Brody Jenner Gives Update on Caitlyn Jenner Relationship After Being “Abandoned” By Dad

Brody Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner have had their ups and downs, but they’re better now.

The Hills alum shared insight into his relationship with his father—who transitioned in 2015—and recalled feeling disconnected from the former Olympian while growing up.

“I’d randomly see him—’him’ at the time—you know, here and there,” Brody—whose mom, Linda Thompson, split from Caitlyn when he was a toddler in 1986—shared on Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test Jan. 15. “But, mom would tell me that I would write on cards, ‘Why doesn’t dad call me on my birthday?'”

The 41-year-old said that Caitlyn’s new marriage to Kris Jenner—who was already mother to Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Rob Kardashian—and commitment to filming Keeping Up With the Kardashians added to him feeling “a little bit abandoned” by his father.

“I had an incredible mother. Father, Bruce, at the time, wasn’t around that much,” Brody explained. “They split, and then he met a woman. She had kids as well. The woman that he met … they had kids together.”