Tristan Thompson Returns To Social Media, Stays Silent About Mother's Passing

It appears Tristan Thompson is back to work and social media.

Weeks after the unexpected passing of his mother, Andrea Thompson, the NBA star made an appearance on ESPN.

This is the first time since her January 5th death that TT has been publicly active on TV and social media.

Instagram account @nbaonespn shared a video of Thompson giving his bets on who will be crowned the 2023 NBA MVP.

“Tristan Thompson stopped by NBA Today and gave us his pick for MVP ?,” the caption read.

Thompson proceeded to say, “Everyone’s talking about Joki. I’m gonna go Jayson Tatum. Two-time MVP Jokic, time to switch it up.”

Fans didn’t seem to take kindly to TT’s bet and lashed out on him in the comments section.

“Stop with the “switch it up” if that player is playing great just give him the mvp again ?,” one person hit back at TT.

“So because he won before you just want to switch it up ?,” another added.

One person dogged Thompson for his view on the matter commenting, “This is such a bad way to look at it. If he deserves it he deserves it ?.”

His friends also shared photos of him smiling on the set of ESPN.

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Thompson ex-girlfriend, Khloe Kardashian, returned to social media earlier this week with a lengthy and heart warming tribute to Andrea.

“I have been avoiding this…. Avoiding accepting this is real. I have so much to say but nothing at all…. I have so many emotions and still I feel numb. Life can be brutally unfair at times and This has been one of the toughest times in so many of our lives. But at the same time, I feel blessed that I am lucky to have had someone that makes saying goodbye so incredibly difficult. So difficult that I’m choosing not to say goodbye for good because that is something I cannot fathom,” Khloe wrote. “Goodbyes for good are something I don’t believe in. I KNOW I will see you again. I know I will hear your sweet voice and infectious laugh again. I know I’ll get to feel that embrace of yours. I’ll see you again with the many that have gone before you that I so desperately miss, love and cherish. So, I’m choosing to say, that until I see you again in Heaven, I miss you and I will continue to miss you more and more every single day.”

Khloe promised Andrea her boys will be taken care of and looked after, especially her son Amari.

He suffers from epilepsy.

“At the same time, I know you never wanted to leave your boys. They are your entire world. They will learn to live with the hole in their hearts because they are warriors just like their warrior mommy. Just know, I promise you, Amari will be perfectly ok. We will all look after him, help him and protect him. Your boys will be ok because they have their guardian Angel by their side,” her tribute continued. “I love you ? I love you ? I love you ??.”