It can be hard to keep up with Khloe Kardashian's on-again, off-again relationship with Tristan Thompson, but he just admitted that he had a kid with someone else within the last year.
The Canadian basketball player took to his Instagram story to publicly admit that he'd been unfaithful to Khloe Kardashian. But this time he didn't just kiss her sister's best friend; he now has a child with another woman.
Thompson says he took a paternity test and he is indeed the father of a recently-born child with Maralee Nichols, a personal trainer in Houston.
"Today, paternity test results reveal that I fathered a child with Marlee Nichols. I take full responsibility for my actions," Thompson confirmed on his story Monday.
"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."
Tristan previously disputed the allegations that he had fathered a child with Nichols and even wanted her to terminate the pregnancy, the Daily Mail reported based on court documents.
He allegedly told Nichols that he would not provide support to the child if she decided to go through with the pregnancy.
"You know how I feel. My feelings haven't changed at all. Won't be involved at all. Btw if you think having this baby is gonna make you some money. It's completely wrong," Thompson allegedly told Nichols via text message, according to the report.
The Sacramento Kings star has a five-year-old son with former girlfriend Jordan Craig and a three-year-old daughter with Khloe.
Thompson on Monday took a moment out to apologize to Khloe explicitly for the "heartache and humiliation" he's caused her over the years.
This isn't the first time the couple's relationship issues have played out in public.
Thompson has been accused of cheating on multiple occasions, including most famously in 2019 when he reportedly kissed Jordyn Woods, Kylie Jenner's best friend.
"Khloe, you don't deserve this," he wrote in his apology on Monday.
"My actions certainly have not lined up with the way I view you. I have the utmost respect and love for you. Regardless of that, you may think. Again, I am so incredibly sorry."
