TORONTO — Caitlyn Jenner said revealing her identity on the cover of Vanity Fair means more than winning a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
“That was a sporting event; the last few days is about life,” she told Vanity Fair in an interview published in the July issue.
“About living your life. About being true to yourself. I was probably at the Games because I was running away from a lot of things.”
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Jenner said she hopes the generation that remembers the Olympian Bruce Jenner will be happy for her.
Jenner said she turned to sports at a young age to deal with dyslexic, gender dysphoria and other issues.
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“This was my chance to go out there to the world and do something significant. And it became real important to me, and I put so much time and energy and work into this thing, and it was part of me,” she explained.
“But it was all part of me: it was the dyslexic kid out there, it was the transgendered kid out there, it was Bruce out there, all these things, all the emotions were all—that’s what made me work so hard, that’s why I was more determined than anybody else. I went out there and did it. And I am extraordinarily proud of that. It wasn’t all of me, but for that moment, I can say I was the best in the world at that.”
Jenner said introducing the world to Caitlyn in Vanity Fair makes her a “free person.”
She explained: “I’m just going to go live life, I’m going to go enjoy life. I have nothing left to hide.”
Jenner said it was “just hell” always feeling like she had to hide from paparazzi and is now looking forward to “be able to wake up in the morning, be yourself, get dressed, get ready to go out, and just be like a normal person.”
The July issue of Vanity Fair hits newstands on June 9.
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