The “20/20″ interview of reality TV star Bruce Jenner with ABC’s Diane Sawyer, has become the most tweeted about telecast. Why, because Bruce revealed that he is making a gender transition!
Neilson Social says 8.1million people in the US saw one or more of the 972,000 tweets sent about the two-hour special, reported The Wrap.
403,000 people tweeted and those tweets were viewed 139million times, with the interview topping the worldwide trending list on April 24 night.
The show hit 16.86million viewers, thereby making it the top-rated Friday primetime programme for this whole TV season.
Jenner’s family and friends have rallied around him, tweeting their support for his announcement.
An eight-part series, which will explore Jenner’s transition, will premiere on July 26.
People belong to all walks of life took to twitter to express their views about the reality star’s revelation. Here are some of the Tweets:
One person said:
Am I the only one who still doesn’t believe Bruce Jenner is turning into a woman….?
— 5/6♉️ (@CarterxFenty) April 24, 2015
One of the user said that If gender Transition would make him happy then people should better stop creating noise:
If turning into a woman is what is going to make Bruce Jenner happy in life why can’t people just be happy for him — Faye (@fbx__) April 24, 2015 Another person claimed that ‘he’ has always been a women! :
people saying “bruce jenner is turning into a woman” really piss me off. bruce jenner IS a woman and always has been, no ‘turning’ about it.
— olivia (@lilythomsons) April 22, 2015
Interestingly, Bruce’s stepdaughter, Kim Kardashian, has been specially supportive towards his decision and appreciated his honestly:
Love is the courage to live the truest, best version of yourself. Bruce is love. I love you Bruce. #ProudDaughter pic.twitter.com/7ZJ6FuMHfU — Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) April 25, 2015
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