Khloé Kardashian’s ex, Tristan Thompson, revealed this week which member of the Trump family he’s become “very close” with.

During Tuesday’s episode of ”The Katie Miller Podcast”, the former Cleveland Cavalier spoke highly of his connection to the president’s son Eric Trump after being asked to name a celebrity with whom he’s close that people wouldn’t expect.

“I’m very close with Eric. He’s been actually great for me. He’s been like a big brother, mentor, been very welcoming,” Thompson replied.

Thompson shared that spending time with Trump’s third-oldest child has motivated him to “dive into” politics more.

“That’s just someone I would say, especially from, you know, the political government world that’s really put his arm around me and made me, you know, he’s kind of helped motivate me to want to dive into this realm a little bit more,” Thompson continued.

After Miller asked the Canadian-American hooper his thoughts on the president’s “crackdown on illegal aliens,” Thompson had nothing but praise.

“First of all, I love what he’s done so far for our country. I think he’s helped our country a lot,” the one-time NBA champion said.

Thompson shares two children with Kardashian: 7-year-old daughter True and 3-year-old son Tatum. The NBA player and the reality star, who first started dating in 2016, had a rocky on-and-off relationship plagued by multiple public infidelity scandals.

Thompson and Kardashian split for good in 2021.

HuffPost has reached out to reps for Kardashian and the White House for comment.

Kardashian opened up about co-parenting with Thompson after being asked on her “Khloe In Wonder Land” podcast last year about rumors that the pair were romantically reconciling.

Noting that their co-parenting relationship is strictly “about the kids,” she added during the Nov. 19 episode, “I love that he has a great relationship with his kids … I think that’s a beautiful blessing. I’m never going to get in the way of that. I think it’s so important for that relationship to maintain and be as strong as possible.”

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