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.
‘The View’ Cohost Joy Behar Apologizes For Misgendering Caitlyn Jenner
deadline.comJoy Behar, age 78, blamed a lack of sleep for using the incorrect pronouns in referring to Caitlyn Jenner on Friday’s The View.Behar referred to Jenner three times as “he” while discussing Jenner’s announced bid for California governor.“He’s got this guy Brad Parscale running his campaign.
What do you think about that?” Behar asked co-host Sunny Hostin. “I mean, that guy was accused of using campaign funds to enrich himself.
That’s who is running his campaign — or her campaign, rather.”She made the same gaffe one more time and again corrected herself.Following a commercial, Behar apologized for her mistakes.“So, first of all, let me apologize for my pronoun mix-up,” she said. “I think I just didn’t get enough sleep last night.
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