{"id":2354261,"date":"2026-04-01T14:41:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2354261"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:41:23","slug":"tristan-thompson-claims-the-mothers-of-his-kids-are-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tristan-thompson-claims-the-mothers-of-his-kids-are-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Tristan Thompson Claims the Mothers of His Kids Are Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/tristan-thompson\/\"><strong>Tristan Thompson<\/strong><\/a> made a rare comment about how the mothers of his kids \u2014 including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/khloe-kardashian\/\"><strong>Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 are now \u201call friends\u201d after past drama.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re all friends. We\u2019re all family,\u201d Thompson, 35, shared on a recent episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=uA0gyNiAcx8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Katie Miller Podcast\u201d<\/a> about the different dynamics. \u201cWe all have each other\u2019s contact info. We\u2019re all in a great place, because I think that\u2019s the No. 1 thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cAt the end of the day \u2014 no matter how you chop it up and no matter how you want to put it together \u2014 we\u2019re all tied together. We\u2019re all family, and our kids are all siblings. They\u2019re going to be in each other\u2019s life for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/celebrity-exes-who-successfully-coparent-together-pics\/\">credited everyone in the situation<\/a> for being \u201cmature enough to understand what\u2019s the most important thing,\u201d adding, \u201cIt\u2019s our little tribe. \u2026 Coparenting [has been] great. The mothers of my children, they\u2019ve been amazing. All of us are mature enough to understand that we all want to be great as parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The professional basketball player is glad to be \u201con the same line of communication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what we\u2019ve learned is that we just want the best for our children. It\u2019s very easy to coparent when you have the same beliefs that you want best for the kids. Life is life,\u201d he explained. \u201cAs long as you have a strong support system and our tribe is tight and we have each other\u2019s back, that\u2019s the most beautiful thing. Shout-out to my kids\u2019 mothers, they\u2019re phenomenal. They make my life easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-moms\/pictures\/tristan-thompsons-family-guide-his-parents-siblings-and-kids\/\">has repeatedly made headlines<\/a> for his personal life. He started dating Kardashian, 41, in 2016 after his split from <strong>Jordan Craig<\/strong> as the former couple awaited the arrival of their son, Prince, now 9.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4056835\" style=\"width: 768px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:133.28571428571%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n From left: Prince, Dream, True and Tatum.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Tristan Thompson\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/khloe-kardashians-divorce-prepared-her-for-tristan-cheating-scandal\/\">became a father again when Kardashian<\/a> gave birth to daughter True, now 7. Days before True\u2019s arrival in 2018, Thompson cheated on his then-pregnant girlfriend with multiple women. Kardashian and Thompson initially stayed together but split when he kissed her sister <strong>Kylie Jenner<\/strong>\u2019s BFF <strong>Jordyn Woods<\/strong> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> confirmed in August 2020 that<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/khloe-kardashian-and-tristan-thompsons-relationship-timeline-w505561\/\"> Kardashian and Thompson were giving<\/a> their romance another chance. Less than one year later, they called it quits again. The pair briefly reconciled in late 2021 before ending it for good when Thompson welcomed a baby with another woman named <strong>Maralee Nichols<\/strong>. <em>Us<\/em> later confirmed Thompson and Kardashian\u2019s surrogate was pregnant with their second baby, son Tatum (now 3), at the same time of Thompson\u2019s affair with Nichols.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/tristan-thompsons-dating-history-khloe-kardashian-jordyn-woods\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tristan-Thompson-Dating-History.jpg?crop=2px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=40&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Tristan Thompson Dating History\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Tristan-Thompson-Dating-History.jpg?quality=55&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/tristan-thompsons-dating-history-khloe-kardashian-jordyn-woods\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Tristan Thompson\u2018s Dating History: From Khloe Kardashian to Jordyn Woods<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tTristan Thompson\u2018s dating life has made headlines over the years, and not only because of his high-profile relationship with Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian. The athlete dated Jordan Craig from 2014 until 2016. Following their split, Craig discovered she was expecting a child. The exes welcomed son Prince in December 2016. Us Weekly confirmed that the professional basketball [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI take full responsibility for my actions,\u201d Thompson wrote via his Instagram Story at the time before the arrival of his and Nichols\u2019 son, Theo, now 4. \u201cNow that paternity has been established I look forward to amicably raising our son. I sincerely apologize to everyone I\u2019ve hurt or disappointed throughout this ordeal both publicly and privately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-khloe-kardashian-slapped-tristan-thompson-after-romantic-gesture\/\">issued an apology to Kardashian<\/a> for his multiple cheating scandals, writing, \u201cKhlo\u00e9, you don\u2019t deserve this. You don\u2019t deserve the heartache and humiliation I have caused you. You don\u2019t deserve the way I have treated you over the years. My actions certainly have not lined up with the way I view you. I have the utmost respect and love for you. Regardless of what you may think. Again, I am so incredibly sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the years since the drama, Thompson has found a new normal with his exes. When asked about being the dad of four kids, he replied, \u201cIt\u2019s just about having a schedule. The beauty is that all my kids are relatively around the same age and they love spending time with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thompson praised each of his kids individually \u2014 without addressing Theo by name \u2014 before admitting he wouldn\u2019t rule out expanding his family again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf God has it in my plans, so be it,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m open. I love children.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tristan Thompson made a rare comment about how the mothers of his kids \u2014 including Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian \u2014 are now \u201call friends\u201d after past drama. \u201cWe\u2019re all friends. We\u2019re all family,\u201d Thompson, 35, shared on a recent episode of \u201cThe Katie Miller Podcast\u201d about the different dynamics. \u201cWe all have each other\u2019s contact info. 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