Khloé Kardashian Denies Tristan Thompson Reunion Rumours
Khloé Kardashian Says She's "Not Getting Back" With Tristan Thompson: It's a "Friendship Relationship"
Khloé Kardashian is doubling down after denying reconciliation rumours about her and Tristan Thompson. Lately, there had been speculation that the reality-TV star and Los Angeles Lakers player, who share two kids together (daughter True and son Tatum), had got back together (again) following their last fallout in late 2021 after Thompson welcomed another child with personal trainer Maralee Nichols. The new rumours were mostly due to Khloé's sister Kim Kardashian attending multiple Lakers games to support Thompson.
After the Good American cofounder expressed her frustrations over the speculation on 16 May in the comments of an Instagram post on a fan page, Khloé again addressed her relationship with Thompson during the 8 June episode of "The Kardashians" season three. Explained Khloé in a conversation with her mother Kris Jenner, "Tristan and I, we always get along great. Him and I have a great friendship relationship, we get along fine. And for my kids, I will put anything to the side. What's done is done, so what would I still be holding on to something for? I don't need to punish him because I'm not getting back with him."
She explained that she's set boundaries with Thompson, who spends time at her home but, she said, only when their children are also there. "I've gotten back with him after a cheating scandal," Khloé said in an interview during the episode. "I don't know if Tristan is under the impression of, 'Wow, OK, let's just ride this out and eventually she'll get back with me.' I get why he would think that. So it's my job to set boundaries that my actions show otherwise." She told viewers that in their interactions, she keeps it "very short and sweet and ... about the kids." Said Khloé, "I can't make those old habits easily come into my life." It's unclear when the scenes and interview were filmed for the series, but other events in the episode happened in the autumn of 2022.
In her 16 May Instagram comment, Khloé called the rumours about her and Thompson "tiring." She wrote, "But I suppose You guys will continue the narrative you want regardless of what I say so what's the point. It's exhausting but I learned people will only understand to the level of their own perception. Most are stuck at believing the lies because it's the narrative they want to fuel. Have fun…. Some things are just as simple as they seem. A family member supporting another family member ESPECIALLY during a difficult time in life."
Khloé went on to name her friendly relationship with her "brother," Scott Disick, who shares three kids (Mason, Penelope, and Reign) with her sister Kourtney Kardashian, as an example of her family supporting one another with no ulterior motives. "Some things really are just as they are. ❤️," Khloé concluded.
Khloé and Thompson were first linked way back in September 2016 but have broken up multiple times through the years on account of the latter's infidelity. They got back together in August 2020 but reportedly split the following year in June after cheating rumours swirled around Thompson and model Sydney Chase, who claimed she slept with him while he and Khloé were dating. The NBA player denied her claims, per TMZ.
Though Khloé confirmed on "The Kardashians" that she and Thompson were still romantically involved during the autumn of 2021, they parted ways again after Thompson publicly admitted to fathering a child with Nichols. "Today, paternity test results reveal that I fathered a child with Maralee Nichols," he wrote in a January 2022 Instagram Story. "I take full responsibility for my actions. Now that paternity has been established I look forward to amicably raising our son."
In July 2022, news broke that Khloé and Thompson were expecting their second child together via surrogate: their son, whose birth was reported the following month. According to People, a rep for Khloé confirmed that the parents' second child was conceived in November 2022 when they were still together.
