As you know, Bruce Jenner is in the process of transitioning from male to female. We’ve heard that Bruce has a female name that he’s asked his family to use, but we haven’t heard the name yet and he hasn’t specified which pronoun he’d like to be referred by. Bruce also has a docuseries in the works, but that has reportedly been put on hold for several reasons. TMZ says that Bruce delayed the show because he wanted to make sure his sons were ready for him to come out publicly. They also cite Bruce’s car crash in early February, in which a woman died, as an emotionally draining event that he needs time to work through.

Last week People reported that there’s even more to Bruce’s reluctance to move forward with the show. Apparently Bruce is unhappy with the way that his transition is being portrayed so far. They have a source who states that “Bruce’s primary goal is to bring awareness to this issue in order to help others. He is not sure that E! and a reality show is the best format to do that.” That sounds wise and true, especially considering how skeptically he’s viewed by some transgender people. He’s a Kardashian after all.

The upcoming issue of People features Bruce on the cover with the headline “Bruce’s family divided” and the detail that his family is taking sides. They also state that Bruce can go for weeks without speaking to his daughters and that he’s lonely but spends time with his kids from his previous marriage. Here’s some of their teaser article, with more in the upcoming print edition.

The family had already been rocked by Jenner’s divorce from ex-wife Kris after 23 years of marriage, and in the nearly two months since Jenner, 65, made headlines with the news that he is transitioning from male to female, his 10 children and stepchildren have processed the change in different ways.

“The divorce caused a divide, but Bruce’s decision to share his transition has caused an even greater divide,” a Keeping up with the Kardashians production source says of Jenner’s plans to document his journey, both in an interview with Diane Sawyer and in a docu-series that is now on hold.

After keeping his truth a secret for more than five decades – and “taking a backseat in his own life,” as the source puts it, while Kris called the shots during their marriage – the 1976 Olympic gold medalist is now going his own way for the first time in a long while.

As he continues to find his way, he has remained firm in the belief that “he wants this to be his story,” says a friend.

Still, the strain between families is one that Bruce himself addressed in the season premiere of KUWTK, lamenting that he is “in the middle” of the Kardashians and Jenners.

Since his move to a secluded hilltop Malibu home following the divorce, star has been spending more time with his kids from previous marriages: Cassandra, 34, Burt, 36, Brandon, 33, and Brody, 31.

As for his stepdaughters with Kris – Kourtney, 35, Kim, 34, and Khloé, 30 – “there were weeks when they didn’t hear from Bruce,” says the Kardashian insider.

Despite the tensions, sources on both sides of the family say all his children have been supportive of their dad.

“His kids all love him very much,” says the insider, “and would do anything for him.”

[From People]

For all you can say about the Kardashians, I don’t think anyone is unsupportive of Bruce, I just think they don’t know how to deal with everything. They live a very public life, and they manage it by letting Kris run everything. Bruce has upset the balance. Kris is not on board with Bruce coming out, and maybe part of that is that she’s used to calling all the shots. Maybe this is Kris getting more mileage out of this story, though, by turning Bruce’s transition into a plotline. It’s all about how they’re coping, it’s not about Bruce’s personal struggle. That’s his story, not Kris’s.

Also, Bruce got another nosejob, according to TMZ, which gets a lot of insider stories from The Kardashians. It’s hard to tell what’s new with Bruce, because he’s had so much done to his face over the years.

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