Kardashian gives birth amid scandal
When Khloe Kardashian gave birth Thursday morning to her first child, the baby’s father, pro basketball star Tristan Thompson, was there despite the cheating scandal swirling around him, TMZ and other outlets reported.
Kardashian gave birth to her daughter around 4 a.m at a hospital outside Cleveland. HermotherKris Jenner and sisters Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian were there. The baby’s name and other details were not reported.
Thompson, a Cleveland Cavaliers player had also been invited into the delivery room, despite the fact that he reportedly left Kardashian devastated and “ballistic” after news broke this week that he had been unfaithful to her withmultiple women.
By Thursday afternoon, plans were already in place tomove Khloe Kardashian and her daughter to California, away from Thompson.
“Khloe’s assistant is on the ground in Cleveland packing her up and preparing for Khloe’s move back to L.A.,” an unnamed source told US Weekly.
Kardashian had relocated to Thompson’s hometown of Cleveland to enjoy the final stretch of her pregnancy and to give birth to her baby at an area hospital. When news surfaced about Thompson and his alleged trysts with other women, it was too late in her pregnancy for her to fly back to Los Angeles. Kris Jenner and Kim and Kourtney Kardashian rushed to Cleveland to be by her side.
As for having Thompson with her, sources told TMZ that Khloe Kardashian understood the importance of the birth in the lives of everyone involved and believed that the bond between her daughter and Thompson could be cemented in the delivery room.
Kardashian’s labor started the day after reports began surfacing in various outlets that her NBA boyfriend had cheated on her in October, when she was three months pregnant, and more recently over the weekend, when he was traveling with his team in New York City.