said to me, 'You're the right girl. It's the right ring — for the right finger,'" she explained. This time, the ring is on that finger, which is precisely why no one let it pass quietly.

Cher and Edwards, whose age difference is reported variously as 39 or 40 years depending on the outlet, went public with their relationship in late 2022 after meeting at Paris Fashion Week. They briefly split in May 2023 before reconciling, and were most recently photographed together at a Saturday Night Live after-party on December 21, 2025. An unnamed insider told Radar in December 2025 that Cher "has set her heart on walking down the aisle with him around the time of her landmark birthday in May," a claim that remains unconfirmed by either party.

Whatever the ring's status, its provenance as a piece of jewelry is worth appreciating on its own terms: a likely six-carat stone of high color and clarity, possibly antique cushion cut, worn to a family wedding on the finger that counts.