'We had hundreds of family meetings': Kim Kardashian reveals how she, her mom and siblings dealt with Bruce Jenner's decision to become a woman

  • Reality star gave her reaction to former Olympian's public transition
  • Revealed that she, her sisters and Kris Jenner had intense discussions
  • Had previously said that the whole family is in therapy to deal with change
  • Also said she supports Jenner '100 per cent' as he transitions
  • Two-hour tell-all interview with ABC was broadcast on Friday  

The Kardashian family have had hundreds of intense, emotional meetings to deal with Bruce Jenner's decision to transition into a woman, Kim Kardashian has revealed.

The reality star told how she, her sisters and her mother Kris Jenner would open their hearts to each other to process the emotional turmoil prompted by the 65-year-old former Olympian's decision to consider himself a woman.

Speaking on Monday, she also admitted that the issues of being transgender are 'not something... I can fully understand' - but added that understanding wasn't necessary for her to 'support him 100 per cent'

A portion of the interview, with NBC's Today show, which was released over the weekend had already revealed that the whole Kardashian clan is also in therapy to help them deal with the change.

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'Hard transition': Kim Kardashian gave her reaction to Bruce Jenner's revelation that he is transitioning into a woman in an interview with NBC's Today show

'Hard transition': Kim Kardashian gave her reaction to Bruce Jenner's revelation that he is transitioning into a woman in an interview with NBC's Today show

Emotional: Speaking in front of millions of viewers on ABC on Friday,  Bruce revealed tearfully: 'To all intents and purposes, I am a woman'

Emotional: Speaking in front of millions of viewers on ABC on Friday, Bruce revealed tearfully: 'To all intents and purposes, I am a woman'

Giving a window inside the family heart-to-hearts, she said: 'There is every emotion you could possibly imagine. There is [sic] hundreds of family meetings, we still have them.

'Say what you want about us, but we work out everything as a family, we have the best communication and we are so in sync with each other.

'I love having so many siblings and such a supportive mom because each family member might be dealing with this in a different way but we have each other to go through this experience with, and I'm really grateful for that.' 

And despite the emotional hardship, Kardashian celebrated Jenner's decision, which she says has brought him 'peace'.

She said: 'He's living his life the way he wants to live it. And that he has found inner peace and just pure happiness - that's what life is about.

'I don't know what life would be like if you always felt like you weren't yourself.

'And I know it's not something that you or I can really fully understand, but I don't even think we have to.

Discussion: Kardashian told all in a sit-down segment with NBC Today's Matt Lauer, which aired Monday

Discussion: Kardashian told all in a sit-down segment with NBC Today's Matt Lauer, which aired Monday

'I think as long as he is happy and he wants to live his life however he wants to live it - that just makes me happy and I support him 100 per cent.'

In the interview Kim admitted that it was a 'hard adjustment' for her family, but said they have remained united, despite reports to the contrary in the media.

She said: 'I think there is still an adjustment and there's family therapy, and we're really close. I see reports that say "this one doesn't support him" and "this one's over here" and my mom feels this way, and it's all really so made up - we all really support him.

'Is it a hard adjustment? Yes. Is [sic] there things that we have learned more recently? It's an adjustment with how to deal with it and it's a daily process.'

When asked for an example of how it affected daily Kardashian life, she said the family had spoken to LGBT groups to learn how to refer to Jenner properly.

She said: 'We have been talking to people from the GLAAD organization and just different organizations on... [for instance] what do we call him? Do we say him or her? How do we be respectful? There's so many things that you just want to be supportive and just want to be respectful and I think that everything takes time.

'Bruce wants us to feel as comfortable as possible and take everything at our own pace and we love him for that and we respect him for that.

'You know, until that transition is done we've learned that you do refer to him as him. But Bruce has always been really really good at explaining everything to us - even though it's really new and these have been newer feelings.

Opening up: Jenner's long-planned interview saw Sawyer taken around his home - he is pictured above showing her one of his black dresses

Opening up: Jenner's long-planned interview saw Sawyer taken around his home - he is pictured above showing her one of his black dresses

An emotional time: Bruce said Kris's daughter, Khloe Kardashian, 30, (above), had the most difficult reaction

An emotional time: Bruce said Kris's daughter, Khloe Kardashian, 30, (above), had the most difficult reaction

'Not newer feelings for him, not newer feelings for him, but newer feelings for us to digest. He's done a really good job of walking us through it.'

When fears were voiced that the inevitable tide of publicity Jenner will now face could overwhelm him, Kardashian insisted that he is 'finally ready'.

She said: 'I think he is prepared for it. I think that he has waited almost 65 years to make this decision, whether he's kept it to himself or not. He's lived with it.

