Cher got transgender son Chaz Bono’s ‘blessing’ to use deadname in memoir

Cher (seen here in October) got her transgender son Chaz Bono’s “blessing” to use his deadname in her memoir. Getty Images

Cher got permission from her transgender son, Chaz Bono, to use his deadname, Chastity, in her new memoir.

“I refer to my son Chaz as Chas, the name he went by during the years covered in this book,” the “Believe” singer writes in a note at the beginning of “Cher: The Memoir, Part One.”

“Chaz has granted his blessing for this usage,” she shares. “In the next volume, at the appropriate point, I will refer to my son as Chaz.”

“Cher: The Memoir, Part One” hits bookstores Tuesday. HarperCollins Publishers

Bono, whom Cher shared with her late ex-husband Sonny Bono, famously began his transition in 2008 and legally changed his name and gender in 2010.

The “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer, 78, has admitted that it was a big adjustment for her.

“It wasn’t easy,” she told CNN in 2020. “I remember calling, and the old [voicemail] message … was on the phone, and that was very difficult.”

Cher shared Bono with her late ex-husband Sonny Bono (seen here in 1973). Getty Images The “I Got You Babe” collaborators (shown above in 1966) were married from 1964 to 1975. Getty Images

However, Cher, who has been an icon to LGBTQIA+ community for decades, ultimately came around.

“You don’t really lose them. They just are in a different shape,” she explained during the interview, adding that she was “so unbelievably happy” for Chaz, now 55.

The first part of the Goddess of Pop’s memoir hits bookstores Tuesday, tracing her childhood, marriage to Sonny, who died in 1998, and early music career.

Cher (seen here in 2012) previously admitted Chaz’s transition “wasn’t easy” for her. Jason Merritt “You don’t really lose them. They just are in a different shape,” the “Believe” singer said in 2020 of Chaz (shown above in October). GP/ MEGA

HarperCollins Publishers previously said the second volume was expected sometime in 2025, but Cher confessed to the New York Times Sunday that she has not even started writing it yet.

“[Part one] exhausted me,” she said. “It took a lot out of me.”

The “Moonstruck” star is also the mother of son Elijah Blue Allman, whom she welcomed with her second husband, Gregg Allman.