TRISTAN Thompson has boasted that he’s “always late” in an Instagram caption that many fans aren’t happy about.
The NBA star’s baby mama Maralee Nichols earlier demanded “$47K a month in child support” for their newborn son, which he reportedly “refuses” to pay.
Tristan, 30, shared a pair of street snaps to his Instagram page on Saturday.
He wore a large gold necklace and a Supreme tee-shirt paired with sunglasses in both casual images.
He cryptically captioned the post: “They say good things take time that’s why I’m always late,” with a devil, shushing face and wink emoji.
Maralee gave birth to their son Theo on December 1 after having an affair with Tristan while he was exclusively dating Khloe Kardashian, 37.
She claimed last month that he refuses to pay child support and has made “no attempt” to meet their son.
Fans flooded the comments section thinking that was what he was shooting for.
One commented: “Late with that child support,” as another added, “Oh, that’s why the child support is late?!!”
“Always late to pay your baby mamas checks,” wrote a third.
“Always excuses!” slammed a fourth.
Additionally, on Saturday, the athlete tossed up a cryptic Instagram Story similar in tone.
“Your greatest test will be how you handle people who mishandled you,” he wrote, alongside two more shushing face emojis.
Maralee’s representative claimed Tristan has “done nothing” to support his son – despite reportedly being ordered to pay her $40,000 a month.
“Despite news reports stating otherwise, Tristan Thompson has done nothing to support his son,” Harvey Englander told Page Six last month.
‘HE HAS DONE NOTHING’
“He has not made any attempt to meet their son nor has he provided any financial assistance.”
Earlier in February, she demanded that he pay her $47,000 a month and $1million in legal fees.
In legal documents obtained by Us Weekly, Maralee claimed that the Chicago Bulls player has an “income of $9.7million alone.”
New York marriage lawyer Morghan Leia Richardson, told HollywoodLife that Tristan will have to pay up until the newborn turns 18.
Theo was recently seen in cute St. Patricks Day get-up in a rare post on Maralee’s Instagram.
‘BEST FRIENDS’ WITH PRINCE
Tristan also shares daughter True, three, with his ex Khloe.
He additionally is father to 5-year-old son Prince, whom he shares with his ex Jordan Craig, and to whom he currently pays child support.
Recently, Tristan called Prince his “best friend” on Instagram in a rare selfie.
His Instagram profile picture appears to be a photo of True and Prince.
Back in January 2022, Tristan admitted he is the father of Maralee’s baby son one month after his birth and apologized to Khloe for “humiliating” her.
“Today, paternity test results revealed that I fathered a child with Maralee Nichols. I take full responsibility for my actions. Now that paternity has been established, I looked forward to amicably raising our son,” he wrote.
The basketball player initially claimed his relationship with Maralee was a one-night hookup, before admitting they met up several times for sex.
He said in legal documents that they had a four-month affair, from December 2020 to March 2021.
Following months of silence regarding Tristan’s scandal, Khloe opened up about the subject during a cover story for Variety and ahead of her Hulu series.
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She said: “I wish I never had to talk about that because it’s not a fun thing to talk about.
“But it is part of my journey in life, so we will see it on the show.”
