--- description: "There's no way she could have transitioned privately" title: Watch Laverne Cox Talk Caitlyn Jenner's Transition on 'The Late Late Show' 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 # Watch Laverne Cox Talk Caitlyn Jenner's Transition on _The Late Late Show_ by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2015 6:27 PM CUT by [Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 21, 2015 6:27 PM CUT When _Orange Is the New Black_ actress Laverne Cox was undergoing her transition, her experience could not have been more different than [Caitlyn Jenner](http://www.ew.com/topic/caitlyn-jenner "undefined")’s. However, as Cox revealed on _The Late Late Show_ on Monday, it’s important for people to see “diverse representation of trans people in the media. … When I think about transitioning in my twenties as a black transgender woman who was working-class and struggling to make it in New York City, it’s completely different from Caitlyn’s very public experience.” Though Cox and Jenner have been [supportive of each other over social media](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/16/laverne-cox-caitlyn-jenner-espy-awards-speech "undefined") for months now, [they only met for the first time on Sunday evening](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/20/caitlyn-jenner-laverne-cox-i-am-cait-screening "undefined") when they took in a screening for _I Am Cait_, the eight-part docuseries chronicling Jenner’s new life. According to Cox, the first episode of the series shows the unavoidable ramifications of transitioning in the public eye and how Jenner needs to change cars in order to dodge the paparazzi when she travels, “which is an insane way to live. There’s no way she could have transitioned privately but I think she’s doing it very eloquently and beautifully publicly.” Added former _Mad Men_ star Christina Hendricks, who shared the couch with the _OITNB_ star: “I’m surprised it’s such a surprise. … I’m happy when \[transgender people\] can feel comfortable and beautiful in their own skin and I just … live and let live. It’s not a thing to me.” _I Am Cait_ premieres July 26 at 8 p.m. ET on E! _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/21/laverne-cox-caitlyn-jenner-late-late-show-video "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3966436/laverne-cox-caitlyn-jenner-transition/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3966436/laverne-cox-caitlyn-jenner-transition/"},"headline":"Watch Laverne Cox Talk Caitlyn Jenner's Transition on The Late Late Show","datePublished":"2015-07-21T18:27:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:24.066Z","description":"\"There's no way she could have transitioned privately\"","url":"https://time.com/3966436/laverne-cox-caitlyn-jenner-transition/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Transgender","Orange Is the New Black","celebrity","laverne cox","Caitlyn Jenner"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Amanda Michelle Steiner / Entertainment Weekly"}],"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/3966436/laverne-cox-caitlyn-jenner-transition/","name":"Watch Laverne Cox Talk Caitlyn Jenner's Transition on The Late Late Show"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Behind the Scenes of Laverne Cox's TIME Cover Shoot","description":"Actress and LGBT activist Laverne Cox talks to TIME about acceptance of transgender people and awareness of discrimination and civil rights issues","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/16Vyqo82/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-30T20:44:41.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/16Vyqo82.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3966436/laverne-cox-caitlyn-jenner-transition/","duration":"PT1M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3966436/laverne-cox-caitlyn-jenner-transition/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```