It was the tell-all interview
to end all tell-all interviews: Bruce Jenner opening up to Diane Sawyer
about his transition to living as a woman. Members of the
Kardashian-Jenner clan — who aren't exactly known for being tight-lipped
— have been almost exclusively silent on the subject, though rumors
have been swirling for years.
Sawyer met with Jenner at his
California home. The former Olympian was nervous and emotional at first,
stopping for tissues just a few minutes into their chat. But as soon as
he began to really open up, the nerves melted away and Jenner hit his
stride. The result was a special that showed the audience that just
because a man has been on a hit reality TV show for eight years doesn't
mean we know much about him at all. So, what did this two hours of
television teach us that 500-plus episodes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians didn't?
1. He considers himself a woman.https://screen.yahoo.com/bruce-jenner-am-woman-025612436.html
2. He isn't gay (as far as he knows).https://screen.yahoo.com/bruce-jenner-im-not-gay-054639214.html
When Sawyer started tap dancing
around the subject of his sexuality, Jenner jumped in before she had to
spit out the question. "No, I'm not gay," he quipped with a smile. "I'm
not gay. I am, as far as I know, heterosexual."
Sawyer raised a brow as she
asked him to clarify what he meant by that but he didn't seem the least
bit bothered. "I've never been with a guy," he shrugged. "I've always
been married raising kids. "
3. He considered suicide.Recalling some painful encounters with the paparazzi, the reality star
admitted there were times when he thought suicide would be the "easiest
thing." He described his thoughts when he was in that dark place: "Go in
the room. Get a gun. Boom! Pain's over. It's done. Go to a better
place."
4. He started taking hormones in the 1980s, but stopped after meeting Kris Jenner.
Bruce also revealed that he
had started the transition process in the '80s. He had facial plastic
surgery, electrolysis to get rid of his facial hair, and began estrogen
hormone treatment. Then he met Kris Jenner and decided not to go through
with it — though he didn't say she was the exact reason for backing
out.
"I had been on hormones for
five years and I was a really solid 36B something and you really can't
hide those things," he laughed. "And [Kris] goes, 'Well, OK, you like to
wear women's clothes.' And I kind of downplayed it some. I feel in a
lot of ways that when you love somebody you don't want to hurt them."
5. If Kris Jenner had been OK with his transition, they'd "probably" still be married. "I loved Kris. I had a wonderful life with her. I learned a lot from
her. That's what you like in a relationship — to be able to learn from
the person you're with," he explained of his union with his third wife.
"Kris is a good woman. I've got no complaints with her. She's a good
person. Honestly, if she had been really good with it and understanding
of it, we'd probably still be together."
While Bruce is no longer her spouse, Kris showed him some love on Twitter after the interview aired:
Not only was I able to call him my husband for 25 years and father of my children, I am now able to call him my hero.
6. Kim, Kylie, and Kendall all caught him dressed as a woman at one point.
Bruce admitted that over the
years, Kim, Kendall, and Kylie all caught him dressed as a woman. "Kim
caught me one time — walked in," he said with a shrug. Asked what her
reaction was, the 65-year-old mused, "She walked out and jumped in the
car and went for a ride" before adding that this was simply a subject
that no one in the family talked about.
Another time, Kendall and Kylie
inadvertently saw their father posing in front of their full-length
mirror in a dress via their computer cam. (One of them had thought the
other was stealing her clothes and had set the camera up to catch her
sister red-handed.)
7. His biggest fear was telling his kids. https://screen.yahoo.com/bruce-jenner-terrified-tell-kids-032722613.html
Despite the fact that at least
three of his children had caught him, Jenner revealed that his biggest
fear, still, was telling his kids. His son Brandon was the first to
know, but eventually Jenner came clean to all of his daughters and
stepson Rob Kardashian, as well. "They all cried, mainly because they
don't want anybody to hurt Dad," he said. "They're very protective of
me, especially Kendall and Kylie."
Before the 20/20 interview started, Brandon shared a throwback snap on Instagram along with the caption: "Proud son."
8. Khloé has had the hardest time with his transition.
According to Jenner, however, it's not Kendall or Kylie who's taking the news the hardest: It's Khloé.
"Khloe's had the toughest time with it," he lamented. "She's had a lot
of losses in her life. She lost her father at a young age… and you know
Lamar had his issues. She feels like there's this massive, 'My whole
life's falling apart, it's my dad,' and I can't argue that point, but
I'm not going anywhere. I'm still going to be there."
9. Kim has been the most supportive, thanks to "Kanye". https://screen.yahoo.com/kanye-wests-support-bruce-jenner-040841327.html
Kim credits Kanye with her
breakthrough on this topic. "They were talking about it and he says to
Kim 'Look, I can be married to the most beautiful in the world, and I
am. I can have the most beautiful daughter in the world. I have that.
But I'm nothing if I can't be me, if I can't be true to myself, they
don't mean anything.'"
Apparently that really resonated
with the Kardashian superstar, who went on to tell Bruce, "If you're
doing this thing, I'm helping you. You're representing the family.
You've got to look really good."
10. His conservative mother is prouder of him than when he won the gold medal at the Olympics in 1976.
In a touching video message,
Jenner's nearly 90-year-old mom declared her unyielding support. "I want
you to be happy and I love you. I was very proud of you when you stood
on that podium in Montreal," she said through a beaming smile. "I never
thought I could be more proud of you, but I'm learning I can be."
11. He's a Republican.
It's just kind of surprising — that's all.
12. He considers himself asexual "for now."
Asked by Sawyer if he could
see himself getting married again to a woman, Jenner couldn't help but
laugh. "It's so far down the road, it's like the last thing in the
world. I can't figure that side of it out. I just want to have a free
soul and have a lot of great friends. I'm 65. It's not like you want to
go out and get it on all the time. I just want to enjoy life." But when
she pressed again, subtly looping back to the sexual preference
question, Jenner quipped that he was "asexual, for now."
13. He isn't having gender reassignment surgery — at least, not anytime soon.https://screen.yahoo.com/bruce-jenner-sexual-reassignment-surgery-045039943.html
14. E! will be filming a new documentary series following his life as a trangender woman.
But just because he isn't
filming his gender reassignment surgery doesn't mean he isn’t going to
be in front of the cameras anymore! As rumored for months now, E! just announced
that it will be filming a new documentary series following Jenner's
life as a transgender woman. It's important to note, however, that
according to the press release, "At this time, Bruce Jenner is choosing
not to live publicly in the media as a woman."
Asked what he's most looking
forward to now that the cat's (officially) out of the bag, Jenner
quipped, "To be able to have my nail polish on long enough that it
actually chips off."
JUST KILL ME
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