Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) is an American television personality and retired Olympic gold medal–winning decathlete.
Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee injury that required surgery. Convinced by Olympic decathlete Jack Parker's coach, L. D. Weldon, to try the decathlon, Jenner won the men's decathlon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, setting a third successive world record and gaining fame as "an all-American hero".
Given the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete", Jenner established a career in television, film, writing, auto racing, business, and as a Playgirl cover model.
Kim Kardashian made the surprising revelation that she was asked to follow in the footsteps of her famous stepdad Caitlyn Jenner - formerly named Bruce - and join the cast of I'm A Celebrity...
Get Me Out Of Here!.She admitted in a brand new interview that there was interest in her because she was the child of someone in the entertainment business, and that she very nearly ended up in the Australian jungle.Talking in a brand new interview, when she guested on former actress Gwyneth Paltrow's podcast, she admitted the early route to fame through I'm A Celeb "didn't work out".At the time, Caitlyn - a former Olympic athlete and motivational speaker - had already been a guest on the show.She appeared on the USA version in 2003 when she went by “Bruce”, and reappeared for a second series 16 years later, after coming out as a trans woman and adopting the new name Caitlyn.However, getting pelted with creepy crawlies turned out not to be part of Kim's destined career path - and she started focusing on fashion instead.Although Kim didn't elaborate on the reason that she hadn't been signed up in the end, she did discuss other elements of her life before finding fame - some of which are very intriguing.As a teenager, she'd been gifted a car by her lawyer father Robert, who was best known for representing former NFL star OJ Simpson in his high profile murder trial."I had to sign a contract with my dad...
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