Kendall Jenner - the self-described "tomboy" model sister of the Kardashian's and star of that Pepsi commercial - has spoken about how she struggled dealing with her father's gender transition.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Jenner is the eldest daughter of Kris Jenner and Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner, who transitioned in 2015.
In a new interview with Harper's Bazaar to plug her Estee Lauder contract, the 21-year-old opens up about discovering "clues" regarding her father's identity which initially led her to think Caitlyn was having an affair.
"It was like an investigation for a really long time... We would find little things and think, 'This isn't normal.' For a minute, we were like, 'OK, is he cheating?' And then we'd say, 'I don't think so'," she said.
Kendall said she already "kind of knew" before Caitlyn came out as transgender in April 2015.
"When she told us, and told us that it was going to be a real thing, it was an emotional couple of months," she says. "And if I would talk about it, I would cry, just because you're mourning someone… losing someone. The person is still there, of course, but physically you're losing someone. It was my dad who I grew up with my whole life and who raised me.
"It's an adjustment, for sure. But honestly, you start to realise that this person is still alive. This person is still here. They are still a blessing. They are still awesome. I realised that I should just be thankful that I still have my dad. It starts to just become normal. You're just like, 'Okay, cool'."
The two still have a close relationship and share a bond of cars and adventure sports. Caitlyn, with the help of former late night TV star and vintage car enthusiast Jay Leno, recently advised Kendall on her latest purchase - a 1956 Corvette.
Like a chapter from a "How To Be The One Percent" manual she discusses how she nearly refused to buy the vehicle that took dealers four weeks to locate.
"F---! I don't like the colour," Kendall remembers thinking of the robin's-egg-blue car when one of Leno's car experts found it after a month-long search. "So she figured she'd get it and just have it painted," the feature reads.
