After Bruce Jenner finallyrevealed he was officially transitioning into a woman, the former Olympian's family opened about the major change. Froman emotional two-part TV special to social media posts, the Jenner/Kardashian clanis clearly sticking together.
A family's support
At first, theKardashians remained relatively silent regarding the news that Bruce was openlybecoming a woman. There were a handful of tweets showing support after the 65-year-old's appearance on his 20/20 special, but we finally got to see thedepth of the family's love after the Keeping Up with the Kardashians: AboutBruce special aired in two parts Sunday and Monday. Thereafter, Kendall Jenner changedher Twitter profilepicture to a throwback photo with her sister Kylie Jenner and their dad Bruce, and Khloe tweeted, "so proud of Bruiser."
Meanwhile, Kim Kardashian has been very open about her support for Bruce and continuedwith her positive campaign by writing, "Must have been so hard for Bruceto explain his story to each of us. Can u imagine?! I respect him so much 4opening up & being so truthful," on her Twitter account.
The Kardashians and Jenners are standing by Bruce Photo: Instagram/@kimkardashian
Kris Jenner has been a bit quieter when it's come to commenting on her ex-husband, butMonday night's episode showed the emotional roller coaster for the familymatriarch and how she still cares for Bruce. "Istill love you, baby," Bruce said. "Is there anything I can do now tomake it better for you?" Kris, 59, asked him to "just live thehappiest life you can live. That's all I care about. And that you can find thepeace you've been looking for so long."
Reason behind Kris' tears
While Kris is verysupportive of Bruce, the world did get to see how painful this process has beenfor the Kardashian matriarch. "I just miss Bruce," Kris said on the show. "Andthat's going to take me a minute to mourn that relationship. You think you'regoing to grow old with somebody, and they drastically change over the course ofjust a few years." Bruce apologized for not being truthful about hisdesire to become a woman while the couple were married for nearly 25 years.
Kris said this has been very emotional for her Photo: Getty Images
"AllI have really is my memories," Kris added. "I look at picturesof you and the kids, and I'm really sad because I feel like you died. You know,Bruce died. And it's really hard for me to wrap my head around."Despite her heartache, Bruce revealed that the "love and acceptance"he has received from Kris has been "absolutelyoverwhelming."
How they'll tell the grandkids
Aside fromBruce having to tell all of his children about his transition, it will alsohave to be revealed to his grandchildren in time. North West, Penelope andReign are all too young to understand what's going on, but 5-year-old Masonis aware of the situation. "I think we are waiting to see what Bruce doesbefore we tell Mason," Kourtney Kardashian said in Part 2 of About Bruce.The 36-year-old and her partner Scott Disick agreed that they will explain what itmeans to be transgender and hope that it will make him more accepting ofpeople.
"It's only a positive thing for my son and my daughter to know allthese different things that go on in the world," said Scott, 31. "Youonly really get one chance at this life, so whatever you gotta do to be happy,[you do]."
Kim has met 'her'
As of thespecial's taping in January, none of Bruce's biological or stepchildren hadmet his female identity. But Kim recently admitted she has met 'her' since then. "It was amazing and she lookedbeautiful, really beautiful," Kim told Access Hollywood."She was dressed up, beautiful makeup, beautiful hair, very, verybeautiful and very comfortable."
Kim admitted she has met "her" and is helping with styling tips Photo: Instagram/@kimkardashian
Bruce is eagerto share his real identity with his family, but the rest of the clan wants tomeet 'her' on their own time. "My biggest fear about meeting herfor the first time is just I think my reaction. I'm very faciallyexpressive," Khloe said on the special. "I don't want to do anythingoffensive that would hurt her feelings."
"They'reall kind of nervous to meet her," Bruce explained. "She's always morefun, more at ease and feeling good about herself. It's all part of me. It'slike having Bruce with a little icing on the cake. It only gets better."
Bruce's surgery plan
Although he's already had a few surgeries to transitioninto a woman, Bruce revealed his plan for more in the future. When asked about having an operation to “remove the little thingdown there,” Bruce explained, “That's kind of the last thing you can do. Youcan do an awful lot before that.”
Bruce was very open about his surgery plans for the future Photo: E!
He said he doesn't have a date planned forgender re-assignment surgery as of now, but plans to have an operation tochange the shape of his forehead and to have surgery to change the shape of hisjawline.
Kim gives Bruce style tips
Always concerned about the image of her family, Kim has goneso far as to give Bruce styling tips. Audiences watched as she went throughBruce's closet and picked out cute ensembles and suggested which ones he should throw away. In the episode, it was also revealed that Bruce already stoleone of her outfits. "You stole my outfit!? I'll literally killyou," the reality-TV star said. "Along, long time ago," Bruce responded.
Kim admitted she has helped Bruce go through his closet Photo: Getty Images
But Kim found the wholeinteraction pretty funny, tweeting during Tuesday's show, "Bruce & I in the closet isso funny! He stole my outfit!!!!!!!"
