Comedian Joan Rivers has said she
doesn't “give a shit” if people think her Chaz Bono remarks are
transphobic, The
Huffington Post reported.
During the season 2 debut of WE tv's
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?, Rivers dismisses her
daughter's concerns over a cosmetic procedure by saying she's not
going in for “a Chaz Bono.”
The 42-year-old Bono's gender
reassignment surgery was chronicled in the Emmy-nominated documentary
Becoming Chaz. A follow up film, Being Chaz, focused
on his now-ended 6-year relationship with Jennifer Elia and the
controversy that surrounded his appearance on ABC's Dancing with
the Stars.
(Related: Chaz
Bono tells Rolling Stone he's saving for more surgery.)
“We all need to just relax,” Rivers
told The Huffington Post at the show's New York premiere
party. “Is Chaz happy? Yes. Did Cher pay for it? Yes. Move
on!”
Responding to claims her remarks might
be transphobic, she said: “I don't give a shit. Call me whatever
you want, but everyone just needs to calm down.”
Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?
returns Tuesday on cabler WE tv. (A trailer for the season is
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