Khloe Kardashian has revealed that she rejected Tristan Thompson’s proposal.
On Wednesday’s episode of Hulu’s The Kardashians, the 38-year-old explained that she turned down her former beau’s proposal because she wasn’t “comfortable” with where they were in their relationship.
“What I said, is that I need to make sure this is a totally different relationship,” the Good American founder told her sister Kim. “Because I want to be proud to say I’m engaged to anyone. And that’s why I said, ‘you know, I’m not comfortable accepting this right now, because I’m not excited to tell my family.'”
Khloe admitted that her rejection was probably “hurtful” for Tristan to hear, but she knew she needed to stay true to herself, adding: “I’m not ever going to accept something and give someone false hope—and I said that to him.”
Kim revealed she only found out about the proposal because Tristan told her.
“I asked him months later, the night after I thought it happened,” she told her younger sister, “and he’s like, ‘Oh, I did it months ago. She didn’t tell you guys?'”
Kim further explain that Tristan had called her to share his plans to propose on Valentine’s Day 2021.
“Which was like a year since they had drama,”the SKIMS founder noted in a confessional. “And then I called him the day after and I was like, ‘Hey, I never heard anything from Khloe. Oh my god, did you propose?’ And he was like, ‘Oh yeah, I did in December.'”
Khloe and Tristan have been in an on-off relationship since 2016.
The former couple welcomed their second child last month via surrogacy.
They had kept the pregnancy a secret until July, for fear of a “media frenzy” following the NBA player’s paternity scandal.
In December 2021, it was revealed that Tristan had fathered a child with personal trainer Maralee Nichols.
Maralee became pregnant with the NBA player’s third child in March, and gave birth to their son on December 1.
It is understood Khloe was still in a relationship with Tristan when he had sex with Maralee, as she threw him a 30th birthday party that same month.
Khloe and Tristan first started dating back in 2016, but their relationship hit the rocks when the NBA star was accused of cheating – just days before Khloe gave birth to their daughter True in April 2018.
The reality star controversially decided to stand by Tristan, but less than one year later, he was caught kissing family friend Jordyn Woods at a house party in February 2019.
Khloe dumped the basketball player, but she decided to give their relationship another chance in 2020 – after they grew close during lockdown.
Months later, the couple split again in June 2021 after Tristan was accused of cheating with Instagram model Sydney Chase, but the pair reconciled towards the end of the year.
Just weeks later, Tristan’s paternity scandal hit headlines in December, putting an end to his relationship with Khloe once and for all.
After a paternity test confirmed that Tristan is the father of Maralee’s son, he took to his Instagram Stories to publicly apologise to Khloe.
He wrote: “Today, paternity test results revealed 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 apologise to everyone I’ve hurt or disappointed throughout this ordeal both publicly and privately.”
Addressing Khloe directly, Tristan wrote: “Khloe, you don’t deserve the heartache and humiliation my actions have 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 and love for you. Regardless of what you may think. Again, I am so incredibly sorry.”
Tristan is also father to his four-year-old son Prince, whom he shares with his ex Jordan Craig, and four-year-old daughter True, whom he shares with Khloe.
