here's abc's chris connelly. >> i would have to say,chrystie would be the fist to know. >> reporter: hugged the champion of the decathlon, the woman known as christy scott had known for four years of her husband's struggle with gender identity. >> i can't remember the exact words because it was a shock to me. he told me he always wanted to be a woman. and understandably i was speechless. >> reporter: the incongruity of the revelation couldn't help but confound her then. >> it is so hard to wrap your head around it. particularly because he was such a manly man. it didn't threaten me. it didn't threaten our marriage. >> reporter: jenner sharing with abc's diane sawyer memories of a disclosure to her that jenner acknowledges was far from a complete one. >> i never really hard-core said look, i don't know if i'm going to make it in this male gender here my entire life. >> it comes nice and dressed up for the beach. >> reporter: the struggle would take its toll on others too. viewers of this keeping up with the kardashian episode saw brody front fronting his dad on camera. >> now is not t

we are joined by chrystie scott, bruce jenner's first wife. us this morning, chrystie. >> you're welcome. >> you know, we all learned friday night that you were actually the first person that bruce jenner ever talked to about this way back in 1972. what did he say? >> you know, i can't remember the exact words because it was such a shock to me. but he opened up his heart and confessed and he had to share this deep, dark secret and, he told me he always wanted to be a woman. and understandably i was speechless. i didn't really know what to say. i was really pleased that he shared that intimacy with me that he trusted me with his deepest, darkest secret, but i don't remember the exact words. >> this is the first year of your marriage. you get the shock as you say. how do you wrap your head around it and go on to make a life, make a family? >> it's so hard to wrap your head around it, particularly because he was such a manly man. and he didn't display any female style in any way. he never indicated anything feminine in his demeanor, but it didn't

and for the first time, we're hearing from bruce jenner's first wife, chrystie scott. the very first person bruce ever told -- back in 1972. she tf "eorge on "gma" she was right there again with him as they watched his interview friday night. >> he was tearful at times and it broke my heart.,-s i reached over and tried to give him a little bit -- i'm emotional now. i tried to give him a little comfort. >> but he ended up in a good place? >> i think it was cathartic, you know, to go -- to watch it together. i think it was cathartic to him. >> reporter: there were those million and a half tweets about the interview. trending worlwide. with one of the hashtags simply #brave. and jenner's chidlren joining s6 kyk kykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykykyc3= maki a f . solve. to defend ourselves. to declare victory. so cvs health provides expert support and vital medicines. make a fist for me. at our infusion centers or in patients homes. we help them fight the good fight. cvs health, because health is everything. apples may fall, but

and for the first time, we're hearing from bruce jenner's first wife, chrystie scott. the very first person bruce ever told -- back in 1972. she told george on "gma" she was right there again with him as they watched his interview friday night. >> he was tearful at times and it broke my heart. i reached over and tried to give him a little bit -- i'm emotional now. i tried to give him a little comfort. >> but he ended up in a good place? >> i think it was cathartic, you know, to go -- to watch it together. i think it was cathartic to him. >> reporter: there were those million and a half tweets about the interview. trending worldwide. with one of the hashtags simply #brave. and jenner's chidlren joining the conversation too. >> the one thing we have gained that means more to us than anything is the honesty. >> i personally hope that this journey leads to the place that he wants it to. >> reporter: and just like at the olympics, so many now rooting for him again tonight. >> this is who i am. i'm not stuck in anybody's body. it's who i am as a human being. >> reaction to t

. >> jenner's first wife chrystie scott he said he first told her he felt like a woman in 1972. >> ier the exact words because it was such a shock to me, but he opened up his heart and confessed, and i was really pleased that he -- he shared that intimacy with me, that he trusted me with his deepest, darkest secret. >> appearing on "good morning america," scott told abc's george stephanopoulos that when jenner confided in her back then, it was hard to understand. scott said it seemed out of the blue and she watched sitting by jenner's side and she called it very intense tearful at times, but cathartic for him. >> that will do it for abc 7 news at 4:00. thou for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil, and abc news continues with dan and cheryl. >>> getting pelted with rocks, bricks concrete. >> breaking news as riots erupt in baltimore. officers are hurt and the situation shows no sign of slowing down. >> plus a little boy is killed in the east bay what the accused is saying today from jail. >> residences collapsed, a lot of collateral damage. >> abc 7 news talks with a bay area

. >> now his first wife, chrystie scott, talking to george stephanopoulos after watching the interviewriday. >> what could you see in his reaction to watching his life unfold in the interview? >> pain, pain. you know, he was tearful at times, and you know, it broke my heart. >> what do you want families, there are going to be thousands of families going through this in the coming years, what do you want them to know about this experience? >> i'm sure there are plenty of people that don't have the courage to come out at all ever. and they live private dark, tortured lives and that's tragic. that's just tragic. and the fact that he did share it with me that first year i felt like it was -- it was actually a gift that he gave to me that he trusted me with something so intimate. it involved a tremendous amount of trust on both parts. >> chris connelly, abc news, new york. >> so powerful. coming up,more news. stay with us. coming up,morenous. stay with us. re-nuked. and re-baked. and when leftovers are done... there's always stuff left over. new dawn platinum power clean calls dibs on those

there she is on the right and on jenner's wife his first wife chrystie thompson posted it, the articleow living with and loving bruce jenner changed my life forever. the picture echoes the show of support from the interview when diane read the women's statements of love and loyalty. his third wife kris chose not to comment for the program although she says she was never asked. >> let's turn to mcdreamy now. he has another good-bye. he's saying good-bye to his dream home. >> less than a week after "grey's anatomy" killed off his character and three months after his wife of 15 years filed for divorce, patrick dempsey putting his malibu estate up for sale. the home dubbed the tin house because of its metal construction was featured last year in architectural digest and features 5,500 square feet including a rock climbing wall. you love rocking climb. >> yeah. >> animal coops and a four-stall barn for the family's assorted farm animals. >> he and his wife bought it for 7 million bucks and listed it for more than double that, for $14.5 million. >> nice lift profit. last but not least, taylo