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Khloe Kardashian kept baby news with Tristan Thompson a secret ‘to protect her mental health’-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro
The child’s birth is reported to be ‘imminent’.
Khloe Kardashian wanted to ‘protect her mental health’ from public judgement in keeping her baby news quiet (Picture: Hulu; Getty)
Khloe Kardashian reportedly kept her baby news a secret to ‘protect her mental health.’
The reality star is expecting a baby via surrogate with NBA star Tristan Thompson via surrogate, with the news being announced earlier this week.
Khloe confirmed the news via her reps after it was leaked and reported by TMZ on Wednesday, though Tristan has yet to publicly comment.
The baby was conceived in November, before Tristan took a paternity test and was found to have fathered a baby with another woman, and the birth is reported to be ‘imminent’.
His son, Theo, was born to Maralee Nichols in December; he also shares five-year-old son Prince with Jordan Craig.
Khloe and Tristan also share four-year-old daughter True, and Khloe was devastated when a paternity test proved he had fathered a child with another woman.
Now a source has indicated to E! News that this is one of the reasons the Kardashians star kept the pregnancy tightly under wraps.
The couple were together on and off for years and have a four-year-old daughter (Picture: Getty)
They said she kept the pregnancy a secret ‘to protect her mental health from judgement from the public as a result of Tristan’s actions.’
As well as this, the source indicated that the pregnancy was kept quiet ‘to protect surrogate privacy and safety.’
A rep for Khloe told Metro.co.uk on Wednesday: ‘We can confirm True will have a sibling who was conceived in November.
‘Khloe is incredibly grateful to the extraordinary surrogate for such a beautiful blessing. We’d like to ask for kindness and privacy so that Khloe can focus on her family.’
Tristan and Khloe’s baby was apparently conceived before she knew the NBA star had fathered a child with another woman (Picture: Getty Images)
Khloe split from Tristan following a cheating scandal, which played out on the famous family’s reality series on Hulu and the pair are not currently together.
The TV show revealed that Khloe only learned of Tristan being unfaithful to her again when the rest of the word did, which she branded ‘an additional slap in my face’.
And in June, Khloe was forced to set the record straight on rumours that she was dating NBA star Tristan again.
She wrote on a Kardashiansfan page that the rumours were ‘definitely NOT true.’
Khloe had described Tristan’s infidelity as a ‘slap in the face.’ (Picture: Hulu / BACKGRID)
‘Thank you for the nice wishes but I am not seeing a soul. I am focusing on my daughter and myself for a while,’ she said.
The reality TV icon, 38, has been in an on and off relationship with the sporting star, 31, since 2016.
Maralee Nichols, 31, revealed in December that she had given birth to a baby boy, Theo, after having an affair with the NBA star while he was still dating Khloe.
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He had initially denied that the child was his, but later apologised publicly to Khloe after a paternity test proved he was the father.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to reps for Khloe and Tristan for comment.
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