Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson’s on-again, off-again relationship has been rocky through the years, however every thing we’ve realized in current months is arguably the worst of all of it.
After tons of infidelity scandals, breakups, and eventual reunions since they started courting in 2016, Khloé and Tristan — who share a 4-year-old daughter named True — gave issues one other shot final yr as they rekindled their romance as soon as extra.
Nonetheless, simply months later, information broke that Tristan had not solely cheated on Khloé once more, however had additionally secretly fathered a toddler exterior of their relationship.
Maralee Nichols, mom of Tristan’s now-9-month-old child boy, Theo, grew to become pregnant on his thirtieth birthday in March 2021 — the identical night time that Khloé had thrown him a lavish birthday celebration and shared a gushing Instagram put up about him.
Tristan denied the kid was his when Maralee initially sued him for numerous child-related bills in December, however finally conceded that he was the daddy when a DNA take a look at proved his paternity.
What’s extra, Tristan didn’t inform Khloé in regards to the being pregnant earlier than the information was made public, leaving her to search out out with the “remainder of the world” when authorized paperwork from the court docket case had been leaked on-line. Her uncooked response was documented in her household’s Hulu actuality collection, The Kardashians.
And as if that wasn’t dangerous sufficient, we later realized that Khloé and Tristan had truly been getting ready to welcome a toddler of their very own by way of surrogate at this very time.
Their child boy was born in July this yr, and The Kardashians has since revealed that Tristan was truly encouraging Khloé to go forward with their surrogacy plans regardless of being conscious that Maralee was pregnant.
However simply once we thought we’d heard the worst of it, Khloé made one other surprising revelation about their relationship within the newest episode of the Hulu present, which aired this week.
Whereas talking about Tristan’s paternity scandal along with her sister, Kim, in a scene filmed within the early months of this yr, Khloé ended up revealing that the NBA participant had truly proposed to her.
“I imply, the truth that he proposed and also you by no means advised us,” Kim tells Khloé as the 2 focus on how unhealthy the connection was. A producer then asks Khloé throughout a confessional, “Tristan proposed to you?” In response, she confirms: “Yeah.”
Kim goes on to reveal extra about Tristan’s proposal plans in a confessional of her personal. “I’ll always remember Tristan calling me, and he was gonna suggest to her on Valentine’s Day, which was like a yr since that they had drama. So this was final Valentine’s Day,” she says.
“After which I known as him the day after, and I used to be like, ‘Hey, I by no means heard something from Khloé, oh my God, did you plan?’” she recollects. “And he was like, ‘Oh yeah, I did in December.’”
Khloé then says that she truly turned Tristan down, explaining that she wanted to verify she was snug and joyful within the relationship earlier than accepting a proposal from him.
“I stated, ‘I must be sure that it is a completely completely different relationship as a result of I wanna be proud to say I’m engaged to anybody,’” she recollects. “And that’s why I stated, ‘I’m not snug accepting this proper now, as a result of I’m not excited to inform my household.’”
“As hurtful as that in all probability was for him to listen to, it was the reality,” she provides. “I’m not ever gonna settle for one thing and provides somebody false hope. And I stated that to him.”
Whereas Kim’s feedback seem to recommend that Tristan proposed in December 2020, sources with insider information advised BuzzFeed Information that the athlete truly proposed to Khloé in December 2019.
The sources stated that whereas Khloé didn’t settle for Tristan’s proposal in 2019, the pair ended up discussing issues once more in February 2021, and finally did get engaged.
The insiders added that Khloé and Tristan had been engaged till she came upon about his paternity scandal in December 2021.
And whereas Khloé and Tristan by no means publicly introduced the information of their engagement, the pair dropped a number of hints about their standing over the next months.
Initially, in Season 1 of The Kardashians — which was filmed within the latter months of final yr — Khloé memorably stated marriage was the “finish aim” with Tristan after revealing that the NBA participant had mentioned the topic with not simply her, however her mother, Kris Jenner, a number of instances.
“All Tristan talks to me about generally is getting married,” Kris advised Khloé whereas the 2 had been out for lunch in Episode 9. “He’s all the time speaking about how a lot he needs to regain that belief that he is aware of that he misplaced.”
“Yeah, he talks about it on a regular basis,” Khloé agreed, earlier than elaborating in a confessional: “I’m not with Tristan to only float round with Tristan. I imply, marriage is the top aim.”
What’s extra, in Episode 7, Tristan advised Khloé that she was “by no means leaving” him because the pair mentioned their future as a pair. “Blood in, blood out… We’re household for all times,” he stated, to which she agreed: “I believe both method it goes, we’re household when you prefer it or not.”
However undoubtedly essentially the most pointed trace that Khloé dropped was the large diamond ring she started sporting in February 2021 — the very month that she and Tristan had gotten engaged.
Rumors that Tristan had popped the large query reached an all-time excessive that month, after Khloé shared a number of images rocking the ring on her left finger throughout Instagram.
She continued to put up images with the ring on in March too, and notably wore it at Tristan’s thirtieth birthday celebration that month.
And in April, Tristan left an eyebrow-raising remark underneath an image she shared that was fully centered on the ring.
Khloé by no means addressed the floods of Instagram feedback about her and Tristan’s relationship standing in response to the ring. Nonetheless, her mother, Kris, fueled the hypothesis additional after she made a cryptic comment in regards to the potential engagement throughout an look on The Ellen Present that very same month.
When requested about Khloé’s ring and the continuing hypothesis, Kris neither confirmed nor denied that the star was engaged, as an alternative saying: “That is ring. I believe she simply loves jewellery. She loves , you realize, ring!”
She then seemingly deflected issues altogether as she advised host Ellen DeGeneres, “It’s best to ask Khloe [about it].”
Quick ahead to the top of the yr, and — if all else hadn’t — Tristan’s court docket battle with Maralee seemingly confirmed that he and Khloé had truly been engaged.
Based on authorized paperwork obtained by a number of shops, Tristan advised Maralee that he and Khloé could be “married quickly” as he tried to encourage her to get an abortion. He additionally purportedly referred to the truth star as his fiancée and stated that they had been planning on publicly saying the information of their engagement.
“I’m engaged however I will probably be married quickly,” he allegedly wrote in messages to Maralee. “I advised you I gained’t and may’t be within the little one life in any respect certainly not … Why not wait until yoj discover the precise particular person to have a household with… Why would you desire a child with a person that’s engaged. You wanna preserve a mistake.”
“Only a heads up me and my fiancè gonna announce publicly about out marriage,” he added, in accordance with the filings. “Only a heads up. We in all probability shifting out the nation in September and reside both in Europe or Caribbean. Higher dwelling for us and our household away from the bs of America.” Tristan by no means publicly confirmed whether or not or not the messages had been reputable.
You possibly can watch the newest episode of The Kardashians on Hulu, or Disney+ internationally, now. The following episode will probably be launched on October 5.
