Following months of speculation, Bruce Jenner’s mum has confirmed he is undergoing a gender transition.
Esther Jenner says her son is undergoing a change and that she couldn’t be prouder of him.
“I just learned about [his transition]. Bruce filled me in, and we had a very long, long, long talk about it,” she told Radar Online.
“I have never been more proud of Bruce for who he is, himself as a father, as an Olympian, a wonderful public speaker. He instills enthusiasm in people. He’s gifted.”
“I support him whole-heartedly. I just love him like I always have.”
Esther says Bruce hopes that his ‘journey’ will help others going through the same thing to speak out and talk about their feelings.
“I am more proud of him now than when he stood on that podium and put the gold medal around his neck,” she said. “He deserves all the respect.”
Bruce’s transition will be detailed in a documentary series to air on the E! network, the same network that airs the family’s long-running TV series Keeping up with the Kardashians.
Bruce and Kim filming for Keeping up with the Kardashians.
He is also said to be doing a tell all interview with US TV journalist Diane Sawyer about his transition, set to air in May.
In the lead up to his transition, Bruce has grown out his hair, undergone surgery to have his Adam’s apple smoothed-down, been spotted with plumper lips and has been seen wearing nail polish.
A Kardashian family source also confirmed to US Weekly saying that Bruce is undergoing the change.
“Bruce is transitioning into a woman. He is finally happy and his family is accepting of what he’s doing,” the source said.
Bruce’s stepdaughter Kim Kardashian recently spoke out about her stepdad’s transition saying he has the full support of his family.
“He’s our dad so we support him no matter what, and I think when the time is right, he’ll talk about whatever he wants to talk about,” she said on Entertainment Tonight.
“I will say that I think Bruce should tell his story his way 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.
The Kardashian and Jenner girls all shared this photo on their socila media accounts when news of their dad’s gender transition began to circulate.
“I guess I’ll kind of let everyone be curious and I feel like that’s his journey to talk about, I just think it’s his story to talk about, not really mine.”
Kardashian matriarch and Bruce’s ex-wife Kris Jenner has not spoken publicly about his transition.
