Linda Thompson – “The Ex” to Elvis and Bruce Jenner

Watching Him on the Kardashians

By 1986, Bruce and Linda were divorced. And Jenner thought it was time to begin his gender transformation process. He started by doing hormone therapy and having plastic surgery. So what about their sons? Well, Thompson decided it a secret – at least for the time being. They were still young at the time.

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Caitlyn Jenner and his wife, Kris Kardashian. Photo By BEI/Shutterstock

She wanted to wait until the process became more evident. But then things didn’t go as planned. Jenner decided to put the whole thing on pause. He told her that he wanted to give being a man one last shot after he met Kris Kardashian. Jenner had fallen in love with her and must have figured that his desire to be a woman might fade. The two got married in 1991 and had daughters Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

Thompson herself struggled to watch the show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ in the coming years, but she was able to move on…

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