{"id":420554,"date":"2011-05-10T06:26:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T06:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/10\/i-felt-like-my-body-was-betraying-me-chers-son-chaz-talks-to-oprah-about-sex-change\/"},"modified":"2011-05-10T06:26:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T06:26:22","slug":"i-felt-like-my-body-was-betraying-me-chers-son-chaz-talks-to-oprah-about-sex-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/10\/i-felt-like-my-body-was-betraying-me-chers-son-chaz-talks-to-oprah-about-sex-change\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I felt like my body was betraying me&#8217;: Cher&#8217;s son Chaz talks to Oprah about sex change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1385389\/My-body-betrayed-Chers-son-talks-sex-change-Oprah.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>dailymail.co.uk<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<\/span> After years of struggling with his sexuality, Chaz Bono finally opened up about his transition from male to female on the Oprah Winfrey show today.<\/p>\n<p>The 42-year-old, who was born the daughter of singer and actress Cher and the late Sonny Bono, was christened Chastity, and spotted regularly &#8211; all blonde locks and cutesy smile &#8211; on the couple&#8217;s TV show in the 70s.<\/p>\n<p>But in a moving interview, Bono told Winfrey that he felt his body was &#8216;literally betraying&#8217; him when he went through puberty, as he watched in horror as it changed shape from athletic to curvy.<\/p>\n<p>However he paid tribute to his 64-year-old mother by admitting: &#8216;There&#8217;s no doubt about her love for me.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It was just horrifying to me,&#8221; Bono said. &#8216;You have this image of yourself and all of a sudden your body does the exact opposite of what you feel.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201105\/159977.php\" title=\"'I felt like my body was betraying me': Cher's son Chaz talks to Oprah about sex change\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;I felt like my body was betraying me&#8217;: Cher&#8217;s son Chaz talks to Oprah about sex change<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> dailymail.co.uk : \u00a0\u00a0 After years of struggling with his sexuality, Chaz Bono finally opened up about his transition from male to female on the Oprah Winfrey show today. 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