On Friday night, Kim Kardashian and her daughter North West were seen sitting on the sidelines at the Lakers game in Los Angeles, cheering on one player in particular while supporting their home team: Tristan Thompson, ex-boyfriend of Kim’s sister Khloé.
Thompson signed to the Lakers in April, so the show of support by Kim and North’s mom and daughter loud and clear with a homemade sign that spells TRISTAN THOMPSON in bubble letters is simply sweet, given that Thompson shared It can be interpreted as a gesture. They’re two kids with Khloé, and so they’ll technically always be “part of the family.”
But Thompson’s seemingly off-again relationship with Khloé Kardashian, in particular, has been extensibly documented over several seasons. Keeping Up With The Kardashians And Kardashians, More recently launched shows on Hulu.
The oddity of Kim Kardashian cheerleading for Tristan is due to the fact that Thompson’s blatantly poor record is indisputable: He is a serial swindler who gave birth to a child named Theo with fitness model Maralee Nichols from Khloé’s back while a surrogate was pregnant. they The second child is a boy named Tatum, who is now 9 months old.
But this wasn’t even the first time Thompson had broken Kardashian’s trust while the two were expecting a baby. While Khloé was pregnant with the couple’s daughter, True, in 2018, numerous women came forward via social media for alleged texts and alleged sex tapes with Thompson.
Just days before Khloé gave birth to True, daily mail And TMZ He posted photos and videos of Thompson kissing women in clubs and hookah lounges.
As documented on the family’s ubiquitous reality shows, Khloé has always let Thompson come back into her life after her repeated betrayals – she also kissed Kylie Jenner’s ex-best friend Jordyn Woods at a party in 2019 – get it again, a way. accepting her as a romantic partner or a platonic family member.
Although one source said that We In January, Khloé wrote in a flowery Instagram caption for her birthday in March that she “has no intention of getting back with Tristan.”
Another conflicting narrative clue came in the form of the trailer for season 3 two weeks ago. Kardashians On Hulu, which premieres March 25.
In the trailer, Khloé is shown recovering from surgery to remove the melanoma on her face. Kardashian also asked where she stood next to Tristan, who also showed up: “I think she’s thinking, ‘Let’s quit this,’ but no,” Kardashian says. “He has no chance.”
While fans of the show wanted that sentiment to be true, Tristan Thompson has proven extremely difficult to get rid of it for whatever reason, and a public support show for Kim Kardashian could potentially be preparing viewers for the truth. Khloé and Tristan are truly together once again.
As one YouTube commentator put it: “The girl will cut out my melanoma, but not Tristan… She’s the melanoma in your life, in a way.”
The Daily Beast reached out to Khloé Kardashian, Kim Kardashian and Tristan Thompson for comment.