Khloe Kardashian has revealed that she has become the primary caretaker to ex Tristan Thompson‘s Amari.
During the new episode of her Khloe in Wonder Land podcast that was released on Wednesday (July 30), the 41-year-old reality star opened up about stepping up to help with Amari, 18, following the sudden death of his and the 34-year-old NBA player’s mom Andrea in January 2023.
Keep reading to find out more…“For those who don’t know, Tristan has a younger brother who is 18 years old, and he is severely disabled. Amari has LGS (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome), which is a form of epilepsy, and he is disabled,” Khloe explained. “He can’t walk or talk. He’s never been able to talk.”
She noted that Andrea was “the sole caretaker for Amari” when they lived in Canada, and said that “we — me, Tristan, my whole family — took Amari back with us to the States” after Andrea‘s death.
Following Andrea’s passing, Tristan was awarded guardianship of Amari, however, due to his busy NBA schedule, he isn’t able to take care of his younger brother full-time.
“Tristan is in the NBA, and he is in a different state literally every other day or every few days, and it’s just not conducive for Amari to be on that many planes,” Khloe said. “Amari has a handful of seizures a day with the type of epilepsy that he has.”
“So Amari stays in LA with me, and I have chosen to take care of him and be there for him, because it’s not good that he travel,” she added.
Khloe went on to say that she “having Amari be a part of my family.”
After giving credit to the “two sensational caretakers for Amari,” Khloe said that “we just want to provide Amari with the best, most beautiful life that we know how. And he deserves that.”
Khloe also opened up about having Amari around her two kids, True, 7, and Tatum, 3, whom she shares with Tristan, and her extended family.
“I think it’s so important for my kids, my nieces and nephews, to be exposed to all different types of people in the world,” The Kardashians star explained. “I think it teaches everyone compassion, understanding. It opens up their minds to seeing, wow, Amari is disabled, sure, but he’s also just like us at the same time.”
“And I love seeing how Amari lights up when he’s around the kids,” she continued. “He can’t verbally talk, but if you know him well enough, he can definitely express himself, and you see the glimmer in his eyes. And he’s just such an amazing, amazing young man. And I’m so proud and honored that I have Amari in my life.”
Also during the podcast, Khloe addressed questions about why she would help take care of Amari when she and Tristan are no longer romantically involved.
“People are always like, why did I do that? Me and Tristan aren’t together, why would I take on helping with Amari?” Khloe said. “But when I met Tristan and his family, oh my gosh, like nine, almost 10 years ago, which is crazy. When I met them, Andrea, Tristan’s mom and I, we became such good friends.”
While recalling her “great relationship” with Tristan‘s late mom, Khloe continued, “I would help her with Amari medically. She would have questions. She would need connections to certain doctors, and I would help with that. So I was very much involved in all of his medical appointments when Andrea was here.”
She added, “I also know how much Amari means to Andrea, and she passed away because she had a sudden heart attack. Me being in a relationship or not with Tristan, I still have this family that I’ve spent so many years with, that I have such connections with that, my relationship with Andrea has nothing to do with Tristan, and my commitment to her has nothing to do with Tristan, and Amari deserves someone who will be there for him, take care of him, provide a great lifestyle for him and so Amari deserves my love and care, regardless of where me and Tristan stand.”
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