Esther Jenner on Caitlyn: 'I still have to call him Bruce'
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Esther Jenner is speaking out on her Olympian son’s transition to Caitlynn Jenner, and while she says she’s all for it, mom is still having a hard time with the new name.
"I was there last week, well actually, I got home a week and a half ago,” Esther told Access Hollywood. “And I met Caitlyn. She is… so much more at ease."
One thing Esther, 88, is not yet at ease with, however, is the name change.
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"I still have to call him Bruce. His father and I named him that," she said. "It's going to be a struggle for me to get used to the change, but happily so… I'm very happy for him – or her!"
In the Vanity Fair article that announced Jenner's transition, however, Esther was less enthusiastic.
“I woke up one night and all I was thinking about is: 'Why is it necessary [for Caitlyn] to go through all these surgeries?'” she said. “'Is this all about making money?' And that was bothering me. He’s lived a life the last 25 years—and I don’t know if it was both he and Kris or mainly Kris—it seemed like their lifestyle was about money; that’s why it came to my mind.”
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After undergoing hours of facial-feminization surgery, breast augmentation and hormone therapy, Bruce Jenner revealed a new identity and name in the July issue of Vanity Fair, which shows a large photo of Jenner as a woman with the caption “Call Me Caitlyn.”
A video that accompanied the cover online shows Jenner being photographed for the magazine, saying: “Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Every day he always had a secret from morning till night. Caitlyn doesn’t have any secrets."
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The photos that accompany the story show Jenner in two long gold gowns, a long off-the-shoulder mermaid dress, a lace corset, a tight long sleeve V-neck dress and a red long sleeve dress. In the images, Jenner poses on a couch, in a makeup chair, in the car and in front of a large window.
The reality star told the mag: "If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, ‘You just blew your entire life."