Khloe Kardashian is clearing up the ongoing speculation about her relationship with Tristan Thompson.
Despite frequent sightings of the exes together as they raise their two children, the reality star says there’s no romantic reunion happening behind the scenes.
Talking on the Nov. 19 episode of her Khloe In Wonder Land podcast, the 41-year-old said she often hears people question her boundaries.
“I think what I find so funny is that people are always like, ‘How do you let Tristan back in?’” she shared.
“And I’m like, ‘Well, Tristan is not back in.’ He’s just the father of my kids, so he’s going to be around his kids and I’m really grateful that he is.”
For Khloe, co-parenting with Tristan, 34, is something she values, not something that signals a rekindled romance.
She explained that seeing him form a strong bond with True, 7, and Tatum, 3, is what matters most.
“I love that he has a great relationship with his kids. I think that’s a beautiful blessing and I’m never going to get in the way of that,” she said, adding that she believes keeping that connection strong is important for their children.
Because Tristan lives nearby, he often stops by Khloe’s home to tuck the kids into bed. But she made it clear that moments like these are strictly about parenting duties.
Once True and Tatum are asleep, he heads out. Khloe said they apply the same boundary-focused approach when they come together for birthdays, school milestones or other family moments.
While their co-parenting looks smooth today, Khloe acknowledged that getting to this point wasn’t easy.
After the cheating scandal that ended their relationship in late 2021, she said she needed “a lot of therapy” and worked through her “healing” on her own timeline.
That personal work, she explained, is the reason she can now interact with Tristan without emotional complications.
“I’m not invested in Tristan in a romantic way, so he doesn’t affect me when he does come around,” she said.
To her, he feels like a familiar friend who comes by to spend time with the kids. “Hey, what’s up? Thank you so much. Have fun with the kids,” she added, describing their dynamic as “chill.”
Khloe made sure fans understood that healthy co-parenting doesn’t equal reconciliation, it’s simply two parents doing their best for their children after a complicated past.
