Tristan Thompson tweeted a sweet snapshot of himself and his four-year-old daughter True, whom he shares with Khloe Kardashian.
True, dressed in a basketball jersey and beaming from ear to ear in the shot, but it didn’t take long for social media users to criticise Tristan, 31, for not releasing photographs of his other three children.
Beneath the professional athlete’s photo – which was captioned: ‘Jersey day is my favourite day of the school year’ – comments like: ‘And the other children?’ and ‘Where are your other children?’ quickly started to pile up.
‘The only kid he acknowledges,’ wrote another Instagrammer, while some else said: ‘Post all ur children.’
‘Where’s your other children?’ one other echoed.
Tristan, 38, and Khloe, 38, have a six-month-old boy whose name has yet to be announced.
In 2016, the basketball player and his ex-girlfriend Jordan Craig received their first kid, a son named Prince, and in 2021, model Maralee Nichols gave birth to a baby named Theo, whom Tristan also fathered.
The father-of-beautiful four’s tweet comes just days after he openly acknowledged his mother Andrea’s heartbreaking passing last month.
Andrea died unexpectedly on January 6 after suffering a heart attack and being brought to the hospital, but she could not be resuscitated.
Taking to Instagram on Monday, Tristan shared a string of poignant family photos and wrote in part: ‘Dearest mommy in heaven, it has been one month since you’ve been gone. I’m in disbelief. I’m in the deepest part of sorrow & grief.
‘My soul is empty as I come to terms that my biggest supporter/superhero is gone. I cannot thank you enough for always being a woman of faith, being one of Gods warriors, fighting back with whatever the world threw our way. You constantly protected us through prayer.’
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He added: ‘My hero you fought all the battles you needed to and it was time for you to go home.
‘Mommy I know you’re watching down on me; I wanna say thank you for picking me as your son. You dedicated ur life to ur boys & the church.’
Khloe was spotted with Tristan at his mother’s burial days after her death, and she also devoted a heartfelt Instagram post to Andrea, writing: ‘I have been avoiding this….. Avoiding recognising that this is true. I have a lot to say yet nothing to say…. I feel numb while having so many feelings.
‘Life can be brutally unfair at times and this has been one of the toughest times in so many of our lives.’