A New York Times reporter contacted Caitlyn Jenner about her cross-dressing habits in the mid-1980s - but the story never ran. And it has now been revealed that the publicist who helped shut that article down more than a decade ago was behind Jenner's groundbreaking 20/20 interview special with Diane Sawyer in April. Jenner first reached out to Alan Nierob, an executive at Hollywood agency Rogers & Cowan, when a New York Times reporter began asking her questions about cross-dressing, Variety first reported. The Olympian confided in Nierob and told him about her gender dysphoria. It was a secret the publicist would keep for thirty years, a fact Caitlyn would remember when she was ready to share it with the world.Jenner reached out to Hollywood publicist Alan Nierob and told him about her gender dysphoriaHe kept it a secret for 30 years and successfully squashed the Times storyJenner officially hired Nierob when she decided to reveal female identity
'I'd literally go up into the hotel room, change [into women's] clothes, and walk around,' Jenner would tell _ almost 30 years later about that period in her life.