Cher on Chaz: 'She's a Very Smart Girl -- Boy!'

It's taking Cher some time to get used to having a son named Chaz Bono, rather than a daughter named Chastity. In the new
Vanity Fair, the singing icon talks candidly about her first born child's gender-reassignment surgery last year, and why it's been hard wrapping her head around it.
"If I woke up tomorrow in a guy's body, I would just kick and scream and cry and f****ing rob a bank, because I cannot see myself as anything but who I am -- a girl. I would not take it as well as Chaz has. I couldn't imagine it," she says.
Cher, who has aired her confusion about Chaz's choice before, even mixes up his gender in casual conversations. "Well, she's a very smart girl -- boy! This is where I get into trouble. My pronouns are f***ed. I still don't remember to call her 'him,'" she admits.

When asked whether her children are still angry with her, Cher told VF, "I think Chaz is pretty much finished with it, and I think Elijah [her son with Gregg Allman] has a little longer to go, but they both really love me a lot. But it's hard."
Chaz's transformation became official, in a legal sense, back in May when a judge granted the 41-year-old activist's request to change his name from Chastity to Chaz and to switch his gender identification to male.
In June 2009, Cher offered her support for Chaz, saying that she respects "the courage it takes to go through this transition in the glare of public scrutiny, and although I may not understand, I will strive to be understanding."
► Read more from Cher in the new
Vanity Fair.
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cher... see what bad drugs will do to your genes,boy or girl they are still obese
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Since you are blaming her for something you don't know about
personally, that she did in fact do drugs, you should follow in her
first husbands footsteps and ski into a tree.
UMMMMMMM..YOU ARE AN IDIOT! MY GOD ARE THERE REALLY PEOPLE THIS STUPID ON THIS PLANET OR WHAT?!!!! DRUGS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH BAD GENES YOU FLAMING IDIOT! AND, SINCE YOU DO NOT EVEN KNOW IF CHER DID DRUGS WHEN PREGNANT WITH CHASITY YOU GOT NO RIGHT SAYING WHAT YOU DID. YOU ARE AN IDIOT! DRUGS CAUSE BAD GENES..THAT IS A NEW ONE ON ME! OH MY GOD.
I don't know who did or didn't do drugs or what condition they were in, but someone somewhere in the family has clearly been smoking something!!
She was an adorable little girl.
Linney....I cant imagine a woman who calls someone elses child a "big, fat joke" I pity your daughter who has to explain why her Mother is a fruit loop.... As for Cher and her family why should any of us judge them? I hope they find peace of mind and love in their hearts for each other and enjoy all life has to offer.I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via age'lessmate.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends..
Drugs DO affect your genes. I left 7 hits of purple micro dot LSD in MY jeans once, and they got high as hell!
I love this , So does My boyfriend. i met him via — BlackwhiteCupid. C’ 0- M — a nice place for seeking interr acial love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive sin gles and treat you like a king or Queen. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.
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God that is mean!
I guess someone told Chastity to get a sac and she took them too literally.
She was born a women and die a women!!! She is *ucked up in the head!!
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And this lesson in biochemistry is brought to you from someone who can not even spell "dog."
Yo, "dawg," (nice name,) I believe you meant "woman" as "women" is plural. You just showed the world how uneducated and ignorant you are. LOL!
"The world" Mike? Really? The whole world read dawg's post? I doubt it.
I agree 100%.
I agree, but she's f*cked up in more that just her head.
Dawg is right. Cher is a fool for spending any energy trying to cope with this. People trying to play God is repulsive and so is that girlie man.
For Chaz, it did take alot of courage and Cher has shown that she's an amazing Mother. I applaud them both!
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This is not normal and she needs mental help along with Mike!!
Mike, you have more sense than anyone here. For Chaz to pubilicly go thru this and knowing he is a "celebrity" child and his mother is a "superstar" takes balls- more than most "natural" men will ever have. I applaud Chaz for putting this in the public eye and willing to take the hits and Cher, tho it may be rough on her, supporting her child. Too bad too many Mothers these days can't do the same.