When I told you last month about Chaz Bono having already dumped Jennifer Elia despite the fact Chaz's reality show was teasing the popping the question I felt sorry for them both, but especially Jennifer. This was the equivalent of the never giving a love interview to a monthly magazine or wondering if the couple on The Bachelor made it to the end of the airing of the show still together. The only reason Chaz and Jennifer stayed together publicly this long is because of the show. It does not do a whole lot of good to show Chaz popping the question every few minutes in commercials for an engagement that last about 1 minute.
Yesterday Chaz made it official and Tweeted that he is doing fine. He did not say how Jennifer was doing. I am totally team Jennifer here. I think she proved that she was willing to stick by Chaz through anything and he got some big fame over the past year and as soon as he did, that was it, he was gone. The same thing almost happened a few years ago when Chaz was Chastity and was on Celebrity Fit Club.
I am so going to sound sexist here: The moment Chaz got balls, he turned into an asshole to women?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the deal with that. Did they give equipment that was Mel Gibson approved or something?
I am confused here. Last week the story made the rounds that they had broken up. This week it's that their engagement is off. Well of course it's off if they broke up. Why the two stories in weird order?
ReplyDeleteAnd Rita, how do you know that he turned into an asshole to women? Never heard anything about him being an asshole at all?
Ugh. Good will, used up.
ReplyDeleteI get a weird vibe from him now. Lainey calls it photo assumption, but just the look on his face/in his eyes in pictures doesn't just seems so, not good.
Enty seems to imply that Chaz was always an asshole, even when he was Chastity. I bet he/she has a shit ton of anger inside, and Chaz hung his hat on the sex change fixing it. Now that the sex change is done, he/she is no happier. Because the underlying issues still haven't been addressed.
ReplyDeleteI'd read a book by Jennifer. I'm sure she has some tales to tell.
He acted like an entitled asshole on DWTS. Even happy go lucky Lacey got fed up with his attitude.
ReplyDeleteWell, look at his life. He IS an entitled asshole. Cher indulged her/him, and this is what happens. Does not sound like a nice person.
ReplyDeleteRita - he doesn't actually have balls, but I agree with your point. Actually, I'm betting that after he got all that publicity from doing dancing with the stars, he decided he could do better than Jennifer. I feel bad for her that he treated her like that, but she's better off without him!
ReplyDelete@Cathy - phew, someone still gets Snark!
ReplyDeleteI'm quite sure he was an ass*ole before he got the equipment. But seems like the dickhead got the better of him once he started hormone treatment.
At least that what his gf was saying a few weeks ago.
Can't Cher sick her plastic surgey gurus on him? The whole package is such a mess to look at. Start with some lipo and then buff all that icky skin so it doesn't resemble a rotting orange-so much.
ReplyDeleteI would think that someone doing gender re-assignment surgery, especially with his resources, would have been required to undergo counseling as part of the procedure.
ReplyDeleteSomeone I know who had gastric bypass had to undergo counseling as part of the procedure, and it completely changed him, for the better. Between the therapy and the weightloss, he became a much nicer person.
I guess my point is, with any major life changing procedure, I would think there would be therapy included to help someone transition and deal with the issues that seem to follow Chaz.
@Feisty - if I remember correctly, Chaz has been in therapy for years. I remember this because it was reported that in the beginning, his mother was not open to participate in any counseling sessions in regards to his gender re-assignment.
ReplyDelete@Rita - thanks, I didn't know that. That means he either doesn't want to change the behavior or needs a new counselor. I'm guessing he doesn't want to change, which sucks.
ReplyDeleteI think Seachica is right.
Maybe it will be for the better that they split up - who knows what really goes on behind the scenes. Chaz obviously isn't really that happy and it's possible the relationship is contributing. I have wondered why Jennifer Elia is with him, I've got to say.
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to pretend that I can even fathom undergoing a gender transformation, but if you are a lesbian in a relationship with a lesbian, why would your lesbian partner stick with you when you are a man? I'm sorry if I sound like an ignorant fool, but this whole thing has always made me feel like such because this is something I have never experienced with myself or anyone. I hope these people find happiness. I think Chaz would probably feel way better about himself if he shed some lbs and got healthy. I'm sure there are so many issues here that none of us get. Maybe this is his way to outfame his parents?
ReplyDeleteSusan, I also wondered about a lesbian having a female partner who becomes male. As a heterosexual, if my husband wanted to become a woman, I would stay his friend, but not his wife.
ReplyDelete^I think this is where people would say they're in love with the person, not the sex. So in definition, they are not truly gay. Just person loving!
ReplyDeleteBut I get your point, if I were truly a lesbian, why would i want dick?
for the 1000th time Chaz did not have gender re-assignment surgery, he had a judge legally reassign him as a man. Chaz still has a vagina. He only had his breasts removed. But lives his life as a man and takes the testosterone.
ReplyDeleteAre you sure? Wasn't it on TMZ that he said he has everything in working order, and explained how they go about the operation?
ReplyDeleteIf not, well, there you go. Dick or no dick, he's been acting like an prick to his gf.
he needs to go on Dr. Drew and show us the goods.
ReplyDeleteSomeone else said it up there, but I kind of get the feeling that Chaz thought a lot of his personal problems and demons would disappear after becoming a man. I think he has yet to feel that sense of relief he was probably expecting. Who knows why?
ReplyDeleteWhen Chaz first announced he was transitioning, I remember my sister (who is the most LGBT-friendly person ever) say that she didn't think this was a case of transgender, but more of a case of self-hating. Considering she is such a big supporter of LGBT issues, I thought her opinion was strange at the time, but now I think she may have been right. She is excellent at reading people. Like so many above have said, I think Chaz thought his anger was rooted in gender issues, and that transitioning would make the anger go away.
ReplyDeleteCan someone tell me what Chaz has done outside of being Cher's kid? Has the guy ever had a career? I get growing up rich, but even those kids fake careers like singing and acting, etc. Lisa Marie Presley has a quasi-singing career. What's the deal with Chaz? Is all his money from his parents? No wonder he has major issues.
ReplyDelete^He faked dancing!
ReplyDelete@Rita yes I am sure, he said it on the OWN show and when he was on Howard Stern. He still has a vagina.
ReplyDeleteI would assume he inherited a chunk of change when his father died. He "claimed" on the Howard Stern show he doesn't take money from his mother anymore. But she did buy the house he is currently living in. He is hoping a reality show can carry him financially. But I see no other source of income coming his way now or in the past. Which is why people were claiming that it was easy for him to come out as a transgender man. He has no job to be fired from or any real risk for a challenged life like so many others have.
Chaz' dna - still says female.
ReplyDeleteCalling her a man, does not make her a man. She must be miserable inside. I see a Chris Farley like future without ever being entertaining, just a side show routine.
@timebob
ReplyDeleteSo Chaz is just a bum? I kind of always figured he was. At least his brother Elija Blue is a guitarist.