Caitlyn Jenner Says She's Kind Of "OK" With Gay Marriage
Posted on Fri Sep 4th, 2015 12:55pm PDT By X17 Staff
Wait, what?!
Caitlyn Jenner taped a segment for The Ellen Degeneres Show, set to air September 8th, and we just got a sneak peek at the sit-down in this newly released clip. This is the transgender reality star's first interview since her Diane Sawyer tell-all, and it seems like she isn't being so careful with her words now that she's out. An example? She reveals that, as a Republican, she wasn't initially in favor of gay marriage! Maybe she shouldn't have said that to Ellen of all people, considering she's in a gay marriage!
The I Am Cait star gets immediately defensive when the talk show host points out her political views, and goes on to confess that she is a fan of "traditions" and didn't support legalizing unions between same sex couples for a while.
"I have to admit that I remember 15 years ago, 20 years ago whenever it was the whole gay marriage issue came up at first, I was not for it," she admits. "I mean I thought am a traditionalist... I mean I’m older than most people in the audience. I mean I like tradition and it’s always been between a man and a woman and I’m thinking I don’t quite get it. But as time goes on like a lot of people on this issue I’ve really changed thinking here to I don’t ever want to stand in front of anybody’s happiness. That’s not my job. Ok. If that word marriage is really, really that important to you I can go with it," she admits. Wow, that's a little shocking coming from someone who went from a man to a woman and wants public compassion and acceptance!
In a less heavy moment, Ellen brings up the topic of dating, but the E! star manages to dance around the topic of her current sexual preferences. "Everybody wants to have a partner everybody would love to have a family and for trans people sometimes that can be extraordinarily difficult to do. And so it is an issue that’s big in the community. I’ve kind of passed that stage in my life, but yes would I like to find a partner in life to share my life with. Yeah. I’m sure I will at some point. Right now I’m just very busy doing a lot of things and kind of just getting used to where I’m at and who I’m at. As time goes on I’ll deal with that subject," she muses.
Where was her publicist for this?!