Bruce Jenner is set to sit down for a tell-all interview with Diane Sawyer, discussing his male to female transition.
Bruce Jenner
The reality star will open up to the ABC News journalist about his life change in a new one-off special scheduled to air in May.
A source revealed that the former athlete opted to go to the established broadcaster because of Sawyer's long-time support of transgender rights.
That insider told Us Weekly: "Diane has always been very supportive of the LGBT community."
Work on the interview is to commence this week with progress on creating an unscripted E! series following his transition already underway.
The source continued: "The world will see his full transformation.
"It's a docuseries featuring the Jenner family talking about Bruce 'coming out'."
Last week US Weekly had reported on his decision to air the interview and docuseries, saying it's causing "internal consternation" in NBC's news division, as they were hoping to secure the chat.
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