An old interview with a former Kardashian family nanny has started fresh talk online about Caitlyn Jenner’s life before she came out as a transgender woman in 2015, IOL reported.
In the clip, the former nanny reportedly said that people in the house, including staff, knew Jenner sometimes wore women’s clothes. She said this was long before Jenner’s transition became public.
Jenner was known as Bruce Jenner at the time. She was married to Kris Jenner, the mother at the centre of the famous Kardashian family.
The clip has led some social media users to ask how Kris could not have known, if other people in the house had already noticed. Other users showed sympathy for the family. They said understanding a person’s gender identity can be hard and very personal for everyone involved.
According to IOL, the idea that Kris knew nothing does not fully match what the former couple said in the past.
In her 2015 interview with Diane Sawyer, Caitlyn said Kris had known about some parts of her gender expression. She said the two of them understood those experiences in different ways.
Kris later spoke on the family’s television special, Keeping Up With the Kardashians: About Bruce. She said she had not expected that Caitlyn would one day transition.
Kim Kardashian also knew about it. She has said before that she once walked in by surprise on her stepfather, who was wearing women’s clothes.
Caitlyn spoke about Kim’s reaction in the Diane Sawyer interview. “She kind of walked out and jumped in the car and went for a ride,” Caitlyn said.
Caitlyn said that after this moment, it became something the family avoided talking about.
Kendall Jenner has also spoken about finding women’s clothes in her father’s room when she was younger. At first, she thought the clothes belonged to another woman.
The family later spoke about these moments in the About Bruce special. The show filmed their emotional talks before Caitlyn’s public transition.
The Kardashian and Jenner family has shared its private life with millions of television viewers for almost 20 years. This part of their story stayed private for many years.
Caitlyn came out as transgender in April 2015. Later that year, she introduced herself to the world under her new name.
Her transition became one of the most talked about celebrity stories of that decade, IOL reported. It brought talk about transgender identity, family acceptance and privacy into mainstream entertainment.
More than ten years later, the nanny’s interview has put those early family experiences back in the public eye.
Source: this article is based on reporting by IOL Entertainment. Image: IOL Entertainment. Written with the help of AI and published by the Tzaneen Voice Entertainment desk. See our Editorial Standards.
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