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Months. he said he was, but he wasn't planning on doing anything about it at the time. he was comfortable living as masculine as possible but he would, indeed, want to do it at some point. >> what was your honest reaction when he said that? >> i compartmentalized it and put it away. >> wow. that's quite something to compartmentalize. >> it's amazing what i can compartmentalize. >> your girlfriend says i may become a man and you compartmentalize it. >> i said, hmm, we're okay for now. i walked into the kitchen and went about my day, but i knew for years we would have to deal with this at some p...

How did he break the news to his partner jennifer and 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. he joins me now. 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 didn't know quite how to handle you, quite how to deal with what you were telling him, the enormity of what you had gone th...

>> oh, find him more attractive as a man. >> you lucked out. >> i did. >> he did. yes. i mean, you know, i am attracted to both men and women but it is different to have that happen in the same person. >> it was it was all unfurling, when you broke from and he was going for the treatment and the testosterone and the hormones and everything else and he's becoming a man in front of your eyes, beginning to shave and you had your breasts removed and everything. so you're physically becoming a man. when you're seeing that process, what's going through your mind? was it concerning you? did you freak...

>> even your mother's not quite sure if you're he or she, chaz. that's an uncomfortable moment. >> i mean for her, look, it's ingrained. 40 years of saying "she." so it takes time to get out of the habit. >> be brutally honest. >> okay. >> your mom, from all i have read, wasn't happy about the fact that you were a lesbian to start with. your father sonny reacted better to that. is that correct? >> that is correct, yes. >> when you come with the other whammy which is, mom, if you thought that was bad, take a load of this. how did she react when you first said -- by then she'd gotten used to you...

First time in 40 years. >> yes. she had to grieve the loss of her daughter. of that little bit of female side that i had. and as time has gone on, i think she's become more comfortable and understanding about it. >> you certainly put her through the hoops, haven't you, chaz? be honest. >> i guess. but i have always been a pretty, you know, good kid, a good guy. you know, this is how i was born. >> do you think your mother knew? do you think she had an inkling from an earlier age? >> i think when i was really young she thought i was going to grow up and be gay. i think that's what she thought. ...