Singer Jake Zyrus turns emotional while singing “You Are So Beautiful”
JAKE ZYRUS – The singer turned emotional while singing the song “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker.
Initially known as Charice Pempengco, the singer rose to fame when he performed on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show and had concerts with David Foster and Andrea Bocelli. Aside from singing, he also ventured into acting after joining the cast of the TV series Glee.
In 2011, he released a single titled “Before It Explodes” which was written by Bruno Mars. In 2013, he came out as a gay woman. He came out as a transgender male in 2017 after having male chest reconstruction and testosterone treatment.
Then, he adopted the name Jake Zyrus and discontinued the use of the name “Charice Pempengco”. Recently, he went to the social media platform, Instagram wherein he posted a video of himself singing the song “You Are So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker.
At one point, the singer couldn’t help but turn emotional. According to him, he did not expect to cry while doing a rendition of the song. Watch his rendition in the video provided below: