Kim Kardashian is getting a lot more comfortable talking about her stepfather's gender transition.
In her guest appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which airs on Wednesday, Kardashian opens up to Ellen very candidly about Bruce Jenner's transition to Caitlyn Jenner. She reveals that even North West, her 2-year-old daughter with husband Kanye West, has met Caitlyn.
"Yes,
I brought North over for Mother's Day … no, it was Father's Day,”
Kardashian says. "And I called and I said, 'You’re really inviting us
over for Father's Day? Are you expecting a gift? You're not double
dipping here. Are you Mother's Day or Father's Day? Like, you get one
gift."
DeGeneres then chats with the 34-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians
star about the time she accidentally walked in on her stepfather
dressed in women's clothing when Kardashian was about 21 years old.
"Maybe
when I was about 11 years old I overheard my dad and his friends
talking about Bruce cross-dressing and I always thought he was just
being a hater," Kardashian says. "Like, you know, the new husband and he
was just jealous and he made this up. So I totally let it go and didn't
think anything about it again. And then when I walked in [on him in the
garage when I was about 21 years old], I never would have known that
was Bruce dressed up."
Seeing Bruce in women's clothing freaked her out a bit, and she tells DeGeneres that she immediately called her eldest sister, Kourtney Kardashian, when it happened.
"I was living with my mom at the time," she continues. "[Kris Jenner]
was out of town visiting my grandma and so, he forgot I moved in, I
guess, and was dressing up and it immediately clicked, like that is
Bruce dressed up. And that's what my dad would always say. I just ran in
and I was shaking and crying and I packed a bag so quick, ran out the
front door and called Kourtney. I said, 'You have no idea what I just
walked in on with Bruce.'"
Kardashian
says that, at the time, they didn't know what it meant. She spent the
weekend at Kourtney's house and the two sisters googled Oprah episodes,
stumbling on a story about a transgender.
"It
still didn't register that he was transgender," Kardashian says. "I
don't even think he considered himself transgender at the time."
Even
though it was shocking at first, Kardashian says that her dad's
decision to transition into a female is not for her, or anyone, to
critique.
"No
matter if we don't understand, no matter if people think it's, ya know,
this crazy concept, it's not really for us to judge," she says. "If
that’s how Caitlyn wants to live her life, then I support it and I'm so
happy for her and I'll try to do whatever I can to make it an easy
transition for the other family members."
"It's
how we should all feel, about everybody," DeGeneres responds, followed
by applause from the audience. "We should all support that way. That's
beautiful."
Later
in the show, DeGeneres lightens the mood by asking Kardashian about her
second pregnancy. When Kardashian reveals that she and Kanye have yet
to pick out a name for baby No. 2, DeGeneres tells her she is one step ahead of them.
"I have names," the 57-year-old host jokes. "Ok, Head. Head West. You could do Wild, or the Wild Wild. Um, Mid? Tito."
Watch the video below to see Kim's reactions to the hilarious suggestions.
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