Cher ‘Hoping to Forge a Real Relationship’ With Secret Granddaughter: ‘It’s All Still a Shock’

Pop icon Cher is yearning to step up as a devoted grandma and make up for lost time after learning her son hid a secret love child for over a decade, insiders reveal.

The National Enquirer broke the bombshell story that troubled scion Elijah Blue Allman fathered a daughter out of wedlock, with Cher only recently getting confirmation of the now-15-year-old Ever’s existence.

“It’s all still a shock,” admits a source. “But ultimately, Cher’s hoping to forge a real relationship with her granddaughter.”

Unfortunately, troubled Elijah has thrown a roadblock in front of the long overdue connection.

He rebuked prior efforts by the singer, 79, to place him under a conservatorship in 2023. Sources say their tenuous relationship is the reason why Cher was kept in the dark about her only grandkid for so long.

“Elijah never wanted his mom to be in the kid’s life,” an insider told the Daily Enquirer, noting Allman knew about the girl “the whole time — the whole 15 years. He’s met her, and there are pictures of the pair together.”

The source confirms, “Elijah is in such a bad state right now. So as much as Cher wants to build a bond with her granddaughter, she has to tread very lightly because Elijah never takes it well when his mom interferes in his life.”

As the Enquirer previously reported, the 49-year-old was arrested twice in three days in late February and early March, and his worried-sick mom filed for conservatorship in April. She claimed he’s suffering from “severe mental health and addiction issues” that render him unable to properly care for himself.

Elijah’s estranged wife, 38-year-old Marieangela King, told Us Weekly he was even hospitalized in recent weeks.

Incredibly, the teen and her mother, Kayti Edwards, don’t live far from Cher’s Malibu home.

“Cher has been supportive and sent gifts,” says the source. “Family is everything to her — she just wishes hers wasn’t so damn dysfunctional.”