The Dishing Diva

You would expect that a singer of 63 would resign herself to Caesar’s Palace for the rest of her working career… even if that singer is Cher. But you would be wrong. It looks like after Cher’s contract at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas ends, the singer is planning on doing another tour. And that’s not too far away so the world will get yet another chance to see how young Cher looks for her age. Still, you have to wonder how she can keep that up and what’s even more fascinating is asking where, when and most especially how it’s all going to fall apart. But until that day comes, to the ticket booths!

The singer’s daughter, Chastity Bono, who’s living as a man named Chaz after her sex change operation explained recently that becoming sober gave her… or him, the courage to undergo a sex change. Cher’s daughter/son said the following on the matter: “It wasn’t a sudden decision. I’ve been doing therapy for a long time. It’s a long process going back almost a decade. I got clean and sober in 2004 and I couldn’t have done this before that. I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn’t much feminine about me. I believe that gender is something between your ears not between your legs. That is something I discovered in the early 90s. It was just a long process of being comfortable enough to do something about it. I was turning 40 and I thought it’s now or never.” Lo unto the biochemists for they have spoken foul… Chaz comes to unite us under the banner of truth. So after being an alcoholic lesbian for 20 odd years, Cher’s child finally got the balls, figuratively speaking, to become a man? Amazing!

The singer recently filled a lawsuit against Universal Music Group claiming that the company owes her and Sonny Bono’s heirs over five million dollars. It seems that the company has not paid them royalties due for songs released on certain compilations and moreover they don’t even hold records that would prove exactly how much they owe Cher and Sonny Bono’s heirs. That probably doesn’t bother Cher too much considering that the sum for which Universal Music Group can be sued is very flexible under these conditions. Isn’t America such a wonderful place? You can sue anyone for anything and you even have good chances of getting your money… if you hire the right lawyers, that is.