Chaz Bono smiles at the LA premiere of ‘Reboot Camp’ on Sep. 19, 2021. Cher’s first child was born Chastity Bono in March 1969. In 2009, he came out as a transgender man, and he’s been working as an actor ever since.

At the time of Chaz’s transition, Cher said, “I admire my son Chaz’s courage for sharing his personal journey. Most important to me is that he is very happy. That’s what I care about the most. He has my love and support.”

But Cher admitted she wasn’t initially thrilled when Chaz first came out. During a Dec. 2020 interview, she corrected CNN’s Christiane Amanpour when the anchor said Cher was always behind Chaz’s LGBT identity.

“No, that’s not exactly true,” she said. “I did. It was very unlike me to — in the beginning — have a problem with Chaz being gay, and it disappeared like that. And then we talked about transgender for many years, and she would say, ‘No I don’t want to do it,’ and then he went and said, ‘OK I want to do this.'”

“It wasn’t easy,” Cher added. “Like I remember calling, and the old message — the old Chaz message was on the phone — and that was very difficult. But then you have one child, but you don’t really lose them — they just are in a different shape.”