Caitlyn Jenner’s circle of relatives have responded to her transition from male to female in various techniques. While some, like Kim Kardashian, had been very accepting, others have struggled. Caitlyn’s most recent ex, Kris Jenner, has spoken about her pain over losing the man she was married to for more than twenty years, and now every other of Caitlyn’s exes — Linda Thompson — is talking out about spending time with the previous Olympian.
“I will’t say that it’s not somewhat surreal for all folks,” Thompson, Caitlyn’s 2nd wife, advised Us Weekly on Saturday, Sept. 26, on the Matthew Silverman Memorial Foundation’s Light Up the Night White Party at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills.
Thompson, who used to be married to Jenner for five years till their divorce in 1986, and is the mother of her sons Brandon, 34, and Brody, 32, informed Us that she has watched Caitlyn's E! docuseries, I Am Cait.
“I believe it’s interesting,” she says. “Of direction, I lived it. We continue to be pleasant. We’re no longer close pals, we don’t hang around. But, of course, Caitlyn is invited every time there is a circle of relatives serve as. She has shown up a few instances. It’s really roughly glorious to look how all of the youngsters have embraced her as a mum or dad. She’s nonetheless a mother or father. She’s still a father.”
But Thompson, 65, admits it may be just a little disconcerting to take a look at her former husband in her new body.
“I have to be honest and say it’s peculiar for me to peer this beautiful lady, and glance in her eyes, and assume, ‘That’s the father of my children,’ ” the actress mentioned. “That being stated, I’m completely supportive of her and all the time have been.”
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Thompson, who dated Elvis Presley before marrying Jenner in 1981, is currently writing a memoir due for unencumber subsequent 12 months. “It’s under no circumstances a tell-all,” she says. “It’s about forgiveness, kindness, loving, acceptance, embracing people for who they are.”
She also revealed that Caitlyn, 65, to begin with told her 30 years ago “who she in point of fact was” and mentioned she’s at all times been supportive.
“I felt terrible for her 30 years ago that she couldn’t really fully specific who she in reality was,” she says. “So I’ve all the time been in give a boost to of her being who she needed to be. And who she rightfully must be. I think the sector is kinder now than it used to be 30 years ago and without a doubt more educated. This is not a call. This is how we’re born.”
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