Is Tristan Thompson’s Paternity Drama on The Kardashians?
The Kardashians on Hulu is obviously a few months behind real life (the events of the show are currently taking place in October 2021), which means Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson are very much together on screen. But we all know that in January, Tristan confirmed reports that he fathered a third child during a relationship with Maralee Nichols, which seemingly took place while he and Khloé Kardashian were dating. And Hulu’s cameras just happened to be around for Khloé finding out.
“Well for that particular moment, my crew was there,” The Kardashians executive producer Danielle King tells Hulu. “We were there to film something else early in the morning and the morning that news broke, we legitimately just happened to be there. We have that moment on camera. And I know sometimes it’s tough for the audience to kind of grasp like ‘Oh, did they go back and did they capture this?’ But there were so many moments that we genuinely captured just because we’re almost always there. There’s almost always a camera going.”
Tristan confirmed news that he’d fathered a child on January 4th, saying in a statement “Today, paternity test results reveal that I fathered a child with Maralee Nichols. I take full responsibility for my actions. Now that paternity has been established, I look forward to amicably raising our son. I sincerely apologize to everyone I’ve hurt or disappointed throughout this ordeal both publicly and privately.”
He continued with a direct apology to Khloé, saying, “Khloé, you don’t deserve this. You don’t deserve the headache and humiliation I caused you. You don’t 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 for you. Regardless of what you may think. Again, I am so incredibly sorry.”
Khloé and Tristan currently have a coparenting relationship and get along well. As she told ABC in early April, “I still think he’s a great guy and a great dad, he’s just not the guy for me.”
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