As an Olympic gold medalist and highly sought-after celebrity in the ’70s and ’80s, Caitlyn Jenner was successful decades before “KUWTK” introduced her to a new generation in 2007.
In 2014, Jenner weathered a public — and, as depicted on the show, messy — divorce from Kris Jenner after over two decades of marriage. In April 2015, Jenner came out as transgender in a “20/20” special with Diane Sawyer. Later that year, she introduced herself to the world as Caitlyn Jenner on the cover of Vanity Fair.
In the years since her coming out, Caitlyn and Kris Jenner were repeatedly involved in disagreements documented by the family’s reality show, but more recently, they seem to have put aside their differences — for the most part. On a recent episode of “KUWTK,” Kris even offered Caitlyn career advice.
Jenner was back in the public eye in a major way in April 2021 after announcing her run for California governor in a recall election against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. But the announcement was met with backlash from both the left and right sides of the political spectrum before the recall failed in September.
According to Insider, Michael Knowles, a right-wing political commentator, publicly denounced her campaign, along with other influential Republicans. Equality California, an LGBTQ+ rights organization, also announced it wouldn’t be supporting Jenner’s bid, writing on Twitter, “Make no mistake: we can’t wait to elect a #trans governor of California. But @Caitlyn_Jenner spent years telling the #LGBTQ+ community to trust Donald Trump. We saw how that turned out.”
No members of the Kardashian family released public statements about Jenner’s run for governor, and Kim Kardashian even joked about her “failed” political run while hosting Saturday Night Live.
Caitlyn Jenner has the second-smallest follower account of the Kardashian family on Instagram, with 11.9 million followers.
However, her net worth is reportedly high — one source claims it could be as much as $100 million. While that figure has not been officially verified, Forbes and TMZ reported that her public speaking fee was up to $100,000 per appearance in 2015. She also has the ability to make money from sponsored content on her social media accounts and revenue from her YouTube channel, which has just over 100,000 subscribers.
