Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I tōna wā tino pōuri i ngā tau 1980, i hiahia a Bruce Jenner ki te rere ki Uropi mō tētahi pokanga whakarerekētanga ira tangata, ā, ka hoki ki Amerika hei kuia a Heather mō ana tamariki. I taua wā tonu ka ui ana tama ki to rātau māmā he aha i whai uma ai to rātau pāpā. I te mutunga o te kōrerorero a Diane Sawyer ki a Bruce i te pō whakamutunga, ka whakaputaina e tana wahine tuarua tētahi rangitaki e whakamārama ana i to rātau aroha, te mārena ātaahua, me ngā whakakitenga o te dysphoria ira tangata i arahi ki to rātau wehenga i muri i ngā tama tokorua me te āhua o te oranga tino pai o Malibu. I tutaki a Linda Thompson, 64, ki a Bruce i te whare Playboy i te wa i wehe ai ia i tana wahine tuatahi, a Chrystie Crownover, te whaea o ana tamariki matua e rua. I aroha raua, a, ka marenatia ki Hawaii i a ia e hapu ana ki ta raua tama, ki a Brandon. I etahi tau i muri mai ka powhirihia e raua te tama tuarua, a Brody. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te tokorua o mua: Bruce Jenner me Linda Thompson (i kitea tahi) i tutaki ki te whare rangatira o Playboy. I aroha raua, a, ka marenatia i a ia e hapu ana ki ta raua tama tuatahi, a Brandon. I muri mai ka whai tama anō rātau. Ka rite ki ta Linda i tuhituhi ai ki te Huffington Post, 'Koia nga ra tino harikoa o toku oranga. He tāne mīharo taku, ko ia te tangata tino hākinakina, tino pūmanawa, tino kaha, tino ngawari, tino tāne e taea te whakaaro. E rua aku tama ataahua, hauora hoki. E rua aku tamariki mokopuna tino pai. He pai tonu te ora.' I haereere a Bruce i te ao e mahi ana i nga whakaaturanga utu me te noho i tetahi oranga ataahua i Malibu, i te nuinga o te wa ka kite ia i tana tama matua, a Burt, me tana tamahine, a Casey, mai i tana marena tuatahi. Engari i te 18 marama o te pakeke o Brody, e toru hoki nga tau o Brandon, ka whakapuakina e Bruce ki a Linda te mea ngaro i whakapuakina e ia ki te ao i te po o te Paraire. E kī ana a ia, i pohehe ia. Na te 'tirohanga pouri' i korero a Bruce ki a Linda - i whakareri i a ia ano mo te whakakitenga o te whanaungatanga pea - e kii ana ia he wahine. 'He aha te tikanga o te mea he wahine koe?' e mahara ana ia ki te ui. 'He aha te tikanga o taua mea? Ka rite tonu ki tana i korero ai ki a Diane Sawyer, i korero a Bruce ki tana wahine e wha neke atu i nga tau, i te mea...
Ko Linda Thompson, 64 ona tau, i marenatia ki a Bruce Jenner mai i te tau 1981 ki te tau '86. Kua whakaputaina e ia he rangitaki e whakamārama ana i tana kōrero ki a ia mō ana pakanga ira tangata. E whakamārama ana i te āhua o ngā whakakitenga i arahi ai ki tō rāua wehenga i muri i te whanautanga o ngā tama tokorua. E kōrero ana hoki mō te whakakorenga hiko mamae a Bruce me ngā pokanga hei whakawātea i te mata. I kite nga tama taitamariki i nga u o te papa i tetahi wa; i teka ia ki te huna i nga huringa. Ko te tokorua, ko Brandon raua ko Brody, kua pakeke inaianei, i tautoko i a Bruce i roto i te ABC korero-katoa. Ahakoa te mea kua 'tiakina e Bruce ana tama i roto i tona oranga mo nga tau' i muri i tana whakamutu i te tango i nga homoni wahine me te marena i tana wahine tuatoru, a Kris Jenner.