Tristan Thompson explains why he kept cheating on Khloé Kardashian

NBA star Tristan Thompson has opened up about when he continuously cheated on Khloé Kardashian.

The Kardashian and Thompson were first romantically linked in 2016 and went on to have a very on-off relationship. Now, they are not currently together but share two children.

Their relationship has been plagued with cheating accusations, many of which Tristan has admitted to, and the basketball player has since explained himself.

Just before pair's first child, True, was born, Tristan was pictured being intimate with another woman by TMZ and the Mail Online.

More details followed, alongside a video of the basketball player with another two women.

The pair ended up getting back together, but it was a rocky path, and then in February, 2019, rumours arose surrounding Tristan and Kylie Jenner's best friend, Jordyn Woods.

Tristan and Khloé got back together again, more rumours followed and so on and so forth until now as they're co-parenting but not currently together.

And in a recent episode of The Kardashians, Tristan has reflected on his behaviour, as well as addressing one particular cheating accusation in particular.

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On this week's episode of the reality TV show, Tristan sits down with Kourtney Kardashian and Kylie to discuss his past infidelity when in a relationship with Khloé.

Kourtney doesn't hold back with the basketball player, asking if he 'feel[s] anything' the day after he does 'the deed' with other women.

Tristan reflects: "For me personally, when I cheat, I feel disgusted the next day with guilt. I was just cheating for an action, just cheating for a feeling, but also it really came down to not knowing how to love, because that's the way I grew up.

"What I saw from my dad, how he would treat my mom, as a kid when you see that, the trauma you have, because you can't protect your mom because you're so young and 'cause your mom tells you it's going to be OK, you basically numb your emotions of being scared or feeling sad. It's my form of a defence mechanism."

Kourtney resolves she still doesn't think Tristan 'deserve[s]' Khloé.

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Noting he's already spoken to Rob and Kim Kardashian, as well as momager Kris Jenner, Tristan acknowledges how Kylie was probably 'most affected' when he kissed her former best friend Jordyn in 2019.

Tristan tells Kylie: "The fact that I came with my poor decisions and being a f**king idiot and just being young and stupid, I just want to say I'm sorry again for that.

"Life is so short and it sucks because even though we made our mistakes, sometimes it's hard to come back from situations like that."

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Kylie responds: "I appreciate that. I think I was so co-dependent that I could have never imagined my life without her. We would have probably still been living together. And I think she needed to grow without me. I needed to grow without her. But Jordyn and I are cool. We still talk and catch up."

However, she refuses to pass on Tristan's apology to Jordyn, hammering home he does 'some dumb-a** s**t' which is 'really f**king crazy,' but also 'confusing' when she believes he does have 'a good heart and good energy'.

Tristan admits he hasn't understood 'the value of good people' and has been 'selfish,' explaining he hopes to 'gain back the respect of [his] family'.

He resolves: "That's my motivation more than anything. I never want my daughter to go to school and talk so great about me and then some little kid comes and is like, 'Well, your dad is this, this, this,' and she'll be embarrassed and that will break my heart."