Khloé Kardashian is ending 2022 stronger than ever.
The “Kardashians” star posted a series of cryptic messages on her Instagram Stories late Monday in which she reflected on the trials and tribulations the last year brought her before embarking on a fresh start.
“This year I met the most broken version of me, but also the strongest,” one post read.
“Babe, may the tears you cried in 2022 water the seeds you’re planting in 2023,” read another on her Story.
“Being alone has a power very few can handle,” read a third installment.
The handful of loaded messages comes as the Good American co-founder, 38, ended a year in which the public learned that she and Tristan Thompson already had been expecting a baby via surrogate when Maralee Nichols came forward with her paternity suit.
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Although the lawsuit became public knowledge at the end of 2021, fans were unaware that not only did the former couple want to have a second child but also had found a surrogate and implanted her. The drama played out during the Season 2 premiere of the family’s Hulu series, which saw their child, a baby boy, being delivered.
“As hesitant as I was to look [at the messages], I’m so grateful that I did! I’ve never seen so much love, kindness and empathy in a really long time on social media,” Kardashian gushed in a tweet after the episode aired.
“Thank you all for being kind, supportive and loving. Thank you for being gentle and understanding.”
Thompson, now 31, conceived a child with Nichols while celebrating his 30th birthday in March 2021, when he and Kardashian were still romantically involved.
Nichols alleged in legal filings that she had been sleeping with Thompson for around “five months” prior to the athlete’s birthday. While Thompson initially denied the allegations, he owned up to the scandal – and publicly apologized to Kardashian – after a paternity test proved he was the father of Nichols’ baby, a boy named Theo.
