Kris Jenner can't be 100% comfortable with her ex-husband's female transformation yet, because she still refuses to call the former Olympian by her new name Caitlyn.
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The 59-year-old Keeping Up with the Kardashians star confessed to Access Hollywood this week she can't fully embrace Caitlyn's new identity.
"Can you call Caitlyn, Caitlyn?" Access Hollywood host Billy Bush asked Kris.
"No," Kris revealed bluntly, clarifying however, she doesn't disrespect her by calling her Bruce.
"I say 'Jenner,'" Kris explained. "It's hard, you know, it's really, really hard."
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The situation is somewhat understandable considering Kris and Caitlyn were married for 23 years and raised many children together -- including their biological kids Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner.
"What I have realized in all of this is that everyone handles stuff a different way. No matter what it is, you know? We're all people. We all have different emotions," the momager said.
Kris and Caitlyn tied the knot in 1991 and announced their separation in October 2013. Their divorce was finalized late last year.
Kris told Access Hollywood she's "getting to know" Caitlyn slowly and they're both "learning to grow close again."
"I just thought she would be a little bit different," Kris admitted. "Bruce had a distinct personality and, you know, had definite characteristics. And Caitlyn has some different ones, I feel."
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"Can you ever be great friends with Caitlyn? Girlfriends?" Bush asked. "Curl up on the couch? Can this happen?"
"I don't know about curl up on the couch," Kris replied, "but she came over for a drink last night."
Kris called the meeting with her longtime partner "nice."
Caitlyn came out in public for the first time in a June 1 Vanity Fair cover story featuring 22 pages of material and photos of her new look on the inside. The story was titled "Call me Caitlyn."
Caitlyn reportedly filed paperwork this month to change her name legally from William Bruce Jenner to Caitlyn Marie Jenner, requesting that a judge formalize her gender change.
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