Khloe Kardashian Feels She Let Down Kendall And Kylie Over Tristan Thompson

Khloe Kardashian recalls the emotional stress from the Tristan Thompson cheating scandals, not just on herself but for her close-knit relationship with her sisters, Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner, in a candid reflection on a tumultuous chapter of her life.

On the April 16 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, the founder of Good American reflected on the 2018 heartbreak that happened only days before she welcomed her daughter, True Thompson. Amidst Khloe's struggle to process the betrayal of her then-partner Tristan Thompson, she must also carry a quieter, the disappointment of her sisters.

"I think the worst part of that experience was how much I let down my younger sisters," Khloe said, adding that Kendall and Kylie had tried to convince her not to stay with the NBA player. "cause I remember they were like, 'He's gonna do this again. Don't stay with him.'" "I don't know exactly what was said, but I just remember sort of the disappointment in them." She couldn't remember what they said, but what stuck with her most were the looks on their face, sadness and concern, and what she said you could see in their eyes that got embedded in her memory.

For Khloe, the emotional fallout was less about infidelity than it stemmed from her inability to protect the trust her sisters placed in her. Khloe, the elder sister of the three, has always been the responsible big sister with advice, a steady arm, strength, and a sense of self to lend. But in that moment, she felt she had flipped the script.

"I've always felt how much I've disappointed them by staying and doing that again," she said, referring to her decision to give Tristan a chance again despite the first scandal. That decision haunted her in 2021 when she learned that, while they were expecting a second child by surrogate, Tristan had secretly fathered a child with another woman, Maralee Nichols.

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Khloe admitted that the second betrayal hurt more, not just because of the act but because she had been expecting it. "I still feel really horrible about that because I've always been this big sister to them," she said. Maybe the second one hurt more because I lived with it in for so much longer, and maybe I've had more shame with the second scandal because I sort of knew it was gonna happen again." Despite how she felt that moment, Khloe didn't think Kendall and Kylie had any resentment toward her. "I'll never forget their faces, and I don't think for a second they would even feel like I disappointed them. But I remember those faces, and it's hard to forget something like that."

Khloe's admission highlights a rare moment of openness in a family that, even living in the spotlight, holds much of its emotional truth behind closed doors. The Kardashian-Jenner sisters have made an empire of loyalty, branding, and rock-solid family bonds. And where the best of friends are involved, what becomes clear is that, even when life partners thrive in one another, the family can throw as serious a spanner in the works as anyone could.

And she tells a universal truth that doesn't care how rich or famous you are. Sometimes, the most painful part of heartbreak isn't the sting of the person who left you but the silent disappointment you see on the faces of those who care about you most. Ultimately, Khloe's story is about more than romantic betrayal. It's a story of accountability, sisterhood tried, and the quiet bravery it, and sisterhood, you're sorry when you know you've disappointed someone not because you've been explicitly called out for it but because you've felt it in your heart.