Kylie Jenner received reaction from fans for calling her father, Caitlyn Jenner, “father” in a new YouTube video.
Makeup magnate, 23, did Caitlyn’s makeup for a video for her YouTube channel. Announcing the video to fans, Kylie said in her Instagram story: “Watch me do my dad’s makeup.” She also refers to Caitlyn as her father several times in the video, as when she said, “This will be the first time that I will do my father’s makeup.”
This caused Kylie to receive criticism from fans, with many accusing her of being transphobic and mistreating Caitlyn’s genre. A YouTube user said that “calling [Caitlyn] a male name is wrong ”, while another fan on the platform asked:“ Seriously, are you still calling her “dad”? It makes me so uncomfortable. “
On Twitter, a fan told Kylie that they think it’s “wrong and disgusting that [she] used the wrong pronoun knowing that Caitlyn is [her] mom.”
However, other fans moved to defend Kylie, with a fan on YouTube revealing that, despite his own transition, “my kids still call me daddy”. The fan continued: “Everyone is different and must do what works for them”.
In the video, Caitlyn clarified that although she uses her pronouns, she still prefers to be called ‘Father’ by her daughters. She said that letting Kendall and Kylie continue to call her ‘father’ was “one of the best decisions [she’s] done.”
“Sometimes the [LGBTQ+] community can be very difficult, especially when it comes to pronouns and everyone has an opinion, ”she said. “But I knew from the beginning that I had to do [my transition] in my own way and the way that works for me. “
Caitlyn Jenner explained in the video that although her pronouns have changed, she prefers to be called a father by her daughters. pic.twitter.com/Rzdvax9jWY
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She continued: “Some may say that I am the ‘mother’, but I disagree. I am the father. I was a father all the time and I will be their father until the day I die. “
This video comes after Caitlyn, 71, reveals that she is closer to her youngest daughter Kylie than to her other nine children. The retired decathlete revealed during a podcast interview that she and Kylie have weekly dinner dates. Explaining that her other son Kendall, 25, is “more difficult to understand”, Caitlyn admitted that Kylie is “more of an open book”.
Like Kendall and Kylie, Caitlyn helped create stepchildren Kim, Khloe and Kourtney during her marriage to Kris Jenner. Caitlyn also has four other children from previous marriages, including Burt, 42, Cassandra, 40, Brandon, 39, and Brody, 37.