You read that right. Khloe Kardashian is having a second baby with now ex Tristan Thompson. Khloe’s rep shared the news and confirmed that their second child was conceived in November via surrogate. Just because they are growing the family, however, it doesn’t mean there’s reconciliation on the horizon for Khloe and Tristan.

Baby No. 2 for Khloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson

The news may be confusing given the fact that Khloe and Tristan are no longer together and have a purely co-parenting relationship over their daughter True, but it was all a matter of weird timing. According to a source, the baby was conceived via surrogate before Khloe and the public found out that Tristan was having a baby with someone else last December.

Khloe’s rep’s announcement shared that she is “incredibly grateful” to the surrogate and is beyond happy with the news for baby No. 2.

Khloe’s Past Struggles With Conceiving

If you’ve been following Khloe Kardashian for a while, you’ve likely heard about her struggles to conceive in the past. She opened up about her fertility problems on a 2021 episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashian, where she shared that she’d be considered “high risk” if she were to get pregnant again. It’s then that she told her sister Kim that she was considering surrogacy.

Although Khloe didn’t go into too much detail, she also shared in the episode that doctors warned her of an 80-something percent chance that she could miscarry, which almost happened to her when she was pregnant with True. It’s most likely Kim that encouraged her to go through with the surrogacy since she herself had two of her four children via surrogate.

The family is asking the media for privacy during this exciting time, and it will be up to Khloe Kardashian to decide how and when she wants to share any updates about her and Tristan’s second baby.

Netflix has a mystery-thriller adaptation of the popular manga Burn the House Down in the works for its next Japanese original series. The original manga, written and illustrated by up-and-coming artist Moyashi Fujisawa, started running in Kodansha’s Kiss magazine in 2017. It quickly gained popularity and received several bids to be adapted.

Japanese Series Are Trendy

The Netflix series will, like the manga, follow the tale of Anzu Murata, a young lady who, to recapture the life that was stolen from her, infiltrates the lavish Mitarai family’s home as a cleaner. She’s welcomed by Mr. Mitarai’s stunning and exemplary second wife, Makiko, and sets out on a journey to uncover the truth about a startling fire that occurred 13 years earlier. According to Netflix, Burn the House Down will debut in 2023.

The show is the latest addition to Netflix’s expanding catalog of live-action, Japanese-language originals. Japan is a key growth market for all international streaming services as subscriber penetration in North America and Europe has reached a plateau. According to a survey from research company Media Partners Asia, Japan had 48.4 million members to subscription video services at the end of the first quarter of 2022, with Amazon Prime making up 34% of the total, followed by Netflix with 14% and Hulu Japan with 6%. According to the study, Japanese anime accounted for 51% of consumption (i.e., viewing time) on SVOD platforms in Japan, followed by Japanese live-action material (18%), American series (10%), American films, and Korean series (7% each).

Netflix Changed People’s Lives

Since the advent of the Internet, our lives have undergone several changes. The Internet has improved communication around the world, allowing us to learn more about and develop closer ties with previously remote nations. Although it began as a DVD rental business, Netflix could see the future far before its competitors, and in 2007 it launched its live streaming watching service. It’s currently the most well-known streaming service in the world, providing its services in more than 190 nations and even creating its shows and films.