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"He&amp;apos;s got her, babe.\r\nAlthough he is perhaps most well-known as the eldest child of Cher and the late Sonny Bono, Chaz Bono has another very important woman in his life: Jennifer Elia, his girlfriend of four years.\r\nIn part two of an interview with ET&amp;apos;s Mary Hart, airing tonight, Bono (formerly known as Chastity) says that Elia has &amp;quot;been amazing&amp;quot; throughout the process of his sex changed, announced in June.\r\nSee today&amp;apos;s hottest celeb photos\r\n&amp;quot;I feel really grateful to be going through this with a partner,&amp;quot; says Bono, 40.\r\nChaz&amp;apos;s decision to become a man -- he says the process took &amp;quot;almost a decade&amp;quot; -- was no surprise to Elia.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I didn&amp;apos;t just spring this on Jennifer recently,&amp;quot; Bono explains.&amp;quot;This was something she knew about shortly after we met.&amp;quot; (The pair were set up through mutual friends at a barbecue thrown at Bono&amp;apos;s house, he says.)\r\nBono also fields Hart&amp;apos;s question about the intricacies of a relationship between a woman and someone undergoing a female-to-male sex change: &amp;quot;Our relationship always modeled a heterosexual relationship, emotionally and intellectually,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;So now it does physically as well.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nCher&amp;apos;s reaction to her child&amp;apos;s transformation, however, remains private.\r\n&amp;quot;The people in my life are just happy that I&amp;apos;m doing this,&amp;quot; Bono says, &amp;quot;and seeing the positive effect that it&amp;apos;s having on me.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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