'I think when you are finally ready to be your true self then you're prepared for anything.'

She returned to the topic later in the segment, adding: 'I think he is ready for the challenge and ready to help other people's lives that might be going through the same things that he's going through.

'And that's something that he's really proud of and really ready to take on - and I'm really proud of him for that'.

Love: Supportive daughter Kylie Jenner took to Instagram to share this throwback photo of her father after the interview aired

Love: Supportive daughter Kylie Jenner took to Instagram to share this throwback photo of her father after the interview aired

In his original, bombshell interview Jenner, who prefers to be referred to as 'he' for now, revealed that Kim was one of the first to find out his desire to become a woman after catching the former Olympian in a dress.

The segment, filmed months ago, followed intense speculation and was aried after a slew of photographs seemingly showed him in the midst of his transition. 

In front of the cameras Jenner let his hair down - literally loosening a ponytail and letting his hair flow past his shoulders - in a symbolic moment at the start of his two-hour tell-all that was televised Friday.

He said: 'Yes, for all intents and purposes, I am a woman.'

'My whole life has been getting me ready for this,' said Jenner, 65, known to a younger generation as the patriarch of television's omnipresent Kardashian clan.

'It's not just the last few years as they've been treating me as a joke.'

The interview was filmed in February in Los Angeles and New York, before a fatal car accident in which Jenner was involved.

Jenner said he self-identifies as 'her,' rather than a specific name.

Jenner said his 'brain is more female than it is male.' He said he began gender reassignment therapy in the 1980s - taking hormones, having surgery to make his nose smaller and having hair removed from his face and chest - but gave it up.

As Jenner got older, he realized that if he got sick and faced death without facing up to this issue, 'I'd be so mad that I didn't explore that side of my life.'

Support: Kim Kardashian posted two selfies of her and Bruce Jenner to Instagram as her step-father's interview was airing on ABC
Love: Kim wrote that Bruce Jenner has her backing and called him courageous for choosing to live his life as he wants

Support: Kim Kardashian posted two selfies of her and Bruce Jenner to Instagram as her step-father's interview was airing on ABC

As a young boy, Jenner felt an urge to try on his mother's and sister's dresses.

'I didn't know why I was doing it,' he said. 'It just made me feel good.'

Jenner said he has never been sexually attracted to men, and he wanted to make clear to viewers that gender identity and sexuality were separate things.

'I am not gay,' he said. 'I am, as far as I know, heterosexual. I've always been with a woman, raising kids.'

Jenner said he has not decided whether he will undergo sexual reassignment surgery.

'These are all things that are out there in the future for me to explore,' he said. 'There's no rush for that. And I would do it so quietly that nobody in the world would know.' 

Jenner's first two wives offered messages of support; ABC said Kris Kardashian's publicist called to specifically say his third wife would have no comment.

But Kardashian tweeted that no one had asked for comment and, after the interview aired, tweeted: 'Not only was I able to call him my husband for 25 years and father of my children, I am now able to call him my hero.'

Speaking out: Bruce, above in an emotional segment of the interview, said: 'You know what... it's going to be tough. I've been thinking about this day forever and what I should do with my life'

Speaking out: Bruce, above in an emotional segment of the interview, said: 'You know what... it's going to be tough. I've been thinking about this day forever and what I should do with my life'

Jenner told Sawyer that Kris was having a difficult time with it, and that if she better understood it, the couple would probably still be together.

Jenner's 89-year-old mother also was interviewed, saying she was more proud of Bruce than when he stood as an Olympic champion in Montreal.

The E! Entertainment network announced that Jenner would be part of a documentary series about the transition that would begin airing on July 26.

Hollywood offered support. Tonight show host Jimmy Fallon, echoing Neil Armstrong when the astronaut took his first steps on the moon, tweeted: 'One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.'

'Today, millions of people learned that someone they know is transgender,' said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.

'By sharing this story, Bruce Jenner has shined a light on what it means to be transgender and live authentically in the face of unimaginable public scrutiny.

'Though Jenner's journey is one that is deeply personal, it is also one that will impact and inspire countless people around the world.'

Jenner showed Sawyer a closet filled with dresses and men's clothes. Sawyer said she had a private dinner with Jenner where he wore a dress, but the former Olympian did not appear in one in the ABC special.

Jenner said his two youngest daughters, suspecting that each other was secretly using her clothes, set up a computer to catch the other in the act - only to find out it was their father raiding their closets.

'I would like to think that we can save some lives here,' said Jenner, who admitted he once considered suicide at a low point when seen by paparazzi heading to a surgery to have his Adam's apple shaved back.

'I have a feeling this is my cause in life. This is why God put me on this Earth, to deal with this issue.'