Caitlyn Jenner has called herself a “hypocrite” for accepting Glamour’s Woman of the Year award in 2015, saying she now sees the honour differently because of her current campaign against trans women competing in women’s sport.
The comments were made during an interview with right-wing host Tomi Lahren on OutKick.
Jenner, who publicly transitioned in 2015 and was recognised by Glamour that same year, told Lahren that the award now sits uneasily with her political stance. “Here I am fighting the battle to keep biological men out of women’s sports because it’s not right… and I want to protect women,” she said.
“I started thinking what a hypocrite I am, trying to keep biological men out of women’s sports, but I’m a biological man, and they gave me Glamour’s Woman of the Year award.”
The former Olympian went on to describe herself as biologically female following gender-affirming surgery, but said she still considers her chromosomes relevant to the question of whether she should have accepted the award. “Genetically, I’m still XY. There’s nothing I can do about that. And I’m fine with it. I’m just glad that I can wake up in the morning and just be myself,” she said. She added that she had “no regrets” about transitioning.
Jenner’s comments mark another sharp turn away from the message she projected when she accepted the Glamour recognition more than a decade ago. At the time, Glamour honoured her as a “Trans Champion”, with coverage framing her public transition as a significant moment in visibility for trans people in mainstream culture.
In the new interview, Jenner also said the United States has gone “too far right” on some transgender issues, even while continuing to oppose the participation of trans women in women’s sport. According to recent coverage, she criticised bathroom bans as “not right” and “not safe”, suggesting that even her own position does not fully align with the broader Republican line on trans policy.
The remarks are likely to draw renewed scrutiny because Jenner has become one of the most visible transgender conservatives in the US, frequently aligning herself with anti-trans rhetoric around sport while still speaking from personal experience as a trans woman. That tension has increasingly defined how she is seen both inside and outside LGBTQ+ communities. This final point is an inference based on her recent media positioning and public activism.
