RHONY alumnus Cindy Barshop says her transgender son was 'upset' by Mario Lopez's controversial comments about trans children.

The mother of nine-year old Jesse says her offspring 'didn't understand' why the Access anchor was so misinformed during an interview with People.

The Bravo personality, 54, revealed that her nine-year-old son was transgender last month.

RHONY's Cindy Barshop (above in 2015) says her transgender son was 'upset' by Mario Lopez's controversial comments about trans children.

'He was so cute, so that's really why I started talking about [what Lopez said], is because he got really upset and didn't understand,' Barshop explained, also the mother of Jesse's twin sister Zoe.

The former Saved By The Bell star stoked controversy while appearing on conservative pundit Candice Owen's podcast, where he said that parents of trans children should wait until their kid's 'formative years' to make decisions about gender identity.

He also seemingly conflated gender identity with sexuality, something while confused Cindy's son.

'[Jesse] was like, 'Ew, I don't like anybody yet.' So basically he said, 'Say something mom,' and I said, 'Fine.'

Misinformed: Lopez (above 2014) stoked controversy while appearing on conservative pundit Candice Owen's podcast, where he said that parents of trans children should wait until their kid's 'formative years' to make decisions about gender identity.

Huh? The mother of nine-year old Jesse says her offspring 'didn't understand' why the Access anchor was so misinformed... Jesse is seen above with twin sister Zoe

Cindy, who appeared on season four of the reality show, said her son cutely wondered why Mario didn't understand, seeing how education about gender is commonplace now.

'...Jesse said, "He needs to go back to fifth grade, because that's where you learn it." Which is true these days. At least in school these days, you're learning about different types of identities and what children want to be and you should cultivate it.'

Cindy also had things to say about Mario, explaining why she thought his comments were out of line.

Out of line: Cindy (above 2017) also had things to say about Mario, explaining why she thought his comments were out of line. 'First of all, he is not a parent of a trans child, or may not know yet. So, it's absolutely wrong,' she said.

'First of all, he is not a parent of a trans child, or may not know yet. So, it's absolutely wrong,' she said.

'Trans children, they know their identity. It's not about sexuality and that is the most important thing. Because people are like, "Well, how do they know?" It's an identity change, not a sexuality. So that's the one clarification I want to make. And you have to be open with your children.'

But Cindy said that Mario's comments were actually a good thing in the long run, seeing as they helped educate people about trans issues.

'I’m actually glad he said it, because there’s obviously other people in the world that don’t realize these things and it’s basic. Children that are trans need to open up early on. Between [ages] 11-18, the female to male trans, 50 percent have attempted suicide. Fifty percent at such a young age. It’s because parents need to be open, and that’s really the only thing I want to bring out here. Be open and listen to your children, they know.'

Same thing: Cindy said that since Jesse's coming out 'nothing's really changed' about her parenting

Cindy said that since Jesse's coming out 'nothing's really changed' about her parenting.

'[Things are] the same, we are the same,' she said. 'That’s how we have always lived, since they were little. I’ve always let him dress how he wants, do what he wants. So a lot of the kids know, some don’t. Nothing’s really changed, I just thought he may want to speak about it a little bit and he said, "No you can do it."'

'It’s just so normal in my household. We’ll joke around and be like, "Jesse gets more attention because he is trans." We play with it just like an everyday type of thing. But she’s fine, she looks at him as a brother,' Cindy said about her daughter Zoe.

'I mean once you start, they are 9 now, so it’s for six years they’ve been doing this.'

She said one of the most common misconceptions about raising transgender kids is that the children are too young to 'know' about their gender.

Cindy revealed how she and her family had realized Jesse was trans long ago, telling People: 'They say "at that age, how do they know?"'

'They know at that age, they know that, "you know what, I’m not supposed to be a girl, I’m supposed to be a boy." And just to flourish that. We are probably going to save one child’s life just now by just talking like this to a mother, that they say, "Well maybe I should just be open about it." It’s super important.'

'You notice very young, it’s very young,' Barshop went on. 'The other parents I’ve spoken to, we’re talking at 2. Even the movements that they make. At 3, 3 1/2, I was 100 percent sure.'

Life as usual: '[Things are] the same, we are the same,' she said. 'That’s how we have always lived, since they were little. I’ve always let him dress how he wants, do what he wants'

She said that she personally experienced a 'poignant' moment when her young one asserted his gender, something that many parents of trans children have gone through.

'If you speak to every parent whose gone through this at a young age, there’s a very poignant moment when a child explicitly — obviously my child said it differently than others: "This is not right, there is something wrong,"' she said. 'For a child, they are like little angels, to come out with it at a young age, that’s when they are going to realize: something is off and I can tell my mother.'

'There is an absolutely poignant moment where it’s black and white to the parent,' Barshop continued. 'Each child is different, so that’s how they’ll come out with it.'