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Reports: Memoir says Jenner had sex-change surgery
It’s long been an off-limits subject for Caitlyn Jenner but now it’s out: People reports it has confirmed that Jenner’s as-yet-unreleased memoir will acknowledge she had sex-change surgery in January.
Up until now, Jenner has avoided talking about gender reassignment surgery — if or when she would ever undergo the procedure nearly two years after she came out as transgender. But the former Bruce Jenner, Olympic gold medal athlete, father and reality TV star, says in her memoir, “The Secrets of My Life,” out April 25, that she decided to be open in the book about her decision, to stop the questions, People reported.
“I am telling you because I believe in candor,” she says. “So all of you can stop staring. You want to know, so now you know. Which is why this is the first time, and the last time, I will ever speak
Melania Trump wins damages from British tabloid
The Daily Mail, a British tabloid, published an apology to first lady Melania Trump on Wednesday and agreed to pay unspecified damages and costs to settle two lawsuits for publishing an article alleging “racy” rumors about her years as a single model in New York.
At issue was an article carried by the Daily Mail and Mail Online in August that claimed Donald Trump and then-Melania Knauss may have met three years before they actually did, and “staged” their actual meeting as a “ruse.”
In its apology, the Mail said it retracted its false statements that Melania Trump “provided services beyond simply modeling.” She sued the tabloid in a British court and the Mail Online in the U.S.