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"Cher has defended her son Chaz Bono following his latest performance on Dancing with the Stars.  The singing legend appeared to take issue with judge Bruno Tonioli&amp;#039;s comments about Bono&amp;#039;s performance following his tango with partner Lacey Schwimmer on Monday night&amp;#039;s Broadway-themed episode of the show.  Tonioli&amp;#039;s critique had included suggesting the tuxedo-clad Bono was like &amp;quot;a cute little penguin trying to be a big menacing bird of prey&amp;quot;.   Writing on her Twitter account later, Cher appeared to be responding to Tonioli when she said: &amp;quot;IS IT DWTS Or LOOKING PERFECT WTS? ITS EASY 4 HIM 2 TAKE CHEAP SHOTS AT CHAZ ! LET HIM COME 2 &amp;#039;MY&amp;#039; STAGE. &amp;quot;I COULD TEACH HIS LITTLE ARM WAVING ASS SOME MANNERS ! Critique CHAZ&amp;#039;S DANCE STYLE, MOVEMENTS ETC,.BUT DON&amp;#039;T MAKE FUN OF MY CHILD ON NAT.TV. &amp;quot;IT&amp;#039;S NOT ABOUT CHAZ WINNING ! HE&amp;#039;S DOING HIS BEST&amp;amp; HE WILL STAY AS LONG AS HE STAYS ! THATS &amp;#039;SHOW BUSINESS&amp;#039; BUT, DONT B UNKIND 4 NO REASON. (sic)&amp;quot; When one follower said that Tonioli had been trying to be funny &amp;quot;at Chaz&amp;#039;s expense&amp;quot;, the singer agreed, responding: &amp;quot;Mean is not funny.&amp;quot; She later added: &amp;quot;Enough time wasted on Bully Judge! The nite I was there I had GREAT TIME!I Loved watching every1! I was So excited ! Laughing,talking FUN! (sic)&amp;quot;   Cher also sent a personal message to Bono, writing: &amp;quot;Chaz U Worked HARD &amp;amp;I&amp;#039;M PROUD! Tango is Tough! I Thought u were Very &amp;#039; Phantom&amp;#039;Know you&amp;#039;re Dissapointed By Score!ME 2 ! Remember ur a BONO.&amp;quot; Cher supported Bono at a Dancing with the Stars taping earlier this season and became tearful while she watched him perform. Schwimmer also appeared to express annoyance at Tonioli&amp;#039;s comment on her own Twitter account, writing: &amp;quot;So proud [of] Chaz! He got under scored again, and tonights comments were the cherry on top.  &amp;quot;Having a judge refer to him as an animal every week is so rude and unnecessary.&amp;quot;  She added: &amp;quot;I feel so bad about the comments week to week. It&amp;#039;s not about the way someone looks, it&amp;#039;s about the routine, the journey and dance. I am happy to be dancing with Chaz. #ANTIBULLYING.&amp;quot; Tonioli has yet to publicly address his critique of Bono, who landed at the bottom of the leaderboard after scoring 19 out of a possible 30 points.  Dancing with the Stars continues tonight (Tuesday) on ABC. &amp;gt; Cher: &amp;#039;Chaz Bono having time of his life on Dancing with the Stars&amp;#039; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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