Caitlyn Jenner's sons, Brandon and Brody, have been stalwarts of reality TV for over
a decade.
Between breakups, baby announcements, and The Hills: New Beginnings, these two found
themselves dominating headlines again in 2019.
Let's take a look at some of the sketchy things everyone ignores about the Jenner brothers.
Despite being part of the Kardashian-Jenner crew, Brody Jenner isn't necessarily a big
fan of America's First Family.
According to Page Six, in April 2016 some of Brody's friends were overheard at Coachella
congratulating the reality star on his family's recent successes, referring to the Kardashian
side of his clan.
He allegedly replied,
"They're not my f---ing family!"
Regardless of whether Brody actually publicly slated the Kardashians, apparently he was
annoyed that his would-be plus-one, then-new girlfriend Kaitlynn Carter, didn't get an
invite to Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's wedding in Florence, Italy in May 2014.
"People are calling everyday trying to get their plus-ones invited, and we just, the
venue does not have the space."
Brody threw shade at his relatives about the lack of a plus-one when he allegedly wrote
in a since-deleted Instagram post,
"@kaitlynn_carter and I finally get to go to a wedding together!!!"
Kardashian herself appeared to respond to Brody's comments during an episode of Keeping
Up with the Kardashians, saying,
"I don't know why Brody is still talking about this...We were very strict about our wedding.
Everyone else respected that, it's not a big deal.
We love our stepbrothers.
It just seems like they are always talking about this divide."
"And he asked to bring, you know, his girlfriend, and I said no."
"Obviously that's not going to happen."
Can't the KarJenners just get along?
The news that Brody had separated from wife Kaitlynn Carter broke in August 2019, just
over a year after the couple got married in a destination wedding at an exclusive resort
off the coast of Indonesia in June 2018.
Around a week after their split announcement, Carter was famously photographed kissing Miley
Cyrus on vacation, shortly after the singer's own separation from her husband of just eight
months, Liam Hemsworth.
With snapshots of the two women spreading online, Brody decided to joke about the unexpected
turn of events on Instagram.
He captioned a photo of himself standing alone by the sea,
"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."
His Hills: New Beginnings co-star Brandon Thomas Lee commented on the post,
"Let's round this scandal out and post a pic of us making out."
Brody quipped in response,
"Watch out!
Pics of Liam and I holding hands on the beach coming soon."
Cyrus seemed less than impressed by the comment, and shot back with,
"Go take a nap in your truck and cool off."
Basically, the singer wasn't here for any jokes at her expense, especially when Jenner
brought Hemsworth into the mix.
Brandon Jenner and ex-wife Leah Felder had been together for 14 years by the time they
announced their breakup in September 2018, and were in a music duo together called Brandon
and Leah.
Just weeks after they were officially divorced in mid-July 2019, this Jenner bro shared that
new girlfriend Cayley Stoker was three months pregnant.
With twins.
You do the math.
Brandon told People,
"We are at 12 weeks now, so near the end of the first trimester...We're madly in love
and we are very excited about this!"
Brandon already shares a daughter with his ex-wife, and told People,
"Leah, Cayley, and I sat down with her and told her what was happening, and she was very
excited and happy.
She's super excited to be a big sister."
We love a happy blended family!
Despite making headlines over their beautiful destination wedding in June 2018, it turns
out that Brody Jenner and Kaitlynn Carter were never officially married.
"You know, we've been together for a long time, so getting married was just the icing
on the cake."
According to a Page Six source,
"The union wasn't legal."
It seems that these exes have avoided any potentially messy divorce paperwork.
Remember the fuss Brody made over his lack of a plus-one invite to Kim Kardashian's wedding?
Well, The Hills star was also unhappy about most of the Kardashian-Jenners skipping his
own nuptials.
He told People,
"My two little sisters, we never even heard from them.
They never even RSVP'd I don't think...We sent them an invite but we just never heard
anything back...I would have loved to have had them there."
Meanwhile, Caitlyn Jenner also missed the wedding due to work commitments.
But since Brody's marriage was never actually legal, perhaps it wasn't such a big deal after
all?
Just as Brody Jenner allegedly dissed his family connections, older Jenner brother Brandon
isn't a fan of his famous last name.
"I feel like everything was given to me and that there's not a lot of things that I've
earned in my life."
In an interview with Channel Q Radio's Let's Go There with Shira & Ryan in June 2019, Brandon
revealed,
"When people hear it for the first time, or they hear my last name, 'Jenner,' I think
that they're quicker to write me off and not necessarily even want to give my music a chance
because of it."
Basically, Brandon thinks that his super famous familial connections may have hindered his
musical success, as he revealed,
"Just the rise of Keeping Up with the Kardashians has changed the idea of what the last name
Jenner, you know, what kind of person I'm going to be."
Brody Jenner dropped a major bombshell regarding his relationships on The Hills while speaking
with Yahoo!
Lifestyle in 2015.
Fans might have loved the chemistry between himself and Lauren Conrad, but their entire
romantic tryst was apparently fake.
He explained,
"I would say that the hardest part of it was having to live that fake reality.
The not being able to say, 'I didn't screw every girl on the show.'"
The reality TV star also opened up about his so-called fairytale connection with Conrad
and said,
"Lauren is a dear friend of mine and it was pretty funny having to live that reality...We
would literally film a scene of us kissing or being in this lovey-dovey scene and right
after it would be like, 'Cut!'
