Kourtney Kardashian feels ‘triggered’ around NBA love rat Tristan Thompson – and has passed the feeling down to her daughter Penelope, 11.

Tristan was serially unfaithful to Kourtney’s sister Khloe over the course of their on-off romance, which was repeatedly buffeted by his cheating scandals.

Khloe and Tristan have now settled into a cordial co-parenting relationship for the sake of their children True, five, and Tatum, 15 months.

Although Kourtney occasionally opts to play nice for the sake of ‘harmony,’ she is sometimes so upset by Tristan’s presence that she cannot bear to be near him.

On this week’s The Kardashians, Kourtney was frank about her and Penelope’s position – and even Khloe concluded her niece felt ‘the right way to feel.’

Her mother’s daughter: Kourtney Kardashian feels ‘triggered’ being around Tristan Thompson – and has passed the feeling down to her daughter Penelope, 11

Love rat: Tristan was serially unfaithful to Kourtney’s sister Khloe over the course of their on-off romance, which was repeatedly buffeted by his cheating scandals

Sisterly solidarity: On this week’s The Kardashians, Kourtney was frank about her and Penelope’s position – and even Khloe concluded her niece felt ‘the right way to feel’

Kourtney is currently heavily pregnant by her husband Travis Barker of Blink-182 fame, whom she married in Portofino last year.

She shares her three elder children with her sizzling ex-fiancé Scott Disick, who himself was accused of stepping out on her.

During this week’s episode of her Hulu show, Kourtney openly talked about Penelope’s distaste for Tristan and shared: ‘I feel like she gets it from me.”

Kourtney added: ‘I told her like the first day of school, I was like so triggered by him and I don’t know why, and I was like – ‘ to which a producer said: ‘You know why.’

The soon-to-be mother-of-four replied: ‘Right, I know why, but I was like, I feel like we all like brush it off and are fine and I was just so triggered and I was like I just can’t do it anymore, like I just can’t.’

She was even blunter in a confessional, saying: ‘Tristan has made horrible decisions and choices, you know, with my sister.’

Kourtney revealed: ‘There’s times when I’m so triggered by him I can’t be around him, and then there’s times where I just let it go because we just want harmony and he’s the father of my niece and nephew.’

Khloe shared that in spite of her own personal bonhomie with Tristan, she understands that some of her family have different views.

Making it work: Khloe and Tristan have now settled into a cordial co-parenting relationship for the sake of their children

‘Octonauts’: Khloe is pictured with her and Tristan’s little bundles of joy – True, five, and Tatum, 15 months – celebrating Halloween this Tuesday

Candor: Although Kourtney occasionally opts to play nice for the sake of ‘harmony,’ she is sometimes so upset by his presence that she cannot be near him

Unfiltered: She was blunt about her feelings in a confessional, saying: ‘Tristan has made horrible decisions and choices, you know, with my sister’

‘I’m really proud of myself for where me and Tristan are and how I am able to allow him to be the father he wants to be,’ Khloe began.

‘But where I am at with Tristan has nothing to do with what I expect my family members to do. If Penelope has feelings about Tristan, rightfully so. And good for you, girl,’ the Revenge Body hostess said.

‘I want Penelope to have these feelings and I don’t wanna talk her out of them because I don’t want this behavior to be something that I’m validating or I’m justifying,’ Khloe explained. ‘I want her to know that how she feeling is the right way to feel. We should not accept someone treating us like this.’

She most recently split with Tristan in mid-2021, and then it emerged that he  fathered a 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 with another woman called Maralee Nichols while still with Khloe.

By the time Maralee and Tristan’s son Theo was born at the end of 2021, Khloe and Tristan’s surrogate was already pregnant with Tatum.

A few months ago Khloe found herself furiously repudiating rumors that she had decided to give Tristan yet another chance.

Khloe’s big sister Kim Kardashian had been seen attending Tristan’s NBA games, prompting the gossip page DeuxMoi to hint at a reconciliation.

‘Allegedly he’s back with Koko so maybe she’s soft launching the idea so everyone is prepared & doesn’t give Koko a hard time,’ DeuxMoi claimed.

