Brody Jenner is a new dad and he recently opened up about his plans for fatherhood and the goals he has in raising his daughter. He made it very clear that he doesn’t plan to take any parenting advice from Caitlyn Jenner.
Brody welcomed a little girl on July 29 with his fiancée, Tia Blanco.
Brody shared an Instagram Reel on August 10, 2023, featuring the last seconds of labor when his little girl entered the world.
“We welcomed our baby girl, Honey Raye Jenner, to the world on July 29th,” the Instagram post read.
“Momma and baby are in perfect health. We are so incredibly in love and have been cherishing this precious time together as a family. We want to thank everyone for all the love and support.”
An extended video documenting their journey into parenthood was shared on YouTube.
In the video, viewers were taken through key moments of Tia’s pregnancy and Brody opened up about his plans for being a dad, including his hopes and dreams.
“I think that what I’m most excited about is doing things differently than my father did,” he admitted in the video.
Brody didn’t stop there. Instead, he got candid about how he sees fatherhood based on his own childhood.
“Growing up, I didn’t have the greatest relationship” with his parent, now known as Catilyn Jenner.
He added that when he was young, Catilyn “wasn’t really around for me growing up. So, I think that… just doing the exact opposite, being the absolute best father I can possibly be and getting ready for the journey [is what I want].”
This isn’t the first time Brody has been candid about his relationship with Caitlyn.
During a 2019 episode of The Hills: New Beginnings, a reality show Brody starred in, he opened up about his strained relationship with Caitlyn.
“[Caitlyn] was just never really around,” Brody shared at the time. “Every so often, maybe once every couple of years.”
Brody shared that Caitlyn wasn’t there for his graduation, “most of my birthdays. So, yeah, there really wasn’t any relationship. It was very surface.”
Caitlyn has acknowledged her relationship with Brody and some of her other children has had ups and downs over the years.
“Those years, I was not a good parent,” Caitlyn said during a 2020 podcast with Rob Lowe.
“I had four kids. I was too busy struggling with my own issues and my own self. I very much regret that, that I wasn’t there more for my young kids," she added.
Despite growing up not being close to his parent, Brody is excited for the fatherhood journey.
“To be totally honest here, I didn’t really know if I could really have kids. I just had no idea,” Brody confessed in the YouTube video.
“Going into this relationship, Tia was the absolute perfect person. She is my better half. She is the most incredible woman I’ve ever met in my entire life, and I think the universe does things the way it’s supposed to.”
It seems Brody and Caitlyn are getting close again, because she was seen in the posted YouTube video as a guest for their baby shower.
