AND ASK YOU A BROAD QUESTION, 
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS?
>> I THINK THAT THIS IS A BRAIN 
ANOMALY, AND BRUCE JENNER HAS 
BEEN TRANSITIONING FOR AT LEAST 
20-SOMETHING YEARS.
I MEAN, I MET HIM 20 YEARS AGO 
AND HE OR SHE SHOULD COME OUT 
AND TALK ABOUT IT NOW.
WE HAVE A 42% SUICIDE ATTEMPT 
RATE, AND WE NEED BRUCE JENNER 
TO COME OUT TO STAND UP AND TALK
ABOUT IT.
IT IS LIKE NO BIG DEAL.
WE NEED THE WORLD'S GREATEST 
ATHLETE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH 
THE TIME THING AND THE PART OF 
THE KARDASHIANS, IT IS A LOT OF 
PEOPLE ARE SUSPICIOUS.
PEOPLE ASK ME ALL OF THE TIME, 
DO I REALLY BELIEVE IT OR SOME 
SORT OF HOAX, ARE THEY ARE 
TRYING TO SELL ANOTHER TABLOID 
SHOW ON TELEVISION.
THE REALITY IS THAT IT IS A VERY
SERIOUS MATTER AS YOUR GUEST 
MENTIONED, AND WE NEED JENNER TO
STAND UP, AND BE THE HERO THAT 
SHE IS. 
>> AND YOU THINK THAT THE 
OVERALL MESSAGE IN THE 
IMPORTANCE OF THIS IS BEING 
OVERSHAD E DOED BY MAYBE THE 
PUBLICITY OF IT, AND MAYBE SOME 
WOULD THINK THE CIRCUS-LIKE 
ATMOSPHERE OF IT?
IS HA THAT WHAT YOU ARE TRYING 
TO SAY?
>> I AM SAYING THAT.
THE CONNECTION WITH THE 
KARDASHIANS IS A BIG CIRCUS.
JENNER HAS BEEN TRANSITIONING 
PUBLICLY FOR OVER 20 YEARS WITH 
ALL OF THE SURGERIES.
JENNER IS DRIVING AROUND THE 
STREETS IN STILETTO SHOES AND 
DRESSING AS A FEMALE AND WE ARE 
ALL SUPPOSED TO NOT NOTICE THIS.
IT IS LIKE THE EMPEROR'S NEW 
CLOTHES.
LOOK, I'M OUT, AND I GOT CALLED 
BY TMZ AND 28 MILLION NEW PEOPLE
KNEW I WAS TRANSGENDER AND AN 
HOUR LATER I DECIDED TO 
PARTICIPATE AND TELL MY STORY 
AND TELL IT TO SMIN WHO WOULD 
LISTEN, BECAUSE I WANTED TO 
CONTROL MY NARRATIVE AND I 
DIDN'T WANT TO BE A NATIONAL 
JOKE.
IT IS DIFFICULT, AND 
TRANSITIONING IS HORRIBLY 
DIFFICULT, BUT YOU GIVE UP 
EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING TO GET 
EVERYT
EVERYTHING.
SO IT IS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE, 
AND IF YOU CAN SEE THE MESSAGE S
THAT I GET.
I HAVE OVER 3,000 MESSAGES FROM 
PEOPLE THAT ARE TRANSJGENDERED 
FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE BISEXUAL, 
LESBIAN OR ILLEGAL OR PEOPLE 
WITH SECRETS WHO SAY, YOU HAVE 
HELPED ME TO SAVE MY LIFE, 
BECAUSE YOU GIVE ME CONFIDENCE 
AND MAKE ME HOPEFUL, AND JENNER 
CAN DO THAT TODAY.
BECAUSE EVERYDAY PEOPLE ARE 
COMMITTING SUICIDE.
THIS WEEK, I HAD ONE PERSON I 
KNOW COMMIT SUICIDE AND ANOTHER 
ATTEMPT 
