MARALEE Nichols has ripped an online troll for their remark about her relationship with Tristan Thompson.
The model gave birth to Tristan‘s child, a son, Theo, in December 2021, and the NBA star has reportedly not been involved in the toddler’s life.
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Despite their rocky co-parenting relationship, Maralee, 33, wasn’t pleased to see critics mocking their relationship on social media and didn’t hold back with her response.
After Maralee posted a photo and video on Instagram of her donning a skintight metallic silver dress to a Christmas gathering, one person mentioned her baby daddy in the comments.
“Tristen is a fool, if you were mine, at least three more kids with u,” they wrote.
“Agree Khloe [Kardashian] is a bossy annoying one …” another said, referencing Tristan’s ex, Khloe, 39, the mother of his two kids: True, five, and Tatum, one.
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Maralee then stepped in to defend her past relationship with Tristan, 32.
“I was definitely not a one night stand. That’s a false and defamatory statement you’re making about me,” she snapped.
She also shared that Theo was “thriving” after a fan asked for an update on the tot.
LOVE CHILD
The fitness guru conceived her only son with Tristan when he was supposedly exclusively dating Khloe.
Fans learned about the alleged affair shortly before Theo’s birth, and the moment Khloe found out was documented on her family’s Hulu reality series, The Kardashians.
It was also just after Khloe completed an egg retrieval to have her and Tristan’s second child via surrogate.
Khloe claimed that she and Tristan have not been romantically involved since the scandal broke, although the basketball star has been closely integrated within the Kardashian-Jenner family.
He’s also appeared regularly on their show and apologized on-camera to Khloe’s sisters, Kourtney, 44, and Kylie, 26, for his past behavior.
However, his relationship with Maralee still appears to be non-existent, and Tristan reportedly has no interest in getting to know their son either.
ABSENT DAD
In December 2022, TMZ reported that Tristan and Maralee agreed that the Chicago Bulls alum would pay $9,500 a month in child support.
Sources also said that Maralee had sole custody of Theo, and Tristan had no plans to visit the youngster.
That might not be surprising given Tristan initially offered to pay Maralee $75,000 in hush money instead of paying monthly child support, according to legal documents from August 2022.
The athlete reportedly told his baby mama that she would be better off with the $75,000 because she wouldn’t get much from him in child support.
Theo turned two earlier this month, and while Maralee shared sweet posts on Instagram in honor of the birthday boy, Tristan remained quiet.
Tristan is also responsible for child support payments for his eldest son, Prince, six, whom he shares with his ex, Jordan Craig, 32.
However, in court documents filed in September, Jordan claimed the sports star hadn’t followed through with their agreement and still owed her thousands.
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