Khloe Kardashian’s Most Honest Quotes About Tristan Thompson: Infidelity, Coparenting and More

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Khloe Kardashian’s Most Honest Quotes About Tristan Thompson: Infidelity, Coparenting and More

Maybe next time he’ll think before he cheats? Khloé Kardashian has not held back when it comes to her relationship with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Tristan Thompson. Two days before the reality star gave birth to daughter True in Cleveland on April 12, 2018, footage surfaced of the NBA star kissing and cozying up to another woman. Us Weekly confirmed later that month that Thompson had been unfaithful to Kardashian since at least November with five different women. While their relationship was in limbo for the following weeks, Us confirmed in May 2018 that Kardashian and Thompson were “fully back together” after the fallout of the scandal. However, as their relationship continued to make headlines and footage from the drama aired on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the Good American designer started to speak out about how Thompson’s infidelity affected her and their relationship. “His mistake was obviously humiliating and heartbreaking but I do believe that I am strong enough to endure anything,” Kardashian tweeted in November 2018. “I choose to find a life lesson in every situation, even the nasty ones. Tristan has grown from this but most importantly he is a beautiful father to our sweet baby True.” [jwplayer nx2pqORH-l3ahXupL] Three months after the initial infidelity scandal aired on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Thompson was caught cheating again. In February 2019, news broke that Thompson kissed Kylie Jenner’s then-best friend Jordyn Woods at a party in Los Angeles. The twosome subsequently called it quits after nearly three years together. “No one understands that I’m not just a TV show. Like, this is my life, and it, like, breaks my soul, and it’s happened so many times,” the Revenge Body host said through tears on KUWTK in June 2019. One year after the Woods scandal, an insider told Us that Thompson and Kardashian were on better terms and “happily coparenting” True. “There are no plans for them to get back together,” a source told Us in February 2020. After the twosome opted to quarantine together amid the coronavirus pandemic later that year, speculation surfaced that Thompson and Kardashian were back on. The reunion rumors were fueled with she rocked a giant diamond ring at her 36th birthday party in June 2020. An insider told Us at the time that the duo were not engaged or officially back together. Two months later, however, Us broke the news that the pair were giving their relationship another try, with an insider revealing that Kardashian felt "hopeful that Tristan has changed for good and will continue to grow and be the great and loyal partner that he has been" during the lockdown. "Khloé would love to give daughter True a sibling because she is at the perfect age," the source added in August 2020. Ultimately, the athlete and the reality star hit another roadblock, calling it quits once again in June 2021. By the end of the year, news broke that Thompson was being sued for child support by Maralee Nichols, who claimed she was pregnant with his third baby. In December 2021, Us exclusively confirmed that Nichols welcomed a son. Scroll through for more of Kardashian's honest quotes about her complicated relationship with Thompson: [podcast_block]

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Breaking Her Silence

After months of posting cryptic quotes on social media, Kardashian responded to a fan who tweeted she was “so disappointed” that the reality star stayed with Thompson after he cheated. “You have no knowledge of what goes on in our household or the enormous rebuilding this takes to even coexist. I’m proud of my strength,” Kardashian tweeted in June 2018. “I appreciate your opinion and I hope you hold that same opinion to everyone else who has stayed in situations.”

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Looking Back

Kardashian admitted how insane it will be to watch “what Tristan did” on Keeping Up With the Kardashians in October 2018. “Sadly, it will,” she replied to a fan on Twitter. “I signed up to show the for the good and the bad, right? The bad is very hard to relive but it’s life.” 

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Don’t Mess With Koko

The Revenge Body host revealed in November 2018 that she lost her cool after she found out Thompson was unfaithful. “Oh well thank God a camera was NOT with me in Cleveland!!! I won’t put in writing what I did but let’s just say he’s LUCKY I was 9 months pregnant,” she tweeted after a fan pointed out how “calm” her family seemed on an episode of KUTWK. “I love filming for the show and I am proud that we are all strong and brave enough to be vulnerable BUT we have to start airing shows closer to real time. This episode is about 7 months old and it’s a lot to relive all over again But maybe I need to.” 

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Still True’s Dad

While some fans thought Kardashian should have kicked Thompson out of the room as she gave birth to their daughter, she wasn’t going to let anything ruin the moment. “I wanted to have a beautiful birthing experience for myself and for the memories of what I choose to share with True when she’s older,” Kardashian tweeted in November 2018. “I want her to have videos and pictures of her daddy there, holding her etc. I want her to know she is LOVE and my happiness! Babies feel energy! I know this! I chose to put my feelings aside for the birth and to try and have as much positive energy that I could.”

