--- description: John Oliver impressed Caitlyn Jenner, who has been in the public eye since revealing her transition on the cover of Vanity Fair title: Caitlyn Jenner Was "Blown Away" by John Oliver's Take on Transgender Rights image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Caitlyn Jenner Says She Was "Blown Away" by John Oliver's Take on Transgender Rights by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2015 2:49 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 13, 2015 2:49 PM CUT On a recent episode of _Last Week Tonight_, host John Oliver [urged people ](http://time.com/3939449/john-oliver-transgender-rights/ "undefined")to continue fighting for transgender rights. “We are weirdly comfortable celebrating transgender people while simultaneously dehumanizing them at the DMV, pinning awards to them as we drum them out of the military, and constantly quizzing them about their genitals,” Oliver said. Caitlyn Jenner has weighed in on Oliver’s segment with nothing but praise: > [](https://twitter.com/Caitlyn%5FJenner/status/620040400149938177) The 65-year-old former Olympian [has admitted ](http://caitlynjenner.com/2015/07/the-journey-begins/ "undefined")that even she has a lot of learning and “catching up to do” about the transgender community. Her show _I Am Cait_ premieres July 26. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3955371/caitlyn-jenner-john-oliver-transgender-rights/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3955371/caitlyn-jenner-john-oliver-transgender-rights/"},"headline":"Caitlyn Jenner Says She Was \"Blown Away\" by John Oliver's Take on Transgender Rights","datePublished":"2015-07-13T14:49:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:01.797Z","description":"\"Bravo!\"","url":"https://time.com/3955371/caitlyn-jenner-john-oliver-transgender-rights/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3955371/caitlyn-jenner-john-oliver-transgender-rights/","name":"Caitlyn Jenner Says She Was \"Blown Away\" by John Oliver's Take on Transgender Rights"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"World Meets Caitlyn Jenner On Vanity Fair Cover","description":"Announcing the next step in her gender transition Monday, Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, posed for the cover of Vanity Fair.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bPdAfkGt/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-01T18:44:56.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bPdAfkGt.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3955371/caitlyn-jenner-john-oliver-transgender-rights/","duration":"PT59S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3955371/caitlyn-jenner-john-oliver-transgender-rights/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```