Kim Kardashian praised Tristan Thompson for changing after the pair shared dinner in New York City last September.
While the 39-year-old reality star has long criticized Thompson for cheating on her sister Khloé, she reflected on their blossoming friendship in a bonus clip from season 18 of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
During a game of hoops with Scott Disick, the mother-of-four gushed that the father of Khloé’s two-year-old daughter is ‘really nice.’
Change of heart: Kim Kardashian sang Tristan Thompson praises in a new clip, after the pair shared dinner in New York City last September
‘I’m dying to hear, so when you were in New York you went to dinner with Tristan?’ Disick asked, after the pair discussed her upcoming trip to Armenia.
With a smile across her face, the KKW Beauty said her dinner with the NBA star ‘was good.’
‘He’s like, honestly, so nice,’ she noted. ‘Like, he’s really nice.’
While the 39-year-old reality star has long criticized Thompson for cheating on her sister Khloé, she reflected on their burgeoning friendship in a bonus clip from season 18 of Keeping Up with the Kardashians
‘I’m dying to hear, so when you were in New York you went to dinner with Tristan?’ Disick asked, after the pair discussed her upcoming trip to Armenia
Kourtney Kardashian’s former partner from 2006 to 2015 chimed in that despite Thompson’s mistakes, he appeared to be ‘trying really hard.’
‘He’s really trying, really hard. And it’s been a full year of him as a different person,’ Kim said in agreement.
The Flip It Like Disick also applauded the SKIMS founder for extending Thompson an olive branch because ‘he’s still like in the family.’
‘He’s like, honestly, so nice,’ Kim said of the NBA player, who cheated on her sister Khloé
‘To be in that place and feel like everybody in a family, that he just had a kid with, hates him would be like a horrible feeling,’ the father-of-three pointed out.
Earlier in the season, fans saw Khloé commend Kim for that surprising dinner invitation, as the Good American founder called the act ‘beyond generous.’
Tristan and Khloe are working on rebuilding their relationship as they quarantine together with their toddler True.
Friendly: Earlier in the season, fans saw Khloé commend Kim for the dinner invitation to her ex, as the Good American founder called the act ‘beyond generous’
The 35-year-old reality star and 29-year-old Cleveland Cavaliers power forward are ‘clearly enjoying each other’s company’ according to a source for People.
The insider said: ‘The lockdown made them closer.
‘They hadn’t spent this much time together since they lived in Cleveland. They have had an amazing spring with True in LA.’
Making it work: Khloe and Tristan might be rekindling their relationship – nearly a year-and-a-half after the NBA player’s cheating tore them apart
It seems like the living situation is working out for them, as the source said ‘Khloe and Tristan are great co-parents’ and ‘they also really like each other.’
‘Tristan has been on his best behavior. Khloe is definitely charmed by him. If he is able to keep things up, it’s very possible that Khloe would get back with him.’
Adding more fuel to the fire, the insider said: ‘She isn’t dating anyone else.’
Rumours: This comes after Khloe and Tristan put on a cosy display as they attended their mutual friend’s birthday party this week (pictured March 2018)
Earlier this month, the pair put on a ‘very cosy’ display as they attended their mutual friend’s birthday party this week.
In a video obtained by TMZ and posted by Tristan’s old teammate Jordan Clarkson, Khloe and Tristan are standing next to one another while singing and filming the birthday celebration – but sources say they are not back together.
In the video, Tristan appeared to have his arm around the reality star, sparking rekindling rumors.
‘She isn’t dating anyone else’: The insider for the publication said: ‘Khloe is definitely charmed by him. If he is able to keep things up, it’s very possible that Khloe would get back with him,’ she is seen in January