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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 didn't know how to deal with what you were telling him, the enormity of what you had gone through. what was it like for you when you wen...

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 they're 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 don't believe that would have changed. >> it would be fair to say that your support for what is happening here wouldn't be massively popular with the republican party that you represent, is that an unfair thing of me to observe? >> you kno...

Start to drink. i mean, i remember when chaz told me that he was going to do this and i said, well, i can't be sober for this. >> chaz bono's girlfriend jennifer who joins us now. jennifer, in many ways you've been through an even more dramatic period of your life than chaz has. at least he knew kind of what was going on. you didn't 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. and he said -- this was in our first year, within the first few months, he said he was, but he...

Has always been a huge and very important part of my life and my children's life. that, you know, that's what's 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. it's not worth it when you're in your home. so we just don't do it. and we agree to disagree and love and laugh and that's really cool. >> love conquers all, right, chaz? >> absolutely, it does. and mary is absolutely right. with my dad we let that get in the way. when he passed away, it's like never again. and so mary and...

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 wasn't 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 estrogen and testosterone and that's an adjustment, absolutely. >> without being too query but as your se...