Bruce Jenner: biography, interesting facts

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:41

Recently, more and more information about Caitlyn Jenner appears on the Internet. Surely many have heard that this woman was once a man. What prompted the Olympic decathlon champion to take such a rash step, we will learn from our article.

Bruce Jenner's sports career

Bruce Jenner was born October 28, 1949 in New York. Parents noticed the boy's craving for sports in early childhood. That is why the father decided to send his son to the American football section. The guy's career could have been successful, but a serious knee injury was the reason to put an end to the football field.

It is worth noting that Bruce Jenner was not upset then and found the strength to take up another sport - decathlon. As it turned out, this was the right path for the boy. His trainer L. D. Weldon then advised Bruce to take the decathlon seriously. Fortunately, Bruce listened to the words of the curator and already in 1970 made his debut at the competitions held in Des Moines (Iowa), taking 5th place.

The next (less successful) was participation in the 1972 Olympics, where Bruce Jenner took 10th place. At the same time withthis young man worked at night for an insurance company.

First successes

In 1974, at the national decathlon competition, Bruce takes 2nd place and gets on the cover of the famous American athletics magazine. A year later, Bruce is again awarded the award as the winner of the national championship.

In 1975, Bruce sets a world record in the decathlon, overtaking Nikolai Avilov, an athlete from the USSR, in points at the Olympic Games held in Munich. The following year, Jenner becomes the champion at the Montreal Olympics.

It should be said that Jenner is the founder of the tradition of running with the flag of his country next to the stands.

Film shooting

In 1980, Bruce was offered a role in the film "The Music Can't Stop". For this performance, the aspiring actor is nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor. Luckily, no award is given to him. It turns out that even worse is Neil Diamond, who played a role in a film called The Jazz Singer.

Jenner's TV career is getting better over time. Bruce has appeared in several series and TV movies, and also takes part in the reality show "Keeping up with the Kardashians" along with his wife Kris, adopted children (Kim, Khloe, Rob, Kourtney) and their daughters (Kendall and Kylie).

Private life

Bruce Jenner, with more than 1.5 million viewers, has been married three times. The first wife was Christy Scott, married to whom Brucea son and a daughter appeared. Jenner's second wife, Linda Thompson, is an American actress who was in a relationship with Elvis Presley. In this marriage, two sons were born. The third wife was Kris Kardashian. This couple had two girls.

Sex change

In 2013, Jenner separated from his third wife Kris. Immediately after the breakup, Bruce begins hormone therapy to prepare for sex reassignment surgery. Such news for the ex-wife and children of Jenner becomes a bolt from the blue. In a recent interview, Chris Kardashian states that in all the years of their life together, Bruce never mentioned that such an idea was in his thoughts. When asked why Jenner is taking such a step, he replied that he had dreamed of becoming a woman all his life.

Stunning Appearance

In the same year, the audience last saw a man named Bruce Jenner. A celebrity gender reassignment stunned the whole of America.

Caitlyn's first appearance was in 2013. Her new face was published on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine. At the bottom was the inscription: "Call me Caitlin!" It is worth saying that for the publication, the appearance of a transgender person on the cover was a novelty.

After such a desperate step, many indignations followed. Many argued that this move was just a PR. But was it worth such torment, enduring painful operations? This question can only be answered by Caitlin (Bruce) Jenner, who in another interview stated that after the sex change operation she becamethe happiest person.

Confessions of Caitlin

After all the press began to write that Bruce Jenner is a woman, many were interested in the question of his orientation. As Caitlin herself said, a strange feeling did not leave her from the age of 8. Then Bruce tried on his mother's dress for the first time and did a bright make-up. In his youth, he began taking hormonal drugs, but stopped in time, because he understood how others would perceive it.

While going to any secular party with his wife and children, the former weightlifter wore a bra and tights under a tuxedo. It is worth saying that Bruce Jenner was very worried about his he alth before and after the operation. Fortunately, all the procedures and the operation itself went great.

Life after surgery

As Caitlin (Bruce) Jenner stated, she was not immediately able to move away from her usual lifestyle. The abrupt transition of a male athlete to the life of a fragile and sexy woman was not easy for her. “Inside me, everything was changing gradually and slowly, I mentally began to attribute myself not to the stronger sex, but to the weaker one,” Caitlin said. It was hard for her to think about how the children would react to the changes. Luckily, her sons and daughters were supportive after her surgery and tried to keep it simple, realizing that Caitlyn is having a hard time as it is.

Her stepdaughter, Kim Kardashian, helped her in many of the changes, she said that in any situation you should look your best, because you never know where the annoying paparazzi are hiding.

Woman of the Year

In 2015, Caitlyn Jenner was awarded the "Woman of the Year" award. After the award ceremony, the ceremony ended with a mass of indignation. Many were inclined to believe that the well-known Glamor magazine pursued other goals - to create a huge scandal and resonance. It is worth saying that this event is still gaining momentum.

Recently it became known that the husband of the same policewoman who died rescuing people on September 11 refused the Woman of the Year award, which was awarded to his wife posthumously. The man noted that he did not want his heroine wife to be on a par with transgender Caitlin Jenner.

The baton of protest was taken over by actress Rose McGowan, who said she was also refusing the award. She wrote an open letter in which she said that she did not share what Caitlin said at the ceremony. Jenner then said that the hardest thing about being a woman is choosing a dress. The public reacted indignantly to this joke.

As it became known, Caitlyn Jenner plans to release a personal line of cosmetic products. It will include everything for the care of the body, nails and face.

Well, let's wish her good luck!