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Caitlyn Jenner's son calls her televised gender transition 'not genuine' and 'invasive'

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Published 11:56 16 Jan 2025 GMT

Caitlyn Jenner's son calls her televised gender transition 'not genuine' and 'invasive'

Brody Jenner did not hold back

Liv Bridge

Liv Bridge

Caitlyn Jenner's son has slammed her televised gender transition as 'not genuine' and 'invasive'.

Caitlyn Jenner was a key character in the famous reality TV show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, for almost 15 years between 2007 to 2021, alongside then-wife, Kris, daughters Kendall and Kylie, and the Kardashian step-family clan, Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob.

Jenner, a retired Olympic gold medalist, then came out as a trans woman in 2015 and her transition was covered on the show by the E! network as well as her own show I Am Cait.

Caitlyn transitioned in 2015 (Kayla Oaddams/WireImage)
Caitlyn transitioned in 2015 (Kayla Oaddams/WireImage)

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However, the fraught relationship with her kids from previous marriages, Burt, Cassandra, Brandon and Brody, and subsequent difficulties with the Jenner-Kardashian household post-transition have also been well documented.

Now, Brody has opened up about his own difficult relationship with his father during an episode of Special Forces: World's Toughest Test.

The 41-year-old Californian admitted he felt 'abandoned' in childhood when Caitlyn married Kris, started a new family and lived life in full view of the world on television.

He said: "I think not having Bruce around growing up and her doing that transition, it was tough just being her son."

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Brody with fiancee, Tia Blanco, and daughter, Honey (@brodyjenner/Instagram)
Brody with fiancee, Tia Blanco, and daughter, Honey (@brodyjenner/Instagram)

Now a father-of-one himself, Brody suggested he understood his father was enduring her own 'struggles' in the transition but added: "All that was put on TV and there were these very intimate moments we would have and it was all filmed and it just felt very invasive and not very genuine, I would say.”

The MTV star also revealed their relationship is on the mend after he received a 'real, sincere apology'.

Brody elaborated: "It was the first time in my life that I've ever gotten an apology. You know, 'I'm sorry for not being there', and honestly, it meant a lot."

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It's not the first time the DJ has opened up about his father's transition on the show either, previously saying he felt a 'relief' when his father came out as transgender.

"I think that there were a lot of things that started to make sense, you know, just in my life, about my father, and maybe why he wasn't there all those years," Brody added.

Brody has opened up about his relationship with Caitlyn (Andrew Toth/Getty Images)
Brody has opened up about his relationship with Caitlyn (Andrew Toth/Getty Images)

“I think when you have kids, you need to accept a little responsibility and that the things that you do are also going to reflect on them, as well. I think it really has shaped me to do everything different and to really be there and be present to my little girl.”

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Jenner admitted on 20/20 in 2015 that she 'didn't do a good job' as a parent to her eldest four, adding to ABC in 2017 that 'there's no excuse for not being a good parent, no matter how many problems you have', reports PEOPLE.

As for the other two of her six children, Kylie and Kendall Jenner, she maintains a good and close relationship.

However, since 2017, she revealed to UK TV personality, Piers Morgan, that she no longer speaks to the Kardashians following the publication of her scathing memoir, The Secrets of My Life.

“I don’t talk about that side of the family, I spent 23 years of my life with those kids – it’s difficult to talk about it, terribly terribly sad,” she said.

Featured Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation/Earl Gibson III/Getty Images

Topics: Caitlyn Jenner, Film and TV, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, LGBTQ, Parenting, Transgender

Liv Bridge
Liv Bridge

Liv Bridge is a digital journalist who joined the UNILAD team in 2024 after almost three years reporting local news for a Newsquest UK paper, The Oldham Times. She's passionate about health, housing, food and music, especially Oasis...

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