CHER'S GONNA GET BURNED BY RED-HOT LOVE!

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LOVE-HUNGRY Cher is still nuts about toyboy Alexander "AE" Edwards, but insiders tattle the stud flirts up a storm behind the aging songbird's back and fear it's only a matter of time before he crushes her heart!

For the moment, the 77-year-old Believe singer and 37-year-old music producer are locked in a rebound romance after breaking up last May over her fears he was just using her for status and money.

But Cher was so hooked on the sweet-talking dude, she finally took Edwards back despite "countless" red flags that spelled doom for their affair, snitches a tattler.

"Cher was the one that ended things but she was so miserable, she spent the entire time obsessing about him and finally begged him to come back," spills the insider.

"She's calling him her boyfriend and making all these long-term plans, but she's totally fooling herself."

Edwards reportedly treats the I Got You Babe singer like she's on a string. She's either floating on cloud nine, or down in the dumps because he's suddenly gone M.I.A., according to the snitch.