She added: “I couldn’t believe that this would ever happen to me but I’m still very proud of myself for how I handled everything.True gave me the peace and strength I needed.”

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Making the Best of It

Kardashian admitted in November 2018 that she’ll “never understand” why the Cleveland Cavaliers star cheated on her. “I try to live a very honest and positive life. But I know that God doesn’t make mistakes,” she replied to a fan on Instagram in November 2018. “He wants me to go through certain things so I can grow and I [was] given a platform to hopefully help others not feel so alone and so we can grow together. I find strength [in] so many people. The greatness in my life definitely out weighs [any] bad thing that has ever happened to me. I focus on the beauty of it all.”

The same day, Kardashian wrote that Thompson has changed after the incident. “I choose to find a life lesson in every situation, even the nasty ones. Tristan has grown from this but most importantly he is a beautiful father to our sweet baby True,” she wrote to a second fan via Instagram. 

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Mama Got Mad

“Don’t make permanent decisions off temporary emotions. Me and Tristan will deal with him and I at a later time. I want to experience this magical moment, and I want this for me and my daughter, and for him at the end of the day,” Kardashian said during a November 2018 episode of KUWTK. After a fan commended her on her calmness, however, the reality TV personality revealed she “did [some] not so mature things” the day before she went into labor. “But I needed to get that out of my system,” she replied to the fan via Twitter. “Namaste all the way in the hospital."

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Emotional Highs and Lows

“I mean, it is f–ked up and he’s a complete piece of s–t,” Khloé confessed to sister Kim Kardashian during a November 2018 episode of KUWTK, which followed Khloé’s labor. The same night the episode aired, she also shared a photo from the delivery room. “This is one of the most awkward photos I have seen in a long time,” Khloé captioned a pic of herself, Thompson, Kim, Kourtney Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Malika Haqq and two other friends in the hospital. “You can feel the tension lol but it makes me laugh for some reason. I am definitely one of those people that when I am uncomfortable I nervously laugh. Welcome to my labor lol.”

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Getting Through It

Kardashian revealed in November 2018 that she was “in shock and so defeated emotionally” after she found out Thompson was unfaithful. “I’m normally always ready for war,” she tweeted at the time. In a second tweet she added: “I can’t believe I had to deal with this disgusting crap still in the hospital room! #KUWTK.” 

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Khloe’s Initial Reaction to Jordyn-Gate

“Why are you lying @jordynwoods ?? If you’re going to try and save yourself by going public, INSTEAD OF CALLING ME PRIVATELY TO APOLOGIZE FIRST, at least be HONEST about your story,” Kardashian tweeted after Woods appeared on Red Table Talk in March 2019. “BTW, You ARE the reason my family broke up!”

She later apologized for her harsh words.

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How the Drama Unfolded

“It was disgusting,” Kardashian told Scott Disick on a June 2019 episode of KUWTK about Thompson cheating with Woods. “I was just hoping for a better outcome. I was hoping for better for my daughter and myself.”

She added: “I’m not talking to him, like they’re both at fault. … Look at what he did when I was nine months pregnant. But, I knew that’s what he was. I had no idea that’s what she was.”

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On Learning to Coparent

During a joint interview with Disick in July 2019, Kardashian told Us exclusively that she looks to her sister and her ex for coparenting tips.  

“I definitely take a lot of learning [and] tips from Scott and Kourtney. They do such a seamless job at it, but I’m still … fresh,” she told Us. “I think Tristan and I broke up, like, five months ago, so it’s still sometimes awkward, but I think we’re both doing a really good job. I mean, whenever he wants to see her, he can.”

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Letting Go

“I’m not someone who holds a grudge. If I do that, it’s only going to affect me,” Kardashian said on On Air With Ryan Seacrest in September 2019. “That chapter is closed for me. I want all of us to move on and to be happy, successful people. I just want everyone to just be better people with each day. That’s genuinely how I feel.”

Kardashian added that she has to find the “humor” in the drama.

“I don’t think these things are funny all the time. You have to laugh and still move on with life and know that everything is going to be OK no matter what does happen to you,” she explained. “Things have to happen to me for me to become a better person as well, and if we can’t laugh at it, what in the hell am I going to do? Sit in a ball and cry?”

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Moving Forward

“It’s not easy for me,” Kardashian said on Jay Shetty’s “On Purpose” podcast in October 2019. “It would be easier for me to keep my daughter away and be like, ‘No, because you hurt me.’ But he never hurt True. Him and I have our own relationship, and then Tristan and True have theirs. I will never come in-between that, I don’t believe in that.”

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What Could Have Been

After a social media user tweeted that they “wished” Thompson never cheated, Kardashian replied.

