Chaz Bono, Cher.
Amanda Edwards/WireImageshale In her new book, she tries to clear up readers’ confusion about why she calls her son by his dead name.
“This memoir is based on my (sometimes imperfect) memories,” Scheer, 78, wrote in an author’s note. Cher: A Memoir — Part 1. “In this memoir, I refer to my son Chas as Chas, the name he was called during the years covered in this book. Chas celebrated this usage.Next At an appropriate point in the volume, I will call my son Chaz.
Cher dedicated her book, released on Tuesday, November 19th, to her mother. georgiaher sister, Georgeanneand her two children: Chaz and Elijah. (Cher welcomed Chaz in 1969 sony bonoFive years before filing for divorce in 1974. The following year, she won custody of Chaz. Four days after her divorce from Bono was finalized, Cher got married. Greg Allman. The two welcomed Ilya in 1976, but separated in 1979. )
While chronicling Chaz’s birth story in her memoir, Cher recalled that Bono had expressed a desire to have a son. “‘Remember, Cher, I want a boy!’ he told me, laughing the entire time,” Cher wrote.
Cher said that after giving birth to Chaz, Bono devoured her child. “Sonny came the next morning and said we had a baby girl, weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces. She was so beautiful,” she wrote. “He didn’t seem to mind that she wasn’t a boy at all. I named her ‘Chastity Son.’ “Chastity” because that was my name in the movie we just made, and “Sun” after her father. ”
Cher has been open about motherhood for years, after Chaz, now 55, first came out as a lesbian and underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2009.
“At first, I had a very different problem with Chaz being gay than I did, but that quickly disappeared,” Cher recalled. CNN In 2020. [whether Chaz was] Transgender for many years. and [he] You’ll say, “No, I don’t want to.” [transition]. And he went and said, “Okay, I want to do this.”
There’s only one goddess of pop. She only needs one name. It’s Cher. It’s been more than 50 years since the legendary singer (real name Cherilyn Sarkisian) had a hugely successful career spanning the worlds of music, television, film and fashion. She’s just a Tony Award away from becoming an EGOT winner. […]
“It wasn’t easy,” Cher admitted, adding, “I remember calling and there was an old (voicemail) message… on the phone and it was very difficult.”
“But you don’t really lose them. They just look different,” she continued, adding that Chaz was the first transgender person to appear on a TV show. dancing with the stars Now in 2011, he is “incredibly happy.”
Cher: A Memoir — Part 1 It arrived in stores on November 19th.
