A 61-year-old grandmother says she's ready to have a baby with her husband, who's 24. Cheryl, who has 17 grandchildren, married Qaran McCain after they dated for a year or so.
The pair, from Georgia in the USA, have become online sensations after making headlines for their 37-year age gap. Known on TikTok as @kingqurannewpage, they've clocked up more than 2.2million followers.
Quran even proposed using a ring that his online fans had crowdfunded. Even their wedding was an online hit, with the riverside nuptials in Tennessee being live-streamed to more than 20,000 people, reports the Mirror.
They're now looking at the next step, having a child together. That could be via adoption or surrogacy, they said. Cheryl has said most of her family were supportive of the decision and her 17 grandkids already called Qaran “pawpaw”.
The gran said the pair had spoken of wanting to have a family together: “He’s always wanted children and I want to be the mother to his child. Of course, because of my age we'll have to get a surrogate or adopt which we're looking into."
Caretaker Quaran met Cheryl in 2012 when he was working at Dairy Queen in Rome, Georgia, which was owned by her son Chris. He was just 15 at the time.
The pair lost contact for a while, but reconnected on November 4, 2020, when Quran saw mum-of-seven Cheryl working as a cashier at a convenience store. They started dating and Quran sealed the deal by proposing in July 2021.
In September last year they eloped to Tennessee with just two friends to witness their nuptials. However, they planned to renew their vows this year, surrounded by all of their friends and family.
Cheryl’s seven children - who range in age from 29 to 41 - have said they will help to raise their baby.
Cheryl said: "People say I'm selfish and too old to be a mum now, but I don't worry about not being here to look after the child."
Hitting back at trolls speculating earlier this week as to whether the pair had split, Quran said the couple “ain’t going nowhere”. Both Quran and Cheryl have previously described their sex life as “amazing” and they even have an OnlyFans account where they post saucy videos.
