Bruce Jenner of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" reality TV fame continues to be the subject of rampant gender-bending rumors as a new report claims he's addicted to wearing Spanx, the popular slimming underwear.
OK! magazine reported that the former Olympian originally used the compression undergarments as a red carpet trick, but has slowly transitioned into wearing them full time.
"He started wearing them under his suits on the red carpet, and he loved the results so much that now he wears them all the time," an undisclosed source told the celebrity rag.
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Kris Jenner, Bruce's estranged wife, apparently told her daughters about the Spanx — including Kim Kardashian — and now he's incensed that she outed him.
"The girls haven’t stopped laughing, and Bruce was furious that Kris revealed something so private, especially with all the cross-dressing rumors," the source added.
Earlier this year, the sexagenarian was seen filming scenes for the family's reality show without the neck bandages that he was sporting in January when he left the Beverly Hills Surgical Center. It appeared the surgery was meant to reduce the appearance of his Adam's apple — a procedure that some believe could be the Olympian's first step to changing his gender.
The source didn't comment too specifically on the sex-change aspect that could be at play, but did say that "he insists the Spanx are just to hide his belly — not an excuse to wear women’s underwear. Bruce beats himself up for not having the washboard abs he had as a pro athlete. He wants people to think that he’s still ripped."
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