On Dec. 25, 2019, Tristan announced on Instagram that he was expecting his daughter Tristyn, who is adorably named after him. "Earlier this year, I was in a really dark place. Sh*t, honestly? I'd been there for a while," he wrote alongside a photo of him wearing a "father to be" pin. "I dunno, i was just letting life take me wherever she may. But I told God I needed a light. I needed a sign that I was supposed to be here, and that my presence here on earth was needed. Heard ju, God. Thank you for this."
Tristyn then made her public debut with her father and mom Christina in a May 2020 photo spread for Essence. Fast forward to April 2023, the now 3-year-old made her television debut with her parents on "The Tamron Hall Show."
Of parenting his firstborn, Tristan tells POPSUGAR, "Tristyn is so much of a... She knows what she wants and she knows how to get it." He adds, "She's one of those kids where I think we've taught her so much at such a young age. The only thing she's not doing is turning on the oven by herself. But she knows exactly what breakfast she wants. She's bringing you her Elmo pancakes, she brings you an apple — she's like, 'OK, dad, cut this up for me.' She's very, very specific."
On an average day in his household, the actor says he and his mini-me "will do some school time," including "memory cards or different things to build her imagination" like painting, etc. He also says, "We read a lot to Tristyn," which makes sense considering the tiny tot has her own children's book club named after her. It's run by her author mom and was even been recognized on Beyonc's directory of Black-owned businesses for Juneteenth in 2020.
