Khloe Kardashian Was Secretly Engaged To Tristan Thompson For 9 Months Before His Paternity Scandal

Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson were secretly engaged for 9 months! The Good American founder, 38, accepted a connection from the NBA star, 31, successful February 2021 that lasted for astir a year, per PEOPLE magazine. The engagement was called off, per the publication, successful Dec. 2021 — which coincides with quality of the Toronto autochthonal cheating connected her with Maralee Nichols, who besides gave commencement to Tristan’s lad Theo, present 10 months, that aforesaid month. During the model of engagement, Khloe and Tristan were actively trying to person a 2nd kid via IVF, successfully implanting an embryo via surrogate who gave commencement to their lad connected July 28, 2022.

The study follows the Sept. 29 occurrence of Hulu’s The Kardashians wherever Khloe revealed that Tristan had projected a separate, archetypal clip successful Dec. 2019, telling sister Kim Kardashian that she really said no to the begetter of her girl True, 4, and present son, 2 months old. Khloe and Tristan person yet to corroborate the child’s name.

Khloe Kardashian is seen holding hands with ex Tristan Thompson, who she was secretly engaged to. (Backgrid)

“I said, ‘I request to marque definite this is simply a wholly antithetic relationship. I privation to beryllium arrogant to accidental I’m engaged to anyone,’” Khloe explained to her sister. “So that’s wherefore I said, ‘I’m not comfy accepting this close now. I’m not excited to archer my family.’ As hurtful arsenic that astir apt was to perceive for him, it was the truth. I’m not going to judge thing and springiness idiosyncratic mendacious hope.”

Tristan Thompson is seen with his girl True and ex Khloe Kardashian. (Backgrid)

Notably, 2019 was a tumultuous clip for the pair: earlier that year, Tristan had inappropriately kissed Kylie Jenner‘s erstwhile BFF Jordyn Woods astatine a enactment — not lone ending Khloe’s romanticist relationship, but besides severing Jordyn’s adjacent ties with the Kardashian-Jenner clan. That wasn’t Tristan’s lone clip cheating: helium was besides caught motorboating a pistillate connected camera during Khloe’s gestation with True, with the video being released conscionable days earlier the manner CEO went into labour with her girl successful April 2018. Khloe has antecedently said the accent of the concern caused her to spell into labour early.

As for that first, turned-down proposal, Kim gave viewers a wide timeline of however it each went down. “I’ll ne'er hide Tristan calling maine and helium was gonna suggest to her connected Valentine’s Day, which was a twelvemonth since they had play truthful this was past Valentine’s Day,” she said successful a confessional. “And past I called him the time aft and I was like, ‘Hey, I ne'er heard thing from Khloé. Oh my god, did you propose?’ and helium was like, ‘Oh yeah, I did successful December.’ Oh my God, she didn’t archer us!” she exclaimed, surprised.

The engagement was ne'er confirmed by Khloe oregon featured connected their erstwhile show, E!’s Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Khloe was seen rocking a precise ample ringing successful aboriginal 2021 on that finger, starring fans to speculate she was engaged. Mom Kris Jenner, 66, coyly answered an inquisitive Ellen DeGeneres astir the ringing successful question backmost successful March 2021. “That’s a bully ring. I deliberation she conscionable loves jewelry, she loves a bully — you cognize — ring. You should inquire Khloe that!” the momager teased.