Caitlyn Jenner Twitter Account Hits 285,000 Followers In An Hour, Surpasses President For Fastest To 1 Million
(CBS SF) - Bruce Jenner has transitioned completely and is revealing her new look and name, Caitlyn Jenner, on the cover of Vanity Fair.
The cover look for Caitlyn Jenner is shot by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz and features a cover story by Buzz Bissinger, author of the book Friday Night Lights.
Introducing Caitlyn Jenner #CallMeCaitlyn http://t.co/H5PZPiwu7Z pic.twitter.com/Za41XjWc1x
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 1, 2015
The Vanity Fair story covers Jenner's transition to Caitlyn, a topic she herself is now openly tweeting about:
I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
Jenner began tweeting under the name @Caitlyn_Jenner Monday morning and has 285,000 followers within about an hour of her first post.
Last month the president's @potus account shattered the record for fastest to a million followers when it accomplished the feat in 5 hours. By 1:30 p.m. Monday, Jenner's account had 1 million in four hours and three minutes.
4 hrs and 3 mins! @Caitlyn_Jenner just set a new record for fastest time to reach 1 million followers on @Twitter http://t.co/mB8u4dEU5e
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) June 1, 2015
Another Jenner world record, and at 65? Who'da thought! Humbled & honored to have reached 1M followers in 4 hrs. Thank you for your support.
— Caitlyn Jenner (@Caitlyn_Jenner) June 1, 2015
As you might expect, the hashtag #CallMeCaitlyn was trending Monday.
Several of the family members and other celebrities had passed along their support for Jenner's new look.
now that's a cover. https://t.co/jPxSxMNwZ4
— Kendall (@KendallJenner) June 1, 2015
We were given this life because you were strong enough to live it! I couldn't be prouder!!! Caitlyn,… https://t.co/Ho5O6swM0V
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) June 1, 2015
she moves me so - http://t.co/6OpM2OmiMB
— ROSIE (@Rosie) June 1, 2015
Check out more reaction to the cover from Radio Alice.