Paul Giamatti has found himself in a hilarious game of phone tag with none other than Cher .

The Goddess of Pop has purportedly spent years trying to get a hold of Giamatti, who said Wednesday on The Howard Stern Show that he has no fucking idea why. The Oscar-nominated Holdovers (2023) star ultimately has yet to find out but not for lack of trying.

Every now and then, I get a message from somebody that says Cher really needs to talk to me, like its important, like its crucial that she talks to me, Giamatti told Stern . And Im like, What the fuck? Why does Cher want to talk to me? Nobody will tell me.

And then I never hear anything, he added, and a year will go by, and it happens again.

While most would move heaven and earth to talk to Cher, Stern reminded his guest of new phone scams involving artificial intelligence that can easily fool people these days. Giamatti said he finally managed to reach Cher via voicemail. However, in a cycle that never ends.

Eventually somebody did get in touch with her, and she did call me and leave a message on my phone, he told Stern before imitating the singers baritone voice. All she said was, I hear you want to talk to me. That was it. That was all she said.

He claimed this game of phone tag continued, as Giamatti said Wednesday that he returned Chers message with one of his own: I left her a message and said, Thats great, Id love to talk to you, but I thought you wanted to talk to me. And thats the last I heard.

The actor explained, I havent heard anything again.