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  • Chrystie Scott, Bruce Jenner’s First Ex-Wife, Lent Support During Diane Sawyer Interview

    Chrystie Scott, Bruce Jenner’s first ex-wife, was present when the Keeping Up With the Kardashians patriarch was interviewed by Diane Sawyer on 20/20 Friday night. Scott joined several other family members who surrounded Bruce as the interview aired. She hoped her presence would lend some support.

    Bruce Jenner and Chrystie Scott were married from 1972 to 1981, and have two children–Burt and Cassandra Jenner–together.

    Chrystie Scott spoke with Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos on Monday about the interview that aired on Friday night.

    “I can’t remember the exact words because it was such a shock to me, but he opened up his heart and confessed, and he had to share this deep, dark secret,” she explained of Bruce Jenner during the early years of their marriage. “He told me he wanted to be a woman, and understandably, I didn’t know what to say.”

    “It’s so hard to wrap your head around it, particularly because he was such a manly man,” she continued. “He never indicated anything feminine in his demeanor.”

    “It broke my heart. I reached over and tried to give him a little comfort,” Chrystie Scott told GMA. “It broke my heart for him. It was sad.”

    Despite the tears Bruce Jenner shed, Scott believes the interview was a positive event in his life.

    “I think it was cathartic for him,” she says.

    “I’m sure there are plenty of people that don’t have the courage to come out at all, ever, and they live private, dark, tortured lives, and that’s tragic,” Chrystie Scott concluded. “That’s just tragic and the fact that he did share it with me that first year, I feel like that was actually a gift he gave to me to trust me with something so intimate.”

    Bruce Jenner is fortunate to have the support of two of his ex-wives. In a conversation on The Today Show Monday, Kathie Lee Gifford said Kris Jenner supports him, too. She explained that Jenner is still processing what these other ex-wives have known for years. She and husband Frank Gifford are good friends with both Bruce and Kris Jenner.

    Do you expect Kris Jenner will one day come around the way Chrystie Scott and Linda Thompson have, and show her support for Bruce Jenner as well?

  • Brody Jenner to Star in New TV Show, ‘Sex with Brody,’ Supports Bruce Jenner

    Brody Jenner is set to star in his own TV show on the E! network. Sex With Brody will star the son of Keeping Up With the Kardashians patriarch Bruce Jenner, as he dishes on dating, romance, sex, and more to callers.

    According to a report from Us Weekly, Sex With Brody is scheduled for four episodes. Nothing is considered off limits with regard to topics.

    Brody Jenner has been very supportive of his dad Bruce Jenner in his ongoing transition from a man to a woman. He and brothers Brandon and Burke will speak on Friday night’s 20/20 episode when Diane Sawyer interviews Bruce Jenner.

    Despite Bruce’s transition, all three of his sons will still think of him as their dad. But what will they call him?

    “Brandon will continue to call Bruce ‘Dad,’ and Brody will still refer to him either by his first name, or his nickname, Bruiser,” a source tells The Mirror. “Bruce will reveal during the interview that he will always be his kids’ ‘Dad,’ even though he will now be living his life as a woman.”

    Brody Jenner and his brothers–as well as half-sisters Kylie and Kendall Jenner and step-sisters Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim Kardashian all have a lot to digest with Bruce Jenner’s transition. Work on Keeping Up With the Kardashians has likely kept the girls busy enough not to dwell on it, however, as work on the upcoming Sex With Brody has no doubt distracted Brody.

    Do you think Bruce Jenner’s transition will ever come up when callers phone in with questions for Brody Jenner on his new show? Might that make the Sex With Brody star a bit uncomfortable?

    Hopefully Brody’s new show is a big success. The former star of The Hills has done little on TV of late, except for infrequent guest appearances on Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

  • Diane Sawyer Lands Bruce Jenner Interview: Will Talk Transitioning to Woman?

    Diane Sawyer has reportedly landed an official interview with Bruce Jenner, and it’s said to be one during which he will spill the beans about transitioning from a man to a woman. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians patriarch has stayed mum on rumors about his sexual identity, but photos seen in the press over the past year or so have caused most to wonder.

    Fans of Bruce Jenner, Kris Jenner, and the entire Kardashian empire will have a while yet to wait, however. Diane Sawyer may be interviewing Bruce Jenner in the near future, but it won’t be aired on TV until May. An ABC source confirmed all of this to Page Six on Monday.

    Us Weekly reported a little over a week ago that Bruce Jenner would grant one TV interview, but it was uncertain at that point to whom he would grant it. Sources say NBC executives are upset over his decision to go with Diane Sawyer over at ABC–especially because NBCUniversal owns E!, the network that airs Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and the one that will reportedly air Bruce Jenner’s upcoming docu-series on his transition from male to female.

    Up until very recently, Bruce Jenner’s family has denied that anything unusual was going on with their father, stepfather, and ex-husband. Even Kris Jenner has come to his defense. A little over a week ago, however, Kim Kardashian made a comment during an interview with Entertainment Tonight that led many to believe there was definitely more to the story.

    “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,” Kim Kardashian said. “I feel like that’s his journey to talk about.”

    And it is.

    Diane Sawyer has scored the privilege of being the one to bring Bruce Jenner and his impending transition to light.

    Will you look forward to hearing Diane Sawyer interview Bruce Jenner in May? It will be intriguing to learn what’s going on with the Keeping Up With the Kardashians patriarch. It will no doubt feel good to Bruce Jenner to unleash this secret he’s long been keeping.