Remember when there was much ado over Kendall Jenner speaking out on Bruce’s alleged transition from man to woman?
That was Wednesday. To recap, Us Weekly printed a quote from the 19-year-old model that her dad is “a wonderful man. And just because he’s changing shoes now, so to speak, doesn’t make him less wonderful. I will always love my dad, whether he’s a man or a woman.”
On Twitter, Kendall denied she ever spoke to the magazine.
On Thursday, Us Weekly conceded the story was, indeed, likely fabricated.
The interview allegedly was conducted by an independent freelance journalist at the March 14 taping of Comedy Central’s roast of Justin Bieber in Los Angeles. When Ms. Jenner denied, via Twitter, that the interview took place, Us Weekly immediately reached out to the freelance reporter, who stood by the interview and continues to maintain that the quotes are accurate.
However, after attempting to reconfirm his account, editors of Us have concerns about the veracity of this interview and the circumstances under which it was obtained: “We would like to retract the story entirely and have removed it from our website. We sincerely apologize to Ms. Jenner and her family.”
Point, Kendall.
