Cher Revealed What She Wrote to Ex Val Kilmer in an Intimate Be aware Earlier than His Loss of life — and How He Responded

Cher is reflecting on her friendship with Val Kilmer.

In a 2020 interview with PEOPLE, the “Consider” singer mentioned a notice she despatched to Kilmer years earlier than his demise. The Batman Endlessly actor died on Tuesday, April 1 at 65 years previous.

Cher, 78, says that after she despatched Kilmer a letter and he “wrote me the sweetest factor” in response after screening Val, the 2021 documentary concerning the High Gun actor.

“That is what I began writing, however I hadn’t written him in a whereas,” she begins, pulling up the notice she wrote on the time. “I really like you, simply noticed Val. I’ve to be interviewed about it Monday.”

“After which I mentioned, ‘You’re so many issues, I am too drained to inform you.’ After which I wrote and he did not reply, and I mentioned, ‘Is that this you?’ After which I mentioned, ‘Vallus Maximus, Cherus Reprimandus.’ ”

The Moonstruck actress then wrote, “the place the f— are you?” to Kilmer earlier than addressing him extra tenderly.

“After which I wrote, ‘I am sorry if I did something to piss you off or damage your emotions, I really like you and your doc was all issues. I really like the issues that pissed me off, the issues that made me hysterical, amazed, damage, astonished, et cetera.’ ”

Cher signed off with the nickname Kilmer used for her, writing, “You’re courageous, past sensible. Ethel.”

“After which he wrote, ‘Oh, this implies extra to me than you will ever know. Love you perpetually, Sid.’ It is so tender,” she concluded.

Kilmer died on April 1. His daughter, Mercedes, instructed The New York Instances that he had died of pneumonia. Kilmer was identified with throat most cancers in 2014 and later recovered.

Cher, whom Kilmer dated within the early ’80s and remained good buddies with him since, honored him on X. “VALUS Will miss u,U Had been Humorous, loopy, ache within the ass,GREAT FRIEND, children💜U,” she started her publish.

She mentioned that he was “sensible” as Mark Twain for his position in 2014’s Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn and his efficiency within the one-man play Mark Twain: Citizen Twain on Broadway.

“BRAVE right here throughout ur illness,” she concluded.

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She instructed PEOPLE about their relationship in 2021 for a canopy story concerning the Tombstone actor.

“We turned buddies as a result of we laughed on the similar issues always. He would sleep over and it was only a friendship [at first],” she mentioned, including that Kilmer was “was so good with my children.”

“We had unbelievable occasions after which put up with some occasions after they weren’t [that way] as a result of we have been each alpha males. We have been each people and neither of us was going to surrender on that,” Cher recalled.