There she is: Less than 48 hours before True was born, DailyMail.com exclusively broke news of Tristan’s alleged fling with New York City strip club bartender Lani Blair (pictured)

When a fan account on Instagram got wind of the rumor and posted it, Khloe fired off a lengthy comment denying she and Tristan are back on.

‘Stop pushing this narrative. It’s tiring. But I suppose You guys will continue the narrative you want regardless of what I say so what’s the point. It’s exhausting but I learned people will only understand to the level of their own perception,’ she wrote.

‘Most are stuck at believing the lies because it’s the narrative they want to fuel. Have fun…. Some things are just as simple as they seem. A family member supporting another family member ESPECIALLY during a difficult time in life.’

Tristan lost his mother in January – and in a show of their lingering bond, Khloe, Kim and their mother Kris Jenner accompanied him to Vancouver for the funeral.

In her new Instagram comment Khloe raised the example of her sister Kourtney Kardashian’s ex Scott Disick, with whom Kourtney shares three children.

Khloe noted ‘how I support scott and will forever support him. He’s my brother. It’s just not on an nba stage. Sad new world, If there’s no photos people think it really didn’t happen but yes, I see Scott often. Some things really are just as they are.’

Tristan and Khloe’s five-year on-off relationship ended for the last time in 2021, and that December DailyMail.com exclusively revealed the NBA star had fathered a child with personal trainer Maralee Nichols while he was still involved with Khloe.

He and Khloe dated sporadically between 2016 and 2021, despite the relationship being rocked by the sportsman’s repeated cheating scandals.

History: They remained together then, but broke up in February 2019 after Tristan shared a kiss at a party with Khloe’s sister Kylie Jenner’s then best friend Jordyn Woods (pictured)

Along with 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 Tatum, the pair share a five-year-old daughter called True whom they welcomed into the world in April 2018.

Less than 48 hours before True was born, DailyMail.com exclusively broke news of Tristan’s alleged fling with New York City strip club bartender Lani Blair.

He and Khloe remained together then, but broke up in 2019 after Tristan shared a kiss at a party with Kylie Jenner’s then best friend Jordyn Woods.

When the coronavirus lockdowns struck, Tristan and Khloe moved in together so they could both be with True – and wound up rekindling their romance as well.

Reports of their latest split began circulating in June 2021 as Tristan found himself denying a swirl of rumors about his fidelity.

Then DailyMail.com exclusively obtained court documents in late 2021 claiming Tristan was having a 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢 by Maralee.

Maralee gave birth on December 1 and released a statement a couple of weeks later along with the first public pictures of her son.

Tristan fired up his Instagram in January 2022 and confessed for the first time that he was the father of Maralee’s 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢, having established the fact via a paternity test.

Maralee and Theo: DailyMail.com exclusively revealed the NBA star had fathered a child with personal trainer Maralee Nichols while he was still involved with Khloe

Khloe unleashed a furious tirade against her ex in the season one finale of The Kardashians, which aired last June, after learning about Tristan and Maralee’s 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚢.

She made the shock discovery about Tristan when her sister Kim Kardashian, 41, read a story on DailyMail.com, which exclusively revealed the news that the former NBA player had admitted to fathering a child in court papers.

An emotional Khloe was seen breaking down in tears as she slammed Tristan for ‘humiliating’ her with another public scandal.

‘I called him and was just like, what have you got to say? It was more yelling on my end, but him talking, trying to plead his case. There’s not much to talk about in my opinion,’ Khloe said later in the episode.

‘It’s a joke, it’s gross, it’s a joke, it’s embarrassing, it’s disgusting, we’re all over it. I’m like, I didn’t buy tickets to this f***ing circus but somehow I’m watching all these clowns act out in front of me,’ she added.

‘I want a refund, return to sender, I don’t want to be at this show. Somehow the clowns keep coming back in this f***ing clown car and no matter what he says nothing’s going to give me the answers that I’m looking for, the closure.’

Khloe first became involved with Tristan when his ex-girlfriend Jordan Craig was still pregnant with his eldest son Prince, six.

Although Jordan claimed she was still with Tristan when he took up with Khloe, the reality star has insisted she thought he was single at the time.