Klay Thompson does not have a wife. The 36-year-old Miami Heat guard has never been married and has no children, and his last public relationship, with rapper Megan Thee Stallion, ended in April when she announced the split and accused him of cheating. He has not responded to that accusation in public.
Since then, his public life has mostly been basketball and boating. The Dallas Mavericks bought out the final year of his contract in August, and he signed a two-year deal with Miami. On Nov. 4 he hit an overtime game-winner against the Clippers, and the next night he faced his old team, the Warriors, at Chase Center. He then posted from Muir Beach in Marin County about a “recovery off day” that included a cold plunge, and tagged it #touchgrass.
The hashtag echoed a comment he left in late April, days after the breakup, under a streamer’s Instagram video about the relationship: “Please go touch grass.” It is the closest he has come to addressing the split publicly.
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Klay Thompson at a glance (Nov. 10, 2026)
Marital status Never married Children None Most recent public relationship Megan Thee Stallion, July 2025 to April 2026 Dating now No relationship confirmed Team Miami Heat, since August 2026
Klay Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion’s nine months together
On July 9, 2025, fans spotted Thompson in the background of Megan’s poolside Instagram photos. He posted pictures of the two of them three days later, and on July 16 they walked the red carpet together at her Pete & Thomas Foundation Gala in New York. She told People that night he was “the nicest person I’ve ever met in my life.”
Thompson rarely spoke about her. On a golf date she filmed in late July, he said, “Ever since I’ve been in love, my golf game’s reaped all the benefits.” When a reporter at Mavericks media day in September asked how the relationship had made him better on and off the floor, he answered, “I’m not going to talk about that.” In November, former NBA guard Jason Williams suggested on the “Hoopin’ N Hollerin'” podcast that the relationship might explain Thompson’s slow start to the season, and he made a crude remark about Megan. Thompson wrote on Instagram that referring to his girlfriend that way was “so disgusting and disturbing,” and added, “Do better fellas. Very disappointing.”
Mychal Thompson, his father and a former NBA player, went from not knowing who she was to praising her. In July, when a host on ESPN Los Angeles’ “Mason & Ireland” told him he might get to meet Megan Thee Stallion, he asked, “Who’s that?” By late November he was confirming on the same show that she was cooking the family’s Thanksgiving dinner. Asked by TMZ whether she would make a good daughter-in-law, he said, “Oh yeah, man. She’s a really nice girl.”
That Thanksgiving weekend, Thompson posted a photo of Megan on his boat, with “SS Stallion, Houston, Texas” written across the back in blue letters. Houston is her hometown. He bought a boat in 2020 while recovering from the torn ACL he suffered in the 2019 NBA Finals, and The Athletic reported that it became an escape during the long injury layoff that followed. As a Warrior, he often steered it across San Francisco Bay to home games.
Megan threw him a 36th birthday party in February, with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony performing, and he posted that it was the “best birthday ever thanks to my baby.” Days later she showed off the powder-blue Bentley he gave her for her 31st birthday. In an interview People published that month, she said, “This is one of the first times that I’ve ever been just overly comfortable. I’m comfy, babe!” Near the end of February, in a vlog from the Winter Olympics in Milan, she congratulated two newly engaged U.S. Olympians, crossed her fingers and said, “Manifesting my engagement, too.”
How Klay Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion broke up
About two months later, on April 25, Megan posted an Instagram Story that did not name Thompson: “Cheating, had me around your whole family playing house… got ‘cold feet.'” Later that day she gave a statement to People: “I’ve made the decision to end my relationship with Klay. Trust, fidelity and respect are non-negotiable for me in a relationship, and when those values are compromised, there’s no real path forward.”
Both of them later deleted their photos together from Instagram, Page Six reported. WNBA guard Lexie Brown, whose name came up as fans guessed at who else was involved, said she had “no involvement in this situation.” On April 29, Thompson went on Instagram Live from his boat, said it was “good to be back on the high seas” and did not mention Megan.
Megan has talked about the breakup in interviews since. She told InStyle in September that she had been “trying to make pieces fit that didn’t belong” during the relationship. “I was losing myself a little bit,” she said. “I am now in the space of finding me again.” Three weeks later she told Marie Claire, as People reported, “It was so abrupt. I’m in shock still.”
Klay Thompson’s ex-girlfriends
In 2017, when San Francisco radio station 95.7 The Game asked Thompson about rumors linking him to a model, he shut them down and said, “I’m trying to find a wholesome lady out there.” He began dating actress Laura Harrier the next year, and she remained his most public relationship until Megan.
| Name | Years | What happened |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Stocking, influencer | 2014 to 2015 | They split after she accused him of cheating in since-deleted tweets in October 2015. He did not respond. |
| Laura Harrier, actress | 2018 to 2020 | She traveled with him during his 2019 ACL recovery, and they attended the Vanity Fair Oscar Party together in February 2020. They split later that year. She later got engaged to creative consultant Sam Jarou, and Us Weekly reported in 2025 that she and Jarou had split. |
| Coco Jones, singer | Reportedly late 2021 to mid-2023 | Neither confirmed the relationship. She got engaged to Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell in July 2025. |
Is Klay Thompson single now?
No new relationship has been confirmed. In August, TMZ posted video of Thompson with an unidentified woman at a Rebelution concert at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, California, and he has not said who she was. Megan has said she isn’t looking for a relationship. “I’m definitely not worried about another one for a long time,” she told Marie Claire.
A September post showed Thompson out on a boat at night with Heat center Bam Adebayo, captioned “Captain and the Crew.” Under it, a fan asked, “Is the boat still named after meg?” Thompson has not answered.
Quick answers about his family and past relationships
Were Klay Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion engaged or married?
Neither. Megan said in February she was “manifesting” an engagement, but no engagement or wedding was ever announced. A widely shared post claiming the couple was “set to get married this fall” came from NBACentel, a parody sports account.
Does Klay Thompson have an ex-wife?
No. He has never been married. His best-known past partners, Megan Thee Stallion and actress Laura Harrier, were girlfriends.
Does Klay Thompson have kids?
No. Claims online about a son are false.
Who is Julie Thompson?
She is Klay Thompson’s mother. She is married to his father, Mychal Thompson, who played 13 seasons in the NBA.
Are Klay Thompson and Laura Harrier still together?
No. They split in 2020.
