Caitlyn Jenner is starring in a new documentary.
After appearing for several years as Bruce Jenner on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the 71-year-old transgender aspiring politician can be seen in Netflix’s Untold: Caitlyn Jenner, which features her unlikely path to Olympic glory and highlights the challenges she faced as she learned to embracing her true self.
Below you’ll find some of the surprising revelations made by Jenner amid the special, including a statement regarding the confusion she felt throughout her life as a male.
1. Bruce Jenner Was Always Confused
"I’ve just always dealt with confusion in my soul," Jenner admitted in a clip from the documentary, via the New York Times. "But when sports came around, it became the place where I could shine. That changed everything."
According to Jenner, who came out as a trans woman in 2015, he used sports as a crutch. Rather than address his lingering identity issues, he dove head-first into being the best athlete he could be in an effort to distract himself from the hardships he was facing as an individual.
2. Caitlyn Jenner Believes Her Issues Fueled Her Success
"I’ve always had these issues going through me. But without them, I don’t think I ever would have accomplished what I did," Jenner explained.
Although Jenner battled feelings of insecurity about who she was deep inside throughout the many decades she spent as a man, she was able to successfully translate those issues into passion for her craft, which was all things sports.
Throughout her younger years as Bruce, Jenner wowed the world with his physical ability, all while facing inner demons within himself.
3. Caitlyn Jenner Believes Bruce Was Nothing More Than A ‘Character’
Looking back at the time she spent as Bruce, Jenner said that he, which he identified at that time, decided to focus his attention on creating the "character" known as Bruce instead of working through the issues he felt over his identity.
"I trained 365 days out of the year because I needed to prove myself," Jenner explained, stating that he felt that if he could achieve certain accolades in the world of sports, it would somehow take away the pain he felt inside.
4. Bruce Jenner Hoped Success As An Athlete Would Absolve His Issues
According to Jenner, he truly felt that if he were able to accomplish a lot of things, and further establish himself as Bruce, the greatest athlete ever, years ago, he would no longer question who she was as a person.
"The winner of the decathlon is the greatest athlete in the world. They give you that title. That’s what I want, right there. If I can win an Olympic gold medal, I can prove these issues don’t exist," he thought to himself, back then.
5. Bruce Jenner’s Success Couldn’t Mask His Desire To Be A Woman
"I was still the same old person with all the same old issues," Jenner recalled.
As we now know, Jenner ultimately learned that being a "he" wasn’t for him. And in April 2015, he confirmed to the world that he would be known as Caitlyn Jenner, from then on.
Since then, Jenner has been thriving as a female as she resides with rumored girlfriend Sophie Hutchings in Malibu and attempts to get the people of California’s vote for the next governor of the state.
