The two went to therapy, where Thompson educated herself on transgender issues. Though nothing could prepare Thompson for the devastation she felt when she saw Jenner dressed as a woman for the first time. I thought maybe we can get past this. Maybe, you know, he can kind of subjugate those feelings and put everything aside and move on. So that's the spirit in which I went to New York to be with my husband, and when I knocked on the hotel door, she opened the door as Caitlyn as we now know her -- full makeup and fully dressed as a woman.
So it was devastating to me to see because I had envisioned Bruce opening the door, but it was helpful in my process. I crumbled and she was very apologetic. She said, 'I'm very sorry, but I just think you need to see who I truly am. So then I finally got it. But it took a while for me to fully grasp and to assimilate it into my consciousness that that's who she really was. Thompson says Jenner wanted to transition but stay married to her, but the two eventually decided to split less than a year later.
After he left we talked about it together, the kids, how it felt to them. How it felt to me. How it felt to Linda. It was pretty intense. It broke my heart for him. It was sad. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? I was really pleased that he shared that intimacy with me, that he trusted me with his deepest, darkest secret. He never indicated anything feminine in his demeanor.
But it didn't threaten me. It didn't threaten our marriage. It was "kind of surreal," she said, to watch Diane Sawyer's Friday night interview with Jenner and several of his kids. It was also difficult for her "to see him go through this anguish. I know it's been painful for him. It was sad. Bruce Jenner's second wife, Linda Thompson, penned an essay for The Huffington Post , detailing their romance and marriage.
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