The publication has retracted an article claiming to feature an exclusive interview with the 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' star about her father's gender transition.
- Mar 20, 2015
AceShowbiz - Us Weekly has retracted an article claiming to feature an exclusive interview with Kendall Jenner about her father Bruce Jenner's gender transformation. The publication released a retraction of the article on Thursday afternoon, March 19, one day after Kendall blasted them on Twitter.
Us Weekly wrote, "[Kendall's] interview was allegedly conducted by an independent freelance journalist at the Saturday, March 14, taping of Comedy Central's roast of Justin Bieber in Los Angeles. When Ms. Jenner denied, via Twitter, that the interview took place, Us Weekly immediately reached out to the freelance reporter. He stood by the interview, and continues to maintain that the quotes are accurate."
"However, after attempting to reconfirm his account, editors of Us have concerns about the veracity of this interview and the circumstances under which it was obtained," the site continued, "We would like to retract the story entirely and have removed it from our website. We sincerely apologize to Ms. Jenner and her family."
Kendall previously denied giving any interview about his father's transition, tweeting, "How is it legal for someone to 'quote' someone and publish it if in fact you never said what was quoted. Shame on US Weekly for making up quotes. I NEVER said those things. I never spoke to them."
