Jamie Lee Curtis reveals her child is transgender: ‘Our son became our daughter Ruby’

Jamie Lee Curtis reveals her child is transgender: ‘Our son became our daughter Ruby’

  • The 62-year-old icon sat down with AARP magazine where she detailed, with permission from her youngest child, a few familial changes 
  • Ruby, 25, is a computer gaming editor, and Curtis and husband Christopher Guest also have a 34-year-old daughter, Annie, who is a dance instructor 
  • Curtis also shared that Ruby — who was previously known as Thomas — would also soon walk down the aisle

Jamie Lee Curtis revealed one of her kids is transgender.

The 62-year-old icon sat down with AARP magazine where she detailed, with permission from her youngest child, a few familial changes.

Curtis noted that she and husband Christopher Guest ‘have watched in wonder and pride as our son became our daughter Ruby.’

Jamie Lee Curtis revealed one of her kids is transgender in an AARP magazine interview where she detailed, with permission from her youngest child, a few familial changes

Curtis also shared that Ruby — who was previously known as Thomas — would also soon walk down the aisle. 

‘And she and her fiancé will get married next year at a wedding that I will officiate,’ the Halloween star added.

Ruby, 25, is a computer gaming editor, and Curtis and Guest also have a 34-year-old daughter, Annie, who is a dance instructor.  

Family: Ruby, 25, is a computer gaming editor, and Curtis and Guest also have a 34-year-old daughter, Annie, who is a dance instructor

Family: Ruby, 25, is a computer gaming editor, and Curtis and Guest also have a 34-year-old daughter, Annie, who is a dance instructor

Jamie Lee tossed out the ‘old idea’ that gender isn’t fixed and is instead leaning into the idea that life is a ‘constant metamorphosis.’

And while wedding bells will soon ring in the family, Curtis told the publication she doesn’t have any grandchildren: ‘Not yet, but I do hope to.’ 

Curtis also discussed being 22 years sober after secretly battling an addiction to pain pills and alcohol. 

She explained that the ‘process of being a sober person puts you in a one day at a time mentality.’ 

Proud mom: Curtis also shared that Ruby — who was previously known as Thomas — would also soon walk down the aisle; seen in 2017

Proud mom: Curtis also shared that Ruby — who was previously known as Thomas — would also soon walk down the aisle; seen in 2017

Jamie stood proudly in her status and noted she was : ‘just a sober person — flawed, contradictory, broken and redeemed.’

Her sobriety journey has taught her comfort in living for each day and letting go of the past. 

‘I am somebody who sheds every day,’ she says. ‘Let’s get rid of that, I don’t need that. It’s all about old ideas that don’t work anymore.’  

Earlier this year, she wrote on Instagram: ‘I’m breaking the cycle that has basically destroyed the lives of generations in my family.

‘Getting sober remains my single greatest accomplishment … bigger than my husband, bigger than both of my children and bigger than any work, success, failure. Anything.’

Partners: Jamie married director husband Christopher Guest in December 1984; seen in 2019

Partners: Jamie married director husband Christopher Guest in December 1984; seen in 2019

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