EXCLUSIVE: Elijah Blue Allman said mom Cher failed to give him emotional support after he nearly died of Lyme disease and he relied on her famous exes Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise as father figures, in u

Elijah Blue Allman slammed his mother Cher for her lack of emotional support during his 'dark', near-fatal battle with Lyme disease, in a newly unearthed interview. In an unearthed interview from 2014, Elijah Blue Allman revealed his superstar mother Cher did not provide 'unconditional parental love' during his darkest hours Allman, now 47, spoke just a few weeks after he and wife Marieangela King had eloped - of which his mother was also not supportive, he claimed The interview resurfaced days after DailyMail.com revealed Cher had sent Allman back to rehab after her drug-addled son had to be removed from Hollywood's famed Chateau Marmont – where he had been living – on September 16 'If not talking is going to make someone happier then I'm fine with that. Elijah, whose father was Cher's second husband, the late rock legend Gregg Allman, said that his illness was 'very hard' for his mother to accept because many people thought Lyme disease wasn't real. Elijah is the son of Cher's second husband, the late rock great Gregg Allman, who died in 2017 The musician, who went on to front the rock band Deadsy, spoke fondly of his mother's famous exes, including Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise – who he credited for standing in as father figures Singer and actress Cher, her older child Chastity and son Elijah Blue Allman pose for a shoot in June 1981 in Los Angeles 'We started talking,' said Elijah. He filed for divorce in 2021 In her declaration to the court last year, Allman's now estranged wife Marieangela revealed they spent 12 days in New York City together working on their marriage when four men suddenly came to their hotel room to remove him 'I don't really know Cher as a mother-in-law because I haven't seen her since we eloped,' she said.