Posted on 09/01/2011 7:13:46 AM PDT by SanFranDan
FULL TITLE: Leave him alone! Cher blasts the haters as she praises son Chaz Bono for 'courageous' DWTS signing
Cher has rushed to her son's defence over his decision to sign up with Dancing With The Stars amid of flurry of cruel comments on internet chat forums.
Chaz Bono, who recently underwent a female-to-male sex change, will compete in the the ABC show alongside professional dancer Lacey Schwimmer.
The 42-year-old, seen here arriving for rehearsals today, is being put through his paces by Lacey and seems to be enjoying the experience so far.
But it is his protective mother who has taken the criticism of her son most to heart.
Writing on Twitter today, Cher blasted: 'Lovelies! Chaz is Being Viciously Attacked on Blogs & Message boards about being on DWTS!
'This is Still America right? It took guts 2 do it.' She continued: 'I support him no matter what he chooses 2do!' adding : 'God! will there always be haters! It took COURAGE 2 do dwts! TG Chaz has an Unlimited supply.' She rounded by urging people to show their support for him, posting: 'Can u guys check out sites & give him your support?
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Hadn't had one attached in May and hasn't had time between photo ops since then.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/05/how-chaz-bono-chers-son-became-a-man-and-possibly-a-transgender-icon.html
That’s a real good point. Just because some people are using their freedom of speech to say that they disagree or disapprove of this, Cher thinks her child is being mistreated and discriminated against. I guess all those who disagree with Cher and “Chaz” are to be silenced. Plus “Chaz” is going to be on Dancing With The Stars, making big bucks, (even those who are voted off the first week make an enormous amount of money on that show,) getting lots of applause and praise and coddling and attention, and no doubt handled with kid gloves in order to be “sensitive” towards “him.” We should all be so “discriminated against.”
Cher, God makes more than enough ugly dudes on His own. He really doesn’t need Chaz’s help.
Absent a Y chromosome, “Chas” is still a she.
My thoughts exactly.
Tragic.
Just think this is sad. Chaz Bono is a freak. But he is still a human being. He appears to be so very unhappy. It couldn’t be easy being the unattractive daughter of Cher..and I say that with all sincerity. By all accounts, it was Sonny who kept her grounded. When he died, it looks like her life spun out of control. She always looks completely miserable. Dancing with the Stars is a joke and if Cher really loves her child, as I am sure she does, she would take him aside and tell him that this could only bring him shame. Not just the transgender, but the dancing too. Makes me cringe to think about it. Why does everyone think that being on TV is the thing in life most aspired to?
Chaz seems like a nice person. He’s not on a crusade he just did what was right for him. All these talent/reality shows are over the top, and outrageous (and totally uninteresting to me.) There are worse things in the world Chaz Bono (who seems happy now) so folks should just give this a rest.
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