The name Candis Cayne may not sound familiar, but she has been around for a while. Cayne is a prominent figure in the LGBT community and in recent weeks she has been thrust into the spotlight thanks to her new friendship with Caitlyn Jenner.
Cayne appeared on Jenner's E! show "I Am Cait," which made her a newfound reality star. In the series Cayne acted as the unlikely confidante of Jenner and accompanies her on trips to meet with gay and transgender activists like themselves. Cayne also escorted Jenner to the 2015 ESPY Awards where Jenner received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Here are five things to know about her.
1. She is transgender.
In May 2015, a few weeks before Jenner appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair, Cayne got a call from a producer of Jenner's upcoming reality show "I Am Cait." The TV show was kept so tightly under wraps that she was not even told what the show was about.
"He said, 'I want to tell you something but I can't until you sign a confidentiality agreement,'" Cayne said. "It was like: 'Hmm. OK. I'm going to sign my life over before I know anything.' But I was also intrigued because of that."
Soon, the producer called her back to say that he was working on Jenner's series for E! and that the show wanted Cayne to go to a dinner at Jenner's house. The two hit it off from the start and have been close friends ever since.
Check out Cayne Sunday nights at 8/7c on "I Am Cait."
