Whereas talking with Interview journal, the 16-year-old recalled “struggling” together with her gender identification when she was youthful, sharing that it sparked her curiosity in modeling.

“I need to be a supermodel. Interval,” Kai stated. “I have been working towards my walks within the kitchen for years; my mother can present you all of the movies I pressured her to movie.”

“Scuffling with gender identification from a younger age most probably had one thing to do with it,” she added. “I at all times needed to develop up and be a fantastic, glamorous, influential lady, like Marilyn [Monroe].”

Kai famous that she seems as much as the “older era of transgender individuals, particularly in  vogue,” naming Alex Consani, Hunter Schafer, Hari Nef, and extra.

“It is so nice that there is a robust group of us within the vogue world; it is actually a doll takeover.” she stated. “It is vital to all of us to have a way of group, particularly after we’re below such hostile assault.”

And Kai’s aspirations to make her mark as a mannequin are already underway as she made her modeling debut in March when she walked the Valentino Able to Put on runway present in Paris Vogue Week. (See picture, beneath.)

She additionally appeared in a Valentino Fall 2025 marketing campaign, which dropped in April, however was filmed earlier.

“My first job in vogue … was a Valentino marketing campaign that shot in February,” Kai informed Interview. “That job made me notice, ‘Okay, that is what I need to do.’”

Kai’s interview with the journal comes a month after Liev praised his daughter whereas talking with Selection.

Schreiber, 57, stated Kai didn’t technically come out to him and Watts, alluding that he and the actress already knew about their daughter’s true identification. Nevertheless, he did recall the second Kai requested her dad and mom to make use of she/her pronouns.

“Kai was at all times who Kai is,” he informed Selection. “However I suppose probably the most profound second was her asking us to alter her pronouns. To be sincere with you, it did not really feel like that huge of a deal to me solely as a result of Kai had been so female for therefore lengthy.”

The Ray Donovan alum went on to gush over how his daughter has proudly stepped up in her group.

“Kai is such a fighter,” he stated. “It is vital that she goes, ‘Hey, I’m trans,’ and, ‘Have a look at me.’”

Along with Kai, Schreiber and Watts — who break up in 2016 after 11 years collectively — additionally share 17-year-old son, Sasha. Schreiber married Taylor Neisen in July 2023, and the pair welcomed a daughter the next August. Watts, in the meantime, tied the knot with actor Billy Crudup in 2023.