“ Kai was always who Kai is . ”
Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts — who were together for11 years— share a 16-year-old daughter named Kai, who is transgender. Now, speaking about his daughter’s transition for the first time, Liev said Kai’s coming out was pretty simple for their family.
In a new interview withVariety, theX-Menstar revealed that Kai never actually sat down and told him and Naomi that she’s trans. “Kai was always who Kai is,” he said, recalling that “the most profound moment was her asking us to change her pronouns.” “To be honest with you, it didn’t feel like that big of a deal to me only because Kai had been so feminine for so long.”
Kai is beginning to make a name for herself in the modeling world, having recently walked the runway for Valentino duringParis Fashion Week. Praising his daughter, Liev said, “Kai is such a fighter. It’s important that she goes, ‘Hey, I am trans,’ and, ‘Look at me.’”
In 2025, uplifting the trans community is more important than ever, and so, Kai, Liev, and his wife, Taylor Neisen, will be among those supporting the Ali Forney Center at the A Place At The Table Gala this week inNew York. For context, theAli Forney Centeris an important organization that provides stability, housing, and support to LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness.
Talking about why their involvement with the organization is so necessary, Liev said: “This isn’t just about representing the trans community. This is actually a community of people who don’t have great resources, who don’t have access to help, who aren’t being protected and looked after by their families. These are people who are being rejected. These are people who are experiencing the harshest version of humanity that we can offer, and some of them are not surviving it.”
That is one proud father! You can find Liev’s full interview withVariety here.
