Cher has made millions as a gay icon of signicant proportion!
She reportedly has a net worth of $500,000,000 - $800,000,000.
Yet her child, who she thrust into the limelight while still in diapers, had to borrow money to pay for his surgery.
I don't get that...
But we in it shall be remembered;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers
I was really surprised that Cher, a huge gay icon like you say, had such issues with Chastity coming out as gay. Even Sonny, the conservative, accepted Chastity as a lesbian.
That says a lot.
I'm very happy for Chaz and I think he's absolutely adorable. Chaz and Jenny make a cute couple. I love all their pets, too!
Well...does he have a job? He seems super nice and I'm very happy for him. But how does he pay for his house, pets etc? Cher must give him something every month. He just must not have any savings. Kind of lame. He has a new book and this documentary now, so that will supply an income that he earned on his own. I don't think she owes her adult child anything.
I do think that if I was in Cher's place I would pay for his surgery. I also think I would want my child to be self sufficient at the age of like 40.
I too was taken back when this was revealed. Rosie O'Donnell, in her interview with Chaz following the movie on OWN, asked him about this and he answered that he didn't want to ask her because he felt it wasn't her place to pay for it. I'm not sure if the answer made much sense but that is what he said.
shareCher has made millions as a gay icon of signicant proportion!
She reportedly has a net worth of $500,000,000 - $800,000,000.
Yet her child, who she thrust into the limelight while still in diapers, had to borrow money to pay for his surgery.
I don't get that...
I agree. I only saw the documentary and the interview on Oprah, but I found Jenny really annoying and superficial. She made many comments on the documentary that were either rude or embarrassing to Chaz, and I felt like if I was going through this surgery and documenting it for the world to see, I wouldn't want my girlfriend telling everyone I had bad breath or a zit on my back she wanted to pop, or any of the other weird things she said. And if she said "I love you babe" one more time I was going to puke. As if she doesn't realize how much that sounds like "I got you babe." I think she's a coattail rider, and Chaz can do better.
shareI am glad it's not just me who doesn't like Jennnifer! If she truly makes Chaz happy, then ok, but I kinda think she gets on his nerves. She's whiny & I don't think she really likes men. Maybe she's just having a hard time that her girlfriend is evolving into a man, but this has been going on for some time. She should move on so Chaz can find someone else if she doesn't want to be with Chaz or cannot deal with the situation. No need for Chaz to do all of this to become a man & find some happiness in his life if he has to put up with her attitude.
shareI don't have a problem with Chaz's mom giving him money. If you are worth that kind of cash, you can share with your child. Hopefully, he will get thru all this and find a career for himself. Now. On to the girlfriend. Does she work? If not, why not? Was she just a party chick? I realize she is going to college now but still. Did she have a job ever?
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Give Jenny a break. I'm sure none of this has been easy for her, between Chaz's transition, her sobriety issues, and all the media attention. As for her bad breath/zit comments, I didn't get the impression that Chaz was irritated or angry about either, and he says at one point that he loves her because of her craziness.
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At first I did find it odd that Chaz had to borrow money from friends for his surgery. But I suppose he just felt uncomfortable asking his mother considering how she felt about the situation.
I also found some hypocrisy in Cher's attitude. But I notice that about a lot of Hollywood celebrities. She spoke about how she always "knew" Chastity was a lesbian but said that she didn't come out to her mother for a long time. Cher said that was because Chastity knew she'd be upset. Why would Cher be upset? I'm sure she has gay and lesbian friends. She has no problem with being homosexual...unless it's her daughter.
It had to really be hard for Cher, well...for any parent for that matter. Cher had this daughter for all these years, and she knew was lesbian. That's one thing. But to have to adjust to basically LOSING that daughter. She was clearly upset about it just from talking about the answering machine greeting...it was the last time she would hear her voice. Think about that. Yes, Cher is a gay icon and loves the gay community, but she's also a mother. No parent, no matter how open, WANTS their child to be gay...to have their child go through the stuff that gay people go through...then to couple that with the adjustment of a gender reassignment surgery. It would be difficult for anyone.
shareI agree with Symphony of Silence. The girlfriend now has an MS in Education from UCLA (I assume while Chaz was supporting her), and she doesn't look all that young either. She was saying things to him that a 14-year-old would say.
Chaz can definitely do better. But he seems to have lowish self-esteem. I hope he doesn't end up 60 with this harpy still putting him down.
"Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?"
Wow, people are so judgemental of her. It was pretty clear to me that she was not at all okay with Chaz's transition but because she cared about him, she tried to be as okay as she possibly could be. When she starts talking about the changes in him that the testosterone is bringing on, you can tell that it's not going to work. I don't fault her for that. Although a person is still the same person, the hormone changes bring on new aspects of the personality and behaviors that one may not have ever seen before - I can imagine that it really does feel like you're living with another person. I could see why you might not be able to handle that. I don't fault her for that. People split up for all kinds of reasons I think this is a legitimate one.
It sounded like she does lack mature coping skills - given her apparent meltdown with trying to complete her masters and going back to drinking during all of that. So it may be that she (and probably he) were just not equipped to handle all these big things they were going through. That's human. I get it.
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