Cj 1
Cj 1
Transcript
00:00 here to talk about the brand new docuseries House of Kardashian.
00:03 Yes.
00:03 So can you tell me what made you decide to get involved with it?
00:07 Because obviously the Kardashians and Jenners declined to take part.
00:12 My first impression was this.
00:13 My family, who I love, love, love to death, every one of them.
00:21 And I, as a parent, am extraordinarily proud of what
00:27 the family has done.
00:29 And every one of them.
00:31 And I think sometimes they get misrepresented in the media.
00:38 The media is very tough.
00:40 And there's so much media out there.
00:42 Everybody's looking for a story.
00:44 There's so many outlets.
00:45 There's the internet.
00:46 You name it, it's everywhere.
00:48 And because of that, sometimes they just--
00:52 I don't think they get a fair shake.
00:54 I mean, these are good, smart kids.
00:57 Mothers, they have children now.
00:59 They're kind of the next generation.
01:01 And I couldn't be more proud of them.
01:03 So I wanted to do the show to make sure
01:05 that they were represented in a positive manner,
01:08 because they should be.
01:10 They should be.
01:10 How did they feel about you taking part in this?
01:14 Do they know?
01:15 Yeah.
01:16 I think they were fine with it.
01:18 Because I told them I wanted to do exactly what I just did
01:21 and have a very positive outlook on the show and on my children.
01:26 And because I just want to know that their dad is
01:29 very proud of them.
01:30 The UK media can tend to be quite brutal.
01:32 But the US media, the paparazzi, that looked extremely brutal,
01:36 especially what you went through.
01:37 Absolutely brutal.
01:39 And when I decided to make some changes in my life,
01:41 all for the better, yeah, the media was just brutal, brutal,
01:47 brutal, brutal, until I finally just got through everything.
01:53 And now they're OK.
01:55 They don't bug me like that.
01:56 I kind of got past that rough spot.
01:59 But I'm OK.
02:00 But the kids still have to contain it,
02:03 because they're still out there.
02:05 They've got the next show that they're doing and this and that.
02:07 I'm not doing that.
02:08 I'm doing other things.
02:09 And so, yeah, it's fine.
02:12 It's part of the business.
02:15 There's good in this business, and there's
02:16 bad in this business.
02:19 Yeah, you just got to have thick skin.
02:21 And in the documentary, Susie Terr from the trans community
02:26 makes some rather disparaging remarks about you.
02:28 First of all, I have met so many wonderful trans people that
02:33 just do wonderful things, and just they're great people.
02:37 And I'm very happy for them that they're secure in their life,
02:40 and they've moved on.
02:42 But there is a portion, because of social media,
02:44 because of--
02:45 there's a very small portion that has a very loud voice.
02:49 And I certainly have seen that.
02:51 I mean, I've had trans people picket events that I'm at,
02:55 stuff like that.
02:56 And I'd be very mean on social media.
03:00 They don't like it, because I'm white.
03:02 I have a job.
03:05 I actually work for a living.
03:06 I've been successful.
03:08 And you get some of that.
03:11 Because they seem to see--
03:13 almost like you're expected to come into the community
03:16 as a messiah, like a savior.
03:18 When I came out, I thought, kind of the last question you have--
03:24 I have to talk to all my children.
03:26 The last question in my head is, if you
03:29 have any faith in your soul, you ask yourself,
03:33 do you have any challenges?
03:34 You say, God, why did you do this?
03:36 Why are these thoughts in my head?
03:38 Why can I not get rid of them?
03:41 And my whole life, I thought that.
03:42 And I always just think, am I doing the right thing?
03:44 Should I do this, that?
03:46 Finally, after talking to all my children,
03:48 I kind of had that last conversation out in the field,
03:51 all by myself, walking along, thinking, God, why'd you do it?
03:56 And I came to the point where I thought,
03:59 maybe that's why God put me on this earth,
04:01 at this point in my life.
04:02 I've raised all my children.
04:03 I've had a phenomenal career.
04:04 I've done all of this.
04:06 Maybe it's time to take care of myself right now.
04:08 And maybe in doing that, I can make a difference.
04:12 I certainly did feel that when I first came out.
04:15 I started a foundation, gave away millions,
04:19 two and a half million dollars, okay,
04:20 to trans organizations.
04:22 And honestly, I got so much hate for that.
04:25 I don't want to be a trans activist.
04:27 That's not what I do, okay?
04:29 I want to be a trans example.
04:32 I want to be an example of any person
04:35 that's suffering from gender dysphoria,
04:37 'cause gender dysphoria is real.
04:39 It does happen.
04:41 It's very rare, but it does happen.
04:44 Somebody suffering from gender dysphoria,
04:46 that be an example that, you know what,
04:48 you can be whoever you may be right now,
04:52 and you can go through with it,
04:55 and your life can be good.
04:57 And my life is good.
04:58 The best part of my life today
05:00 is I wake up in the morning,
05:03 and I just be myself all day long.
05:06 I don't have to lie to anybody.
05:08 I don't have to keep secrets.
05:10 I felt that my whole life.
05:11 I don't have to sneak around, nothing.
05:14 This is me, like it or not.
05:16 If you don't like it, fine.
05:17 I don't need to, I got a lot of people.
05:19 I've got a lot of friends.
05:21 Everything's good.
05:22 You know, be an example to people
05:23 that you can go through something like that,
05:25 and make some major changes in your life,
05:27 and life's gonna be okay.
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