Khloe Kardashian: I Still Call Caitlyn Jenner ‘Bruce,’ Says Transition Has Been Difficult For Entire Family


Khloe Kardashian admits that she still calls Caitlyn Jenner by the name Bruce, saying her stepfather’s transition to live as a woman has been difficult for the entire family.

Khloe said Caitlyn’s public transition has been a bit trying, even though the response has been largely positive. But the attention that comes with living as a Kardashian seems to make everything a bit more difficult, Khloe said.

“There was a hard time for the entire family, that we were all transitioning with her, but in front of an audience,” Khloe told People magazine. “That’s not really the normal way to go about it.”

She added, “There is a lot of raw emotions, that it’s hard to do in front of a camera. For us, we were trying to be really open and raw with it, I think. We all got through it and that’s completely over, it’s all behind us now. So, we are just happy for her. We just want her to be happy. But there was definitely a moment that was really tough for all of us.”

Khloe said she will only call Caitlyn by the name Bruce in private, and said it’s more out of habit than any form of disrespect.

“It’s a beautiful thing that she’s transitioned,” she said, “and that she is strong enough to have her own voice and wanting to make such monumental, beautiful moves and be that crusader.”

Khloe Kardashian isn’t the only one still calling Caitlyn Jenner by the name Bruce. Caitlyn’s mother, Esther Jenner, said she has a hard time using anything but the name she picked out.

“I still have to call him Bruce. His father and I named him that,” Esther Jenner told Access Hollywood not long after Caitlyn’s initial announcement. “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!”

Though it may be hard to shake calling her Bruce Jenner, Esther said she is fully supportive and is happy to see her son transition to live as Caitlyn Jenner.

“She’s beautiful!” Esther said.

Esther added that Caitlyn seems much more relaxed and comfortable with herself now.

“I was there last week, well actually, I got home a week and a half ago. And I met Caitlyn. She is… so much more at ease,” the 88-year-old Jenner said.

There seems to be some backing to the idea that Khloe still calls Caitlyn by the name Bruce instead. GLAAD and other advocacy groups say it can be considered disrespectful to call transgender people by their birth name instead of their chosen name but said families often have to find a comfort zone on their own.

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