Brody Jenner Says He Received A ‘Genuine’ Apology From Caitlyn Jenner

Brother Jenner says Caitlyn Jenner have apologize for “not being there” when Brody was growing up.

“Just recently, I got a real, sincere apology,” Brody, 41, said of Caitlyn, 75, on the Wednesday, Jan. 15 episode of Special Forces: The World’s Toughest Test. “This is the first time in my life I’ve ever had an apology. You know, ‘I’m sorry for not being there,’ and to be honest, it meant a lot.”

It’s no secret that Brody and Caitlyn share a complicated history. Long before becoming a star of The Hills or competitor on Special ForcesBrody spent his formative years with a famous father who wasn’t always around. Caitlyn, formerly Bruce, transitioned in 2015, and since then their relationship is “better,” Brody said on the Fox reality show.

When he was young, however, “I would see him randomly—’him’ at the time—you know, here and there,” he recalled. “But, my mother would tell me that I would write on cards, ‘Why doesn’t daddy call me on my birthday?'”

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Caitlyn, a former Olympic decathlete and motivational speaker, has six children with three different wives: Burt Jenner a Cassandra Marino with Chrystie Scott, Brandon Jenner and Brody with Linda Thompson a Kendall Jenner a Kylie Jenner with Kris Jenner.

“I had an amazing mother,” Brody chimed in Special Forces. “Dad, Bruce, at the time, wasn’t around that much. They split up, and then he met a woman. She also had children. The woman he met… they had children together.”

Caitlyn appeared on Keeping Up With the Kardashians (2007-2021) with her ex-wife Kris and their daughters Kylie and Kendall, as well as Kim, Courtney, Khloé a Rob Kardashian — Kris’s children from her previous to recent marriage Robert Kardashian.

Brody admitted that the Kardashians show made him feel “a little left out,” but looking back, he now understands that Caitlyn “was going through her own struggles, transitioning, and that’s all given on TV, and there were these moments that we would have and it was all filmed, and it felt very invasive and not very authentic, I would say.”

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When Brody “found out that Caitlyn, or Bruce, wanted to be Caitlyn, it was kind of a relief,” he shared. “I think a lot of things have started to make sense, you know, just in my life, about my father, and maybe why he wasn’t there all those years.”

Brody has since gained a new perspective Honey’s welcoming daughter with Tia Blanco in 2023.

“I think not having Bruce around growing up and her making that transition, it was hard being her son,” he said. Special Forces. “I only had a beautiful little girl. I don’t live for myself anymore. I live for her. … I think it will make me a better father.”

He added: “I’m going to do the exact opposite, as far as being there for her, like my father did for me.”