Khloé Kardashian has spoken candidly in recent years about the emotional toll of her marriage to Lamