Khloe Kardashian and ex Tristan Thompson have welcomed their second child together, a boy, a rep for the reality star exclusively confirms to Page Six.
News broke on July 13 that the on-again, off-again couple were expecting a child, seven months after their latest breakup.
“Khloé is incredibly grateful to the amazing surrogate for such a beautiful blessing,” Kardashian’s rep told Page Six at the time.
“We would like to ask for kindness and privacy so that Khloé can focus on her family,” the statement concluded.
An insider continued to explain The New York Post that Kardashian, 38, and Thompson, 31, have not gotten back together and have not spoken outside of parenting their 4-year-old daughter, True.
The Kardashians The star welcomed True in April 2018, a year after the athlete became a father to son Prince, now 5, with ex Jordan Craig.
While Kardashian and Thompson split in February 2019 after multiple cheating scandals on their part, they reconciled the following year, only for the NBA player to cheat again.
Thompson admitted to having sex with Maralee Nichols in March 2021 in court documents released nine months later.
“Her whole statement is on this thing, which is, ‘I slept with her,'” Kim Kardashian said in a June episode of the family’s Hulu show documenting the December 2021 drama.
The 41-year-old Skims founder also noted at the time that Nichols was pregnant with a child, saying: “All that’s so sad is that [Khloé] wants a child Now this girl has a boy king? A random fucking king he sleeps with for one night? Fuck him!”
Nichols gave birth to a son named Theo later that month.
Kylie Jenner called Thompson “the worst person on the planet” when the news broke, while Kourtney Kardashian slammed his “endless betrayal”.
Although Khloé told Robin Roberts in April that Thompson is “not the type” for her, and that she is now dating a private equity investor, she and Thompson conceived their child in November 2021 before let his latest transgression come to light.
Before their split, the former couple were talking about their plans to give True a sibling.
“I feel like now is the time to have another child,” Khloé said in February 2021. Keeping up with the Kardashians episode
“I think I’m ready to do the whole pregnancy thing again,” the former E! personality added at that time. “This process may take time. I have no idea. I want to be ready.”
Four months later, Khloé told Andy Cohen that her surrogate “failed,” explaining, “It’s a very tedious and hard process.”
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