The world is now watching Bruce Jenner after he recently announced that he will be making the transition from male to female. Now, Bruce Jenner’s ex-wife Linda Thompson has revealed to Huffington Post that Bruce Jenner wanted his sons to call him Aunt Heather.
Linda Thompson writes, “I have respectfully kept his secrets private and would have taken his confidences to my grave had he not spoken out.” Bruce Jenner recently shared with the world that he had felt more female than male his entire life, but he did not speak of an “Aunt Heather,” at all during his interview with Diane Sawyer.
Linda goes on to describe how she met Bruce, and says that she knew nothing of his gender dysphoria until after they had conceived two sons, Brandon and Brody. Bruce spoke a little bit of this in the interview with Diane Sawyer, and the accounts match up for the most part. They both agree that the gender reassignment issue played a huge part in their break up, and afterwards Bruce began experimenting with hormones.
Thompson writes, “One day, after having spent a little time at Bruce’s house, both boys came into the kitchen and said to me, ‘Mommy, we saw Daddy getting out of the shower naked, and Daddy has boobs!” Linda goes onto say that she covered up for Bruce at the time, and told their children that Bruce’s “boobs,” were actually muscles turning into fat due to poor diet and exercise. She claims that after Bruce married Kris Jenner, he vanished from his sons’ lives.
Linda tells Huffington Post, “No birthday cards or phone calls, no “Merry Christmas,’ no Everything OK?’ after the big Northridge earthquake. Brandon and Brody will never have those ‘Hallmark memories’ of father-and-son moments.”
Perhaps the most interesting, and most likely blatant lie, was that Bruce Jenner wanted to go away and make the transition, only to come back into his sons’ lives as “Aunt Heather.”
This sounds like a desperate plea for attention, and an easy way for Linda Thompson to benefit off Bruce’s current publicity. We are sure Linda sold this fabricated tale for a pretty penny, and we would not be surprised if we hear more from her, or any of Bruce’s ex-lovers in the coming months. Everyone will want to jump on this bandwagon and milk the cash cow while they can.
What do you think? Is Linda Thompson telling the truth about Bruce Jenner and his desire to be known as “Aunt Heather,” or is she trying to cash in before it’s too late? Let us know in the comments below.
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