And right after it'd be like, 'Hey, it's good to see you,' and then we'd go our separate
ways."
Reality TV just breaks our hearts again and again!
During Brody Jenner's On Air with Ryan Seacrest interview in 2015, then-girlfriend Kaitlynn
Carter participated in a phone-in and appeared to make some pretty major revelations about
the reality star's love life.
When Seacrest asked whether it bothered her to hear about Brody's previous romantic escapades,
Carter replied,
"I knew what I was getting myself into when we first started dating, so that was sort
of something I had to accept from the beginning."
Seacrest proceeded to ask Carter how many girls The Hills star had actually slept with.
Carter revealed,
"It's more than a hundred."
It's unclear whether or not this was a joke.
For his part, Jenner was visibly embarrassed with his own girlfriend suggesting such a
high number, but also said that they were very honest with one another.
While the number isn't in itself a problem, the fact that he's lost count seems a little
shady.
Caitlyn Jenner's gender-transition journey was well-documented on TV shows Keeping Up
with the Kardashians and I Am Cait, both of which show how the former Olympian's children
reacted to her coming out as transgender.
However, fans in the Twittersphere were less than happy when Brody Jenner misgendered Caitlyn
while jokingly wondering whether her name was inspired by his then-wife Kaitlynn Carter's
moniker.
During the series premiere of The Hills: New Beginnings in June 2019, Brody said,
"My dad, he also became a woman, don't want to forget about that one...I had been dating
Kaitlynn Carter for four-and-a-half years, and my dad came out and said that he wanted
to be called Caitlyn."
"Two Caitlyns."
Caitlyn's preferred pronouns are she/her, so Brody's incorrect use of pronouns made
the reality star seem a bit tone deaf.
However, Brandon jumped to his younger brother's defense amid the ensuing backlash on Channel
Q Radio's Let's Go There with Shira & Ryan and said,
"Accidents happen and people slip up and you shouldn't shame them for it...There's not
an ill intention."
"And Bruce was harbouring some secrets, and some things that none of us knew about."
Brandon also explained that errors should be teachable moments, admitting,
"I do that even with my family, when my brothers and sisters slip up here and there, I do encourage
them to use the pronoun that my dad would prefer."
The musician went on to point out that Caitlyn has told her children, that they can still
call her 'Dad'.
"You've gotta have a sense of humor about it.
I'll say 'Bruce', I say 'Caitlynn', I say 'Dad.'
We mess up all the time."
Not all relationships last forever, but the tattoos some people get during said relationships
often do.
And while covering up or removing a regrettable that is sometimes an option, Brody Jenner
is apparently pretty comfortable with keeping his.
During his two-year romance with Avril Lavigne, the reality TV star ended up getting several
matching tattoos with the Canadian songstress, including having her name etched into his
forearm.
Despite breaking up in 2012, Jenner's ink was photographed as recently as June 2019...meaning
that this particular tattoo probably even outlasted his marriage to Kaitlynn Carter.
According to The Daily Telegraph, Lavigne reportedly also got Brody's name tattooed
on her body, while both celebs had matching lightning bolts inked on them.
Brody Jenner is obviously pretty comfortable with the tattoos he got with his former flame.
By all accounts, Brody Jenner's split from Kaitlynn Carter appeared to be amicable.
A statement released to Page Six announcing their break up said,
"They love and respect one another, and know that this is the best decision for their relationship
moving forward."
However, everyone is aware of just how quickly Carter moved on with Miley Cyrus, with photos
of the pair kissing surfacing shortly after the Jenner-Carter break up was announced.
So when Jenner went public with his new girlfriend, Josie Canseco, so soon after his ex's fling
was revealed, was the reality star trying to send a message?
A source told In Touch Weekly in August 2019,
"If you didn't know better, you'd think Brody and Josie were dating for some time now."
The publication also noted that Canseco had left a flirty message on one of Jenner's Instagram
posts on August 11th, just nine days after the announcement of Brody's split from Carter.
Could it be that Jenner wanted the world to know that he'd moved on too?
Jenner and Canseco sadly ended their romance in October 2019, with an insider telling E!
News,
"Brody basically broke it off with her because it was getting too serious and he didn't want
the pressure of a new relationship."
While the exact timeline appears to be a little fuzzy, it's certainly convenient that Jenner
coupled up at almost the same time as Carter and Cyrus did.
Was it really just a coincidence?
Viewers of The Hills: New Beginnings will be well aware of the ups and downs that Brody
Jenner and Kaitlynn Carter experienced throughout their time on the show.
And it seems that Jenner is perfectly happy for his break up to be broadcast on television,
too.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight in October 2019, Jenner said of his separation from Carter,
"I'm sure you're going to see a lot of that [on the show]."
He also suggested that he's focused on ensuring everyone watches the reboot of the reality
show that made him famous as he teased,
"Of course, you have to stay tuned to see what goes on with that.
But, you'll definitely see some of that."
Jenner also told Entertainment Tonight,
"The Hills was one of those things where, it's tough to put yourself out there like
that but ultimately, it can be very therapeutic as well."
Whether or not it's really cathartic to watch your marriage fall apart on television is
anyone's guess, but there are some who think Jenner's attitude towards his ex is even more
callous than he's willing to reveal.
For instance, just a few months after their split, a source told InTouch Weekly in November
2019,
"[Brody] doesn't care about Kaitlynn anymore."
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