Then and Now! Photos of Cher’s First-Born Child Chaz Bono’s Transformation Over the Years

August 2010

Chaz was photographed holding a parrot in August 2010. Earlier that year, a judge granted Chaz’s request to legally change his name and gender to align with his gender identity.

October 2012

One year after his documentary, Becoming Chaz, screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Chaz was spotted looking noticeably slimmer.

The documentary would go on to be nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards.

Chaz had appeared as a contestant on the previous year’s season of Dancing With the Stars, on which he placed 7th.

October 2013

Chaz was spotted out for a walk one year after Becoming Chaz won the 2012 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary.

October 2013

That same month, Chaz wore an all-black outfit and shades while carrying a bag on an errands run.

Earlier that year, in February, Chaz revealed he had nearly met his 2012 goal. He had already dropped 43 pounds and hoped to lose around 40 more.

Chaz also appeared as himself on an episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager in 2013.

June 2014

The musician looked slim and buff as he stepped out in the summer of 2014.

That year, Chaz served as a guest judge on two episodes of RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Chaz explained during a 2013 interview with People that he credited cutting starches out of his diet for his weight loss so far.

“I would much rather look and feel better than eat those things,” he told the outlet at the time. “Everything else has been really great. I feel better and when I look in the mirror, I like what I see better.”

December 2014

Chaz was slimmer than ever as he ran errands in the winter of 2014.

The previous year, Cher spoke about her son’s weight loss during a September 2013 interview with E! News.

“He made up his own mind and he did it,” the pop goddess said. “And it was like, what, 85, 90 pounds. Wow! I don’t know if I’d have that courage.”

January 2015

Cher continued about her son’s incredible weight loss during her September 2013 interview with E! News, saying Chaz “did it all by himself” and “looks incredible.”

April 2016

Chaz’s acting career picked up in 2016, with him appearing in four episodes of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story: Roanoke. He also had an arc on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful that year.

January 2017

Chaz returned to the hit FX series in 2017, starring on eight episodes of American Horror Story: Cult.

He began dating his current fiancée, Shara, in 2017 after they were introduced by mutual friends.

October 2020

Chaz kept it safe in a mask as he stepped out amid the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. That year, he appeared on an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. He was also featured in the documentary film Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen and acted in the mockumentary Reboot Camp.

August 2021

The actor stepped out in a T-shirt and shorts during a summer errands run.

Nearly a decade before, Chaz had discussed his near-lifelong struggle with his weight on his episode of The Doctors.

“I wasn’t an overweight child, but I was put on diets all the time,” he told the show’s host, Dr. Travis Stork, in November 2012. “So there was a lot pressure to be underweight growing up.”

November 2022

During his 2012 appearance on The Doctors, Dr. Stork denied the notion that he couldn’t “empathize” with Chaz’s experience due to his unique upbringing, adding that his “story is not that different from everyone else out there trying to lose weight.”

July 2023

In 2023, the Dancing With the Stars alum appeared in the films The Bell Keeper and Bury the Bride. In January of that year, Chaz celebrated his six-year anniversary with his fiancée, Shara.

January 2024

As of early 2024, Chaz had maintained his weight loss, and had a few film projects on the pipeline.

His two films, Candy Flip and Little Bites, were in post-production, and a short, Trust Me, was completed as of February 2024. He and Cher also served as executive producers on Little Bites.

With his wedding to Shara on the horizon, an insider exclusively told In Touch on February 15, 2024, that Cher was not included on the ceremony’s guest list. According to the source, “neither [of Cher’s kids] wants anything to do with her,” and Chaz wanted to tie the knot “with none of Cher’s theatrics.”