Caitlyn Jenner reveals she underwent gender reassignment surgery

The reality TV star said she was left feeling “liberated”
Opening up: Caitlyn Jenner talks surgery
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Emma Powell11 April 2017
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Caitlyn Jenner revealed she was left feeling “liberated” after undergoing gender reassignment surgery.

Jenner, 67, broke the news in her soon-to-be released autobiography, The Secrets of my Life, where she explains that she had the surgery in January – two years after she came out as transgender.

The Olympic gold medallist said she made the decision to go under the knife as she was bombarded with questions by fans and “tired of tucking the damn thing in all the time”.

According to Radar Online she writes: “The surgery was a success, and I feel not only wonderful but liberated.

Setting the record straight: Caitlyn Jenner will not speak about her surgery again (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
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“So why even consider it? Because it’s just a penis. It has no special gifts or use for me other than what I have said before, the ability to take a whiz in the woods.

“I just want to have all the right parts. I am also tired of tucking the damn thing in all the time.”

She finished: “You want to know, so now you know. Which is why this is the first time, and the last time, I will ever speak of it.”

The reality TV star had been known as Bruce Jenner up until 2015, when she revealed that she was transgender during an interview with Diane Sawyer.

She also opened up about her life in a cover interview for Vanity Fair before documenting her new life on reality show I Am Cait.

Caitlyn Jenner: The Secrets of My Life is set for UK release on April 27.

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