Woman finds 2 stranded strangers outside her house who say they won dinner at Cher’s Malibu home, so she Googles it after they leave

A woman alleges that she took her dog to defecate outside and bumped into two people who were allegedly going towards singer and actress Cher’s house. Sami Sheen (samisheen) said in a TikTok video that when she first met them, they told her that they were “stranded” after their Uber had left them there instead of their destination. 

Sheen said they told her they had won a sweepstakes prize and had been flown in from Indiana to have dinner with Cher. “I’m gonna be so honest, I did not believe it,” Sheen said, but mentioned that when she went back inside and later came down to see if they were still there and found they weren’t, she Googled it out of curiosity.

Sheen shared a screenshot of her search, which confirmed their story. The image showed that Cher had hosted a dinner party at her home in Malibu, California, on November 7, 2026. Sheen also pointed out that the listed details included round-trip airfare for all the guests, further confirming that the two people had been telling the truth.

A learning lesson

After Sheen received confirmation, she said she hoped the people had made it to Cher’s house. She also hoped they would tell Cher about meeting her. She ended her video with a moment of self-reflection, saying she needed to trust people more.

A simple Google search reveals all about Cher’s dinners. Based on publicly available information, this isn’t her first time hosting one. She has been doing so for at least a year. She hosts them as fundraisers for her nonprofit organization, the Cher Cares Foundation.

The foundation funds Free The Wild, which Cher co-founded with Mark and Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne, who also founded the talent management agency Kruger Cowne. Free The Wild’s mission is to end the suffering of captive wildlife and, ultimately, enable their transfer to sanctuaries or zoos better equipped to house them. The wildlife conservation charity’s “priority” is to improve these animals’ lives and save them from “the brink of death.”

For the event held on Saturday, there were two ways to enter the competition, according to the Charity Buzz website where it was hosted: enter the sweepstakes or win an auction. If someone entered the sweepstakes and won, they would have the opportunity to attend an intimate dinner party at Cher’s Malibu home and bring a guest.

Round-trip airfare for the winner and their guest would be covered, as would two nights of hotel accommodations. People could choose whether to donate while entering the sweepstakes. However, donating would not improve or reduce anyone’s chances of winning.

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