One year ago,Khloé Kardashian‘s world was turned upside down.
Just days before theKeeping Up with the Kardashiansstar gave birth to daughterTrue Thompsonon April 12, her ex-boyfriendTristan Thompsonwasvideotaped getting closeto an unidentified woman in a New York City Lounge.
At the time, TMZ also posted footage recorded in October 2017 allegedly depicting Thompson, 28, kissing one woman while a different woman groped him at the Darna hookah lounge outside of Washington D.C.
Asource claimedthat “Tristan has been consistently cheating on Khloé,” and added, “He’s a serial cheater. And there will be more women to come out of the woodwork.” (He never commented on the allegations.)
“First [ex-husband Lamar Odom]cheated on herand now Tristan,” the insider said. “She’s been through so much.”
The Kardashian-Jenner family was crushed for the new mom. “They are heartbroken for Khloé. They didn’t realize how deceptive Tristan could really be,” said the source.
A source close to the family told PEOPLE that she was simply focused “on the positives.”
“As far as she knew, there were no negatives,” the insider said. “Once she made the decision to commit, she was all in and trusting.”
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The friend of the family said the reality star “was beyond head over heels” with Thompson. “He was her everything. They had a life together. She honestly thought he treated her like gold, like a queen,” the source said. “[He] gave her everything, doted on her, told her how beautiful she was. To her, life was perfect. And it all just came crashing down.”
Before True’s birth, Khloé had been beennesting in Cleveland, Ohio— where Thompson plays for the Cavaliers — with the NBA player as they awaited the arrival of their daughter.
And Khloé allowed Thompson to be in the delivery room for the birth.
“Khloé labored with [momKris Jenner] yesterday at the hospital. Tristan was there for the birth,” aKUWTKsource told PEOPLE on April 12, 2018. “He has practice today, but will spend as much time at the hospital as possible.”
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Khloé appeared to be quick to forgive Thompson.
“She’s basically already forgiven him,” the source added. “She is in a bubble of love and peace and happiness right now, and everything that happened with Tristan is less about ‘cheating’ and more like, it was just a random drunken hookup that meant nothing and was kissing at most and didn’t lead to anything else and was the fault of stupid groupies trying to trap him, and everybody just needs to move on.”
And an insider said the mom would likely stay with Thompson.
“She’s a hopeless romantic and she’ll try to make this work. She tried forever to make it work with Lamar Odom. She’s having a child with Tristan, and she’s going to try to rebuild this,” a source said.
Weeks after True’sbirth, a source told PEOPLE that despite her initial plan tofly to Los Angelesas soon as possible, Khloé wasstaying putat Thompson’s home in Cleveland “indefinitely.”
As far as rekindling her romance with the basketball player or breaking things off, though, the source said Khloé was “delaying that conversation until she’s ready.”
Another source recently told PEOPLE the new mom wasn’t “ready to give up on her relationship with Tristan.”
“She’sstill very torn,” said the insider. “She doesn’t want to make a decision right now.”
According to the source, Thompson “wants them to be together.”
“It seems he’s willing to get help,” said the source. “He admits his behavior is completely wrong.”
Come summertime, Khloé, True and Thompson spent extended time in Los Angeles with her famous family.
While Khloé ntended to move back to Cleveland with True to be with Thompson when his basketball season started, the relocation wasput on holdas she dealt with the aftermath of the scandal.
And exactly six months after True was born, and half a year since the public learned that Thompson had allegedly been unfaithful, she hinted that she and Thompson’s relationship could be nearing its end.
“In 6 months time you can either be in the same place or a better place,”she sharedin a first text post on her Instagram Story in October. “Focus everyday on improving your Health, Wealth, and Happiness. It will take time but you can make it happen.”
Khloé shared in a second post, “You become a master of your life when you learn how to control where your attention goes. Value what you give your energy and time to.”
Weeks later, the couple put on a united front as they spent True’s firstHalloweentogether as a family.
But in early November, Khloé further opened up about how “uncomfortable” it was for her torelive the memoriesfrom the moment she first found out about Thompson’s scandal, especially onKeeping Up with the Kardashians.
“Tonight’s episode is an uncomfortable and super emotional one for me, but when we signed up for this show over a decade ago, we signed up for a reality show, which meant showing you guys inside our lives, the good, the bad and the ugly,”wrote Khloéon Instagram alongside a clip from the show.
“To relive these moments all over again is incredibly difficult emotionally but I also hope that with every trail [sic], tribulation and curve ball life throws at us, that we ALL get to learn from our journeys,” she continued.
In a sweet note, she added that their daughterTruehas been “the ultimate gift.”
“Amidst the tough times, I have been blessed with the ultimate gift, my angel who has changed my life in ways I never could have imagined,” she wrote. “Remember that you are never alone in your pain, and that everything is temporary. Pain, joy, elation, panic, anxiety, it is all temporary. Be grateful for the experiences that continue to build character, and make you who you are.”
Still, it was important for Khloé to prioritize family and forgiveness above her feelings, choosing to spendThanksgivingwith True and Thompson in Cleveland at the end of November.
“Khloé is taking True to Cleveland for Thanksgiving,”a sourcetold PEOPLE. “Tristan has a game and can’t make it to L.A. It’s True’s first Thanksgiving, so Khloé wants them to be together.”
Although Khloé and Thompson appeared tonot have spent Christmas togetherdue to his traveling basketball schedule, the pair did celebrate New Year’s Eve together — and evenrang in 2019 with a kiss.
But more than a month later, Khloe’s world was rocked for a second time, when news broke that Thompson had been inappropriate withKylie Jenner‘s best friendJordyn Woods.
During an episode ofJada Pinkett Smith’s Facebook Watch showRed Table Talk, Woods, 21,admitted to having kissed Thompson, but adamantly denied having sex with him at a house party.
“It was like a kiss on the lips, but no tongue kiss, no making out,” she said. “Nothing. But I don’t think that he’s wrong either, because I allowed myself to be in that position. And when alcohol’s involved, people make dumb moves or people get caught up in the moment.”
While Woods admitted that she “shouldn’t even have been there,” she insisted to Pinkett Smith, 47, that she is “no homewrecker.”
“I know I’m not the reason Tristan and Khloé aren’t together,” Woods said.
As the interview aired, Khloé slammed the model on Twitter and accused her of lying.
The reality star quickly followed up with a second tweet, calling out the NBA player for his role in the scandal.
“Tristan is equally to blamebut Tristan is the father of my child,” she tweeted. “Regardless of what he does to me I won’t do that to my daughter. He has been addressing this situation PRIVATELY. If Tristan were to lie publicly about what conspired,then yes I would address him publicly as well.”
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One day later, despite her initial harsh criticism of Woods,Khloé had a change of heartand placed the blame fully on Thompson.
“This has been an awful week & I know everyone is sick of hearing about it all (as am I). I’m a rollercoaster of emotions & have said things I shouldn’t have,” shewroteon Twitter. “Honestly, Tristan cheating on me & humiliating me, wasn’t such a shock as the first time.”
Throughout the difficult past year, Khloé has prioritized both raising her daughter, who turns 1 on Friday, and her family above any drama that comes and goes.
Two weeks after the scandal with Woods, Khloé praised Thompson as a father.
Responding to a fan who tweeted that all True “needs is her mom,” Khloé called Thompson a “good dad.”
source: people.com
