Kendall Jenner Says She Never Spoke Out About Bruce Jenner’s Transition
Kendall Jenner Says She Never Spoke Out About Bruce Jenner’s Transition
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Kendall Jenner attends Courreges and Estee Lauder Dinner Party during Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2015/2016 on March 7, 2015 in Paris, France.Julien Hekimian—Getty Images
The gossip magazine Us Weeklyretracted a report Thursday that claimed Kendall Jenner had spoken out about her father Bruce Jenner’s rumored transition from a man to a woman.
Kendall Jenner had earlier denied speaking to one of the magazine’s reporters Saturday at the Comedy Central roast of Justin Bieber. “I love my dad,” the retracted article quoted her as saying. “He’s always been there for me and my sisters. He’s a wonderful man. And just because he’s changing shoes now, so to speak, doesn’t make him less wonderful. I will always love my dad, whether he’s a man or a woman.”
Us Weekly said Thursday it had “concerns about the veracity of the interview,” which they said had been written by a freelance journalist. The story has since been taken down from Us Weekly‘s website.
Rumors about Bruce Jenner’s transition have been swirling for months with no official comment from the Jenner-Kardashian family. The former Olympian, 65, may be getting his own E! docu-series about his life since filing for divorce from Kardashian matriarch, Kris Jenner, according to BuzzFeed. Though details about the potential series have been kept under wraps, many have speculated that Jenner—who featured on the E! reality series Keeping Up With the Kardashians—is filming his transition for the show.
Jenner’s step-daughter, Kim Kardashian, hinted in January that Jenner was preparing to share his personal journey. “I will say that I think Bruce should tell his story his way,” she toldPeople. “I think everyone goes through things in life, and I think that story and what Bruce is going through, I think he’ll share whenever the time is right…I think Bruce is very happy, the happiest I’ve ever seen him.”
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Bruce Jenner won the gold medal in the decathlon, setting the world record at 8,616 points.Getty ImagesJenner became a national hero following his Olympic win and was later inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986.Tony Duffy—Getty ImagesJenner became an NBC Sportscaster in the late 1970s following his Olympic performance in Montreal.NBC/Getty ImagesJenner married actress Linda Thompson, above, on Jan. 5, 1981, following his divorce with Chrystie Crownover.Getty ImagesJenner was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. In October of 1985, he received the Outstanding Learning Disabled Achiever Award from then-First Lady Nancy Reagan alongside stars such as Cher and Tom Cruise.Getty ImagesJenner was a successful race car driver in the 1980s, though in a 2013 interview he said, "I was a lot more badass runner than I was a driver.”Ann Clifford—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty ImagesIn 1991, Jenner married Kris Jenner, previously Kris Kardashian, just one month after she finalized her divorce from Robert Kardashian. The two had dated for only five months.Maureen Donaldson—Getty ImagesTheir marriage merged two already large families, evident here in this 1991 portrait.Donaldson Collection/Getty ImagesAfter his sports career, Jenner, seen here at a celebrity golf event in 1993, had a number of small acting jobs and television appearances.Stephen Dunn—Getty ImagesThe family poses at an event in 1995, the year Jenner and Kris welcomed the first of their two children together, Kendall Jenner.Ron Galella—WireImageKylie Jenner was born two years later in 1997. The girls can be seen here on the red carpet in 2000, long before they covered magazines and appeared on TIME's Most Influential Teens list.Scott Nelson—AFP/Getty ImagesJenner, seen here in 2005, would re-enter the spotlight thanks to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which first premiered in 2007.Steve Granitz—WireImageJenner spoofed his reality-star fame with a commercial for Tropicana Juicy Rewards in 2010.APJenner and Kris, here at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2011, announced their separation in 2013. She filed for divorce the following year.Kevin Winter—Getty ImagesJenner poses with a box of Wheaties in 2012. He appeared on the front of the box first in 1977 after his Olympic gold-medal win, then in 2012 when Wheaties rolled out a retro series.Noel Vasquez—Getty ImagesJenner appears with two of his sons, TV personality Brody Jenner and musician Brandon Jenner, who records with his wife as Brandon & Leah, at an April 2013 release party.Chelsea Lauren—WireImageJenner walks with step-daughter Kim Kardashian in October of 2014 — about five months after rapper Kanye West became his son-in-law.Bauer-Griffin—GC ImagesCaitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce Jenner, appeared as a woman for the first time on the cover of Vanity Fair's June 2015 issue, photographed by Annie Leibovitz.Annie Leibovitz—Vanity FairCaitlyn Jenner accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage Award onstage during The 2015 ESPYS at Microsoft Theater on July 15, 2015 in Los Angeles.Kevin Winter—Getty Images
