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"Unfortunately, not everyone is in Chaz Bono&amp;apos;s corner when he begins competition next Monday on Dancing with the Stars.\r\nBut the show&amp;apos;s very first transgendered contestant has at least one mega-fan: Cher!\r\n\r\nDuring Bono&amp;apos;s Wednesday appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the author and activist, 42, got a surprise phone call from his world-famous mom, 65.\r\n\r\nThe Oscar-winning actress and singer slammed her son&amp;apos;s critics. &amp;quot;If you got that excess time and that amount of hostility, I&amp;apos;m not so sure that I can say anything to you that would make you change your feelings,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know that I would have any magic words to make you feel more comfortable and to soothe you into not being terrified of my child dancing on &amp;quot;Dancing With The F*#%ing Stars.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut, even with a world-class entertainer mom, Bono admitted dancing didn&amp;apos;t come easily at first. &amp;quot;My first dance is pretty good,&amp;quot; he told Ellen DeGeneres. &amp;quot;The Cha Cha.  The Quick Step gives me nightmares but I&amp;apos;m starting to feel pretty confident. We did it for some of the other people on the show today and they seem to really like it.&amp;quot;\r\nJoked Cher: &amp;quot;I got to tell you something. You doing this dance is about as scary as you making the &amp;apos;change&amp;apos;!&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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