“Same babe. Same lol #KUWTK,” she wrote in December 2019. “But we are coparenting so well right now. It is a great space to be in. Coparenting is such a hard space. Much respect to all coparenters.”

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On the Difficulties of Trying to Move On

“I have friends that are like, ‘I want to hook you up with someone,’ [but] I just don’t care,” Kardashian told her mom in an April 2020 episode of KUWTK. “I’m focused on myself and True and that’s just what I do. Who knows? Maybe I’ll never date again.”

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Biggest Challenge

The California native called coparenting "one of the hardest things I’ve ever done" during an October 2020 appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "You have your own personal feelings, but when you can put those aside and you just put your child first — it sounds great when you're all in love and everything, [but] when you go through something, it's such a challenge," she explained. "But to do it, I know how good I feel about myself. You put your kids first. It's hard sometimes, but it pays off."

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All In the Past

When Thompson and Kardashian discussed getting back together on KUWTK two years after he was caught kissing Woods, a Twitter user wondered, "So ... is Kylie allowed to be friends with Jordan [sic] again?"

The Good American cofounder was quick to fire back. "I'm so sick and tired of this narrative that I control my sister or dictate who she chooses to surround herself with," she replied. "Never once have I ever and I mean EVER told my sister who she can be friends with. She is an adult, who can do whatever she wants to do. ... I love my sister unconditionally!"

Kardashian continued: "Regardless of who she chooses to be friends with, I will always love, respect and value my sister unconditionally!! She is my life partner and I will always respect what she chooses!!! By the way, I have no ill feelings toward ANYONE!!! Truly. My heart carries no hatred at all. Unless you actually know what you're talking about, respectfully, SHUT THE F—K UP!"

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Totally Out of It

After Thompson's paternity scandal made headlines in December 2021, the Hulu star clarified a seemingly shady facial expression she made toward Halle Berry at the People's Choice Awards that month. "That's disappointing my face gave that expression. Halle Berry is such a force," Kardashian tweeted. "Absolutely Stunning and beyond talented. Tbh I'm barely in my own body right now. Please don't read into anything. Also please don't tear me apart because you assumed something."

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On Her Own

During the season 2 premiere of The Kardashians, which debuted in September 2022, Khloe opened up about gearing up to have a baby “without [a] partner.”

“I wanted to expand our family and, like, do it as a family. I just think it’s a lot for me to be like, ‘OK, I guess I’m doing this all by myself.’ And Tristan is a great dad. … When I had True, I found out 48 hours before she was born that Tristan was cheating on me and then I went into labor weeks early because I was so stressed out,” she said.

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‘Bamboozled’

“[Tristan is], of course, like, excited and wants this. He keeps asking me questions and I just won’t answer him,” Khloé said of the months leading up to baby No. 2. “I was definitely very angry and I think feeling bamboozled. All I know is I was being encouraged to do it by a certain date. In hindsight, he always knew when the other baby was being born, and especially getting the paperwork that we saw — he found out July 2.”

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‘Dark Cloud’

Fans watched Khloé’s son’s birth on the season 2 premiere of The Kardashians.

“Ever since December, it’s been this dark cloud looming over me. Every single day, I’ve been feeling depressed and sad, and now that my son is here, I get to move on, and I get to enjoy. It’s almost like I get to close that chapter and be done with this trauma and put it behind me. Now I finally get to start the healing process. Now I get to start enjoying my life with two kids in it and figuring this out,” she said.

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Finding Forgiveness

"It is probably through practice [that I was able to forgive Tristan]," Khloé said during an October 2022 episode of The Kardashians, while reflecting on how their relationship changed so quickly.

"I think a lot of people maybe forget that I have been through a lot of bulls--t. My ex-husband [Lamar Odom], when we were married he definitely had a very public drug problem," she added in a confessional. "He was found in a brothel and there were a lot of things that probably aren't forgivable. And I am still able to forgive him and move on and want the best for him. It only hurts me by holding on to all this stuff so let go and let God."

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'You Are Truly the Best Father, Brother and Uncle'

Khloé gushed over her ex in celebration of his 32nd birthday in March 2023.

"Happy birthday @realtristan13. You are truly the best father, brother & uncle. Your love, attention, silly dances, hugs, carpool rides, bed time rituals, the way u show up for them. All of the above means more than you’ll ever know to your family of littles," she penned via Instagram, alongside a series of family photos and videos. "My birthday wish for u is that u continue to crave change, healing, and transformation. Be strong, be kind, be patient, be free. Continue to Make your soul and your mommy proud. Happy birthday baby daddy."