Tristan Thompson was spotted preparing to give his daughter True a huge bouquet of roses just an hour before admitting he fathered a child with fitness model Maralee Nichols.
A delivery man was spotted dropping off the florals into Tristan's SUV as the NBA player waited for his daughter to finish gymnastics class in Los Angeles on Monday.
Tristan, 30, then stepped out of the vehicle and put on a face mask handed to him by his driver.
Doing his part: Tristan Thompson was spotted Monday outside of his daughter True's gymnastics class in Los Angeles prepared to give her a bouquet of roses
Special delivery: A delivery man was spotted dropping off the florals into Tristan's SUV as the NBA player waited for his daughter to finish gymnastics class in Los Angeles on Monday
After he put on the blue face mask, Tristan, who was clad in black sweats and lilac Crocs, directed his attention to his phone as he strode across the parking lot.
The outing occurred only an hour before admitting on Instagram he had fathered a child with Maralee during his relationship with Khloe Kardashian after undergoing a paternity test. Tristan shares True with Khloe, his on-off girlfriend of several years.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed details of the paternity battle last month after Nichols filed a lawsuit against the NBA player.
'Today paternity test results reveal that I fathered a child with Maralee Nichols,' Tristan admitted on his Instagram Stories. 'I take full responsibility for my actions. Now that paternity has been established I look forward to amicably raising our son.
Hand off: The driver stepped out to open the car door for the roses
Safety first: Tristan, 30, then stepped out of the vehicle and put on a face mask handed to him by his driver
'I sincerely apologize to everyone I've hurt or disappointed throughout this ordeal both publicly and privately.'
Tristan then issued a groveling apology to Khloe: 'Khloe, you don't deserve this. You don't deserve the heartache and humiliation I have caused you. You don't deserve the way I have treated you over the years.
'My actions have certainly not lined up with the way I view you. I have the utmost respect and love for you. Regardless of what you may think. Again, I am so incredibly sorry,' his statement read.
The admission posted to Instagram marked the first time the Sacramento Kings player has publicly acknowledged he's now a father of three.
Controversy: The outing occurred only an hour before admitting on Instagram he had fathered a child with Maralee during his relationship with Khloe Kardashian after undergoing a paternity test. Tristan shares True with Khloe, his on-off girlfriend of several years
Daddy's little girl: Tristan shares his three-year-old daughter with ex-girlfriend Khloe Kardashian
'There was never any doubt that Tristan Thompson was the father of Maralee Nichols' baby,' her lawyer, Harvey Englander, later told DailyMail.com a statement.
'Tristan made numerous false and defamatory statements and declarations about Maralee over the past few months, and she is taking his contrite statement today in the context of all of those statements.'
In addition to his newborn son and daughter True with Khloe, he also shares a five-year-old son Prince with ex Jordan Craig.
Maralee, 31, a fitness model, gave birth to a son on December 1 and claimed the child had been conceived while celebrating the NBA pro's birthday in Houston in March 2021.
