Divorce, Family Feuds & Tragedy: Caitlyn Jenner's Scandals Revealed On 70th Birthday

"After the Games were over," the star later recalled, "I happened to be the right guy, at that right place, at that right time."

Too bad then-Bruce’s list of successes didn’t include a personal life.

The Olympian going Hollywood took a heavy toll on her first marriage, and she and her wife Chrystie Crownover divorced in 1981. They had two kids together, Cassandra and Burt.

That same year, the star married Elvis Presley's ex, Linda Thompson, but that marriage, which resulted in two more children — future reality TV stars Brandon and Brody — also imploded in 1986.

The star next became a stepparent, walking down the aisle in 1991 with Kris Kardashian, the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson's close pal and attorney, Robert Kardashian. At the time, Kris already had a brood of four children: daughters Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and son Robert Jr.

The couple added to the clan with two daughters of their own, Kendall and Kylie.

The whole family shot to fame when E!'s reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians became a smash cable hit, and Cait, who has confessed to always feeling female, was forced to keep her explosive secret under wraps.

Caitlyn’s first wife Chrystie revealed that they drifted apart after she won the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics."He didn't sleep all night. He would get up and walk around naked with the medal around his neck, beaming and flexing,” she has recalled, claiming another woman was also to blame. "I told him I needed to know if he was in love with Linda Thompson. He said yes, and that he wanted a divorce…I just fell apart.”

Caitlyn's second marriage to Linda Thompson — which, like her first, produced two children — only lasted three years. Thompson blamed the split on her frequent absences from their Malibu home. "We have a great relationship but not a marriage. Sometimes life just kind of grabs you and throws you in different directions," she once explained.

Cait has revealed she first tried to transition to female in the 1980s, just before she met Kris. "I started on hormones. I was a good 36B. I loved them. I thought this was fabulous,” she has recalled. “My mission at that point was to transition before I was 40. Got to 39 ... I just couldn't go any further." Cait said she told Kris about the transitioning attempt and she knew about her husband wearing women's clothing during their time together.

Caitlyn finally restarted the transition process again in 2015, two years after she and Kris split.

Caitlyn has admitted she mourned the loss of Bruce, writing in her memoir The Secrets of My Life that “you can’t simply blot out your past.”

Caitlyn’s first wife Chrystie found out she was pregnant with their second child when they were breaking up. “Bruce raised the issue of an abortion, and I went along with him just as I always did,” she has revealed. "I had all the tests and had even paid for the operation.” But Chrystie decided she couldn’t go through with it. “I wanted the child very, very much,” she noted. Their daughter Casey was born and is now a mom.

Caitlyn has publicly admitted her failings as a father in the decades before her transition to female. Casey, her daughter from her first marriage, “is now bright and gorgeous and an incredible mom to three children with an equally incredible husband,” Caitlyn has said. “I know I terribly disappointed her as a father, nor was she the only child I terribly disappointed.”

On a 2013 episode of KUWTK, Brody blasted Caitlyn, revealing, “He just wasn’t a great father to me.” Brody and his brother Brandon reportedly felt neglected after Bruce threw his focus on the Kardashian-Jenner clan.

Caitlyn’s relationship with the Kardashian clan ended following publication of her 2017 autobiography The Secrets of My Life. "This book was my story. I was finally giving my side of the story. It was completely honest and I continue to feel extraordinarily proud of my book,” she has said. But while, according to Caitlyn, she “went overboard to be nice and friendly” in the book, it damaged her relationship with the women she helped raise. "My kids have all been so supportive from day one – especially Kendall and Kylie. But the Kardashian side? I don't really talk to them very often now and that's something I have to deal with,” she has noted.

In February 2015, Caitlyn was responsible for causing a fatal car wreck in Malibu on the Pacific Coast Highway. At the time, Caitlyn — reportedly driving above the speed limit — rear-ended Kim Howe, who was in a small car in front of the star. The push sent Howe’s car into a spiral, causing her to crash into the Millesi-Wolf family’s Hummer. Howe’s car was demolished, and she died at the scene. The five members of the Millesi-Wolf family were hurt. Jenner suffered no serious injuries.

According to court documents, Caitlyn paid $100,000 to the two parents hurt in the accidents, as well as $50,000 to each of their two kids. The former Olympian also dished out $500,000 for the children’s grandmother, who was sitting in the backseat of the car at the time of the brutal car crash. While Caitlyn was not officially charged in the car collision, she was held responsible for paying the family's $250,000 attorney’s fees.

Caitlyn has found new love post-Kris, but the former reality star finding a new flame doesn’t come without controversy! Caitlyn is 47 years older than 23-year-old Sophia, who is also transgender.