Val Kilmer didn’t want to date Cher. In 1981, the Juilliard student was eating alone in a Manhattan restaurant when a friend showed up and said, “Someone is interested in meeting you.” Turns out it was the singer, whose career and personal life were then on the wane. “I saw Cher as a less-than-fascinating character out of the gossip rags,” the actor, 60, writes in his new memoir, “I’m Your Huckleberry: A Memoir” (Simon & Schuster), out Tuesday. “I was not motivated to meet her, not out of snobbery but simply because I was sure we had nothing in common.” He ultimately relented, and discovered Cher to be “the funniest person you’ll ever meet.” The two were on and off for years. “To most of Hollywood, I was . . . ‘Cher’s lover.’ I . . .
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