By SAMEER SURI FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 11:10 EST, 6 March 2025 | Updated: 11:37 EST, 6 March 2025
Khloe Kardashian has made a stunning admission about her co-parenting relationship with NBA love rat Tristan Thompson.
The former couple welcomed a daughter called True, six, and a son called Tatum, two, amid an on-off romance that was rocked by Tristan's infidelities.
Now Khloe, 40, has revealed the surprising way she draws a veil over her past difficulties with Tristan for the sake of her daughter.
'True thinks me and Tristan are married,' the reality star told her best friend Malika Haqq on an episode of her family's Hulu show The Kardashians.
'It is the right thing to do, in my opinion - get married, have kids,' added Khloe, who never tied the knot with Tristan. 'That’s what I want to teach her.'
She added that she wanted to insulate her little girl from her own issues, but still harbors some misgivings about her deception.
Khloe Kardashian has made a stunning admission about her co-parenting relationship with NBA love rat Tristan Thompson; pictured 2018
'The only thing that bothers me about that would be I don’t want True going through life thinking this is what a marriage is,' she shared.
'That you’re married to someone and they don’t live with you and you never have to kiss them, or you don’t sleep in the same bed together.'
Khloe, who married and divorced Lamar Odom before taking up with Tristan, shared: 'I would love my kids to see me have a husband one day, and I would love them to see love and affection and romance.'
She felt she would be able to 'explain' the situation to True 'when she's older,' adding: 'But right now, I believe you do things for your kids because kids should not be involved in adult problems.'
Khloe and Tristan dated sporadically between 2016 and 2021, with the relationship buffeted by his repeated cheating scandals.
Less than 48 hours before True was born, DailyMail.com exclusively broke news of Tristan's alleged fling with New York City strip club bartender Lani Blair.
He and Khloe remained together then, but broke up in 2019 after Tristan shared a kiss at a party with Kylie Jenner's then best friend Jordyn Woods.
When the coronavirus lockdowns struck, Tristan and Khloe moved in together so they could both be with True - and wound up rekindling their romance as well.
The former couple welcomed a daughter called True, six, and a son called Tatum, two; Khloe is pictured with both of her children this Valentine's Day
'True thinks me and Tristan are married,' the reality star told her best friend Malika Haqq on an episode of her family's Hulu show The Kardashians.
Reports of their latest split began circulating in June 2021 as Tristan found himself denying a swirl of rumors about his fidelity.
Then DailyMail.com exclusively obtained court documents in late 2021 claiming Tristan was having a baby by fitness trainer Maralee Nichols.
Maralee gave birth on December 1 that year and released a statement a couple of weeks later along with the first public pictures of her son.
Tristan fired up his Instagram in January 2022 and confessed for the first time that he was the father of Maralee's baby, having established the fact via a paternity test.
Khloe unleashed a furious tirade against her ex in the season one finale of The Kardashians after learning about Tristan and Maralee's baby.
She made the shock discovery about Tristan when her sister Kim Kardashian read a story on DailyMail.com exclusively revealing the news that the former NBA player had admitted to fathering a child in court papers.
An emotional Khloe was seen breaking down in tears as she slammed Tristan for 'humiliating' her with another public scandal.
'I called him and was just like, what have you got to say? It was more yelling on my end, but him talking, trying to plead his case. There's not much to talk about in my opinion,' Khloe said later in the episode.
Khloe, who is divorced from Lamar Odom, shared: 'I would love my kids to see me have a husband one day, and I would love them to see love and affection and romance'
'It's a joke, it's gross, it's a joke, it's embarrassing, it's disgusting, we're all over it. I'm like, I didn't buy tickets to this f***ing circus but somehow I'm watching all these clowns act out in front of me,' she added.
'I want a refund, return to sender, I don't want to be at this show. Somehow the clowns keep coming back in this f***ing clown car and no matter what he says nothing's going to give me the answers that I'm looking for, the closure.'
Khloe first became involved with Tristan when his ex-girlfriend Jordan Craig was still pregnant with his eldest son Prince, eight.
Although Jordan claimed she was still with Tristan when he took up with Khloe, the reality star has insisted she thought he was single at the time.