Furious Kris Jenner hits out at Diane Sawyer for claiming she did not provide a comment on Bruce - and insists he is her 'hero'
- Viewers of Bruce Jenner's interview were shown compassionate statements of support from first wife Chrystie Scott and second wife Linda Thompson
- ABC said Kris Jenner was contacted for a comment but refused
- The Kardashian momager lashed out on Twitter that she was not contacted
- Tweeted her own statement calling him a husband, father and 'hero'
- ABC told DailyMail.com Kris Jenner was contacted 'more than once'
Kris Jenner has hit out at ABC's Diane Sawyer, denying the claim she did not provide a comment on her ex-husband's gender transition.
Viewers of Bruce Jenner's highly-anticipated interview on Friday night were shown statements of support from his first wife Chrystie Scott and second wife Linda Thompson.
However, Sawyer said the Kardashian momager did not add her own testament, prompting speculation online about her lack of encouragement.
Within minutes, Kris issued a terse statement in response to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton on Twitter, insisting she was not approached by the network. ABC insisted her representatives were contacted for a comment more than once.
Jenner later tweeted her own impromptu words of support for Bruce, calling him her 'hero'.
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Angry: Kris Jenner, left, was enraged when Diane Sawyer, right, implied in the interview that she had refused to make a statement of support for Bruce's gender transition. ABC claims Kris was contacted many times
Hit out: Kris wrote this on Twitter minutes after viewers heard she refused to comment on the show
Her own way: Kris issued this statement of her own on Twitter after the interview
Scott's statement read: 'Someone who has lived 65 years of his life as the wrong gender has every right to live the last quarter of his life as his authentic self. I support him and so hope the world can too. I pray for his happiness for the rest of his journey.'
Thompson's followed: 'Bruce has always had my loyalty, even if he wasn't aware of it. I support his courage and commitment to this new chapter of his life. My hope is that his transition will inspire others who struggle with their identities, and my prayer is that humanity has evolved and been educated enough to exercise kindness toward those we may perceive as 'different.''
On Twitter, Kris Jenner lashed out: 'No one asked me to comment ....and I'm sitting with Bruce now watching this show so let's keep it real...LOL....'
She later added her own gesture of support: '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.'
An ABC spokesman told DailyMail.com: 'ABC News sent an email to her publicity team more than once. They called and said no comment.'
Revelation: Speaking to Diane Sawyer, he said he always believed he was born with 'the soul of a woman', and this is the last time he would appear as 'Bruce' before becoming 'her'
First wife: Chrystie Scott was married to Bruce from 1972 to 1981. Bruce said she was supportive but believed he might change. Scott (pictured, left, in the 1970s and, right, now) called on the world to support him
Second wife: Linda Thompson and Bruce were married between 1981 and 1986. Bruce said she realized his feelings were not fleeting. Thompson (pictured, left, in the 80s, and, right, now) called Bruce an inspiration
Bruce's interview was the climax of months - even years - of speculation surrounding the former decathlete's gender identity.
Speaking to Diane Sawyer, he said he always believed he was born with 'the soul of a woman', and this is the last time he would appear as 'Bruce' before becoming 'her'.
For the first time on Friday, the 65-year-old revealed all three of his ex-wives were aware of his personal torment.
However, he appeared to imply he was less frank with Kris about the depth of his feelings.
'Chrystie was the first one to know,' he said of his first wife, to whom he was married between 1972 and 1981. 'I said these are my issues, this is what I deal with.'
She was loving, he said, but fundamentally believed she could change him, and they divorced in 1981.
Linda, too, was supportive he said.
The couple were married between 1981 and 1986, and had two sons: Brandon and Brody.
Bruce revealed Kim was the first of his stepdaughters to find out about his secret after seeing him in a dress
She understood, he said, that his feelings were not fleeting or malleable.
After their divorce, he embarked on hormone therapy and hair-removal electrolysis in the late 1980s. By the 1990s, when he met Kris, he had breasts which were 'a solid 36B'.
From the moment they started dating, he was open with Kris about his secret.
She saw him cross-dressing, he revealed, but he found it difficult to fully express how deep his feelings sat; that his believed his soul to be female.
'I kind of downplayed it,' Jenner told Sawyer of the early days in his relationship with Kris. 'I feel like in a lot of ways, when you love somebody, you have a tendency, you don't want to hurt them.'
He claims Kris was relatively low-key when she found out. 'She didn't say much... "OK, you gonna change now?"'
Bruce added: 'I probably was not as good at saying, "This is really down deep in my soul and I don't know if I can go any further like this."
'It was tough on her.
'You see your husband, I get that. I understand...Kris is a good woman. I've got no complaints with her. She's a good person.'
The couple stayed together for more than two decades, raised Kris's four children, Bruce's four children, and their two biological daughter Kendall and Kylie.
Despite having 'a great sex life', Bruce said, he could no longer hide his 36B breasts.
And he added: 'If she had been good about it, we'd probably still be together.'
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