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going to be a man. how did he break the news to his mother cher. chaz bono, his first prime time interview. this is "piers morgan tonight." chaz bono tells his story in "transition, the story of how i became a man" and in the documentary "becoming chaz" which airs on own network. i have to start by saying i watched you on david letterman last night. one of the most amusing encounters i have seen on a talk show in years. he was so uncomfortable. he didnt know how to deal with what you...

Or worried and all of the fears that you kind of have about this. but eventually he would have come around and done what you do and that is that you love your family. you do your very best to help them through whatever theyre going through. i know that sonny loved chaz with every bone in his body, and i believe that he would have loved him no matter what. i dont believe that would have changed. >> it would be fair to say that your support for what is happening here wouldnt be massively popular w...

Start to drink. i mean, i remember when chaz told me that he was going to do this and i said, well, i cant be sober for this. >> chaz bonos girlfriend jennifer who joins us now. jennifer, in many ways youve been through an even more dramatic period of your life than chaz has. at least he knew kind of what was going on. you didnt have a clue really, did you? >> well, early on in our relationship, he told me -- actually, i was told by a friend of his that he was indeed transgender. and i asked him...

Has always been a huge and very important part of my life and my childrens life. that, you know, thats whats important to me here. chaz and i, i think we learned a long time ago. there was a difference between politically. but when it gets askew, we stop talking politics. its not worth it when youre in your home. so we just dont do it. and we agree to disagree and love and laugh and thats really cool. >> love conquers all, right, chaz? >> absolutely, it does. and mary is absolutely right. with m...

But to my surprise, i was thrilled. like i got it. when i saw his chest the way it looks now, i thought, oh, right, this makes sense. and i was surprised. i actually thought i might miss the other, but it worked. >> so physically there wasnt a problem. what about psychologically? >> emotionally we went through a lot of work. and i mean you go from being in a female dynamic, even though i believe chaz was always male, he had estrogen. so you have two estrogens in the house, then it goes to estrog...

>> it is. >> does it make you feel good? >> it makes me feel really great. i went to the yankee store to buy a cap and the guy recognized me and couldnt have been cooler. hey, chaz. >> that must make you feel great. >> it does, it does. >> hey, chaz. thats cool. lets take a break and come to somebody else who is pretty cool, which is your girlfriend who stood by you, who is as brave as you. >> she is. [ male announcer ] edmunds.com says that lexus holds its value better than any other luxury bra...

To say. >> thats a compliment. >> ive always felt like a guy and now i finally am able to look like a guy, too, and be a guy. so yeah, thats what it was about for me always was getting all of this on the outside to match how i felt in here. >> for you its not being play ing sailing, theres a part of the book that you were sober when you were chastity. >> no, i was always chaz with you. >> but you got back on to the alcohol. why was that? >> i cant blame it solely on chazs transition. my sobriety...

And if youre not happy youre a cynic and you dont deserve happiness. thank you for joining me and good luck with it all. i want to be at the wedding with my cameras recording every moment, live on cnn. fair enough? >> weve got a deal. >> get her down the aisle, chaz. thats what guys have to do. thank you both very much. >> thank you. coming up, a tabloid scam that targeted the babies. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 absolutely, i mean, these financial services companies

And chaz works with children as young as 3 and 4 that just feel that theyre in the wrong body, and she does counseling, you know -- he does counseling. so its a very difficult thing. >> even your mothers not quite sure if youre a he or a she, chaz. thats an uncomfortable moment. >> for her, look, its ingrained. its 40 years of saying "she." so it takes a little time to get out of that habit. >> be brutally honest. >> okay. >> your mom, from all ive read, wasnt happy about the fact that you were ...

>> i cant blame it solely on chazs transition. my sobriety has been a struggle for years. it has been an off and on thing. when he told me he was going to do this i used it as a pass for myself which only an alcoholic can do. >> when you saw jennifer fall off the wagon, did it worry you that the stress of everything you put her through was now coming out in alcohol? >> actually, no. what it made me was angry really. and it was different because i think in the past i would have been, you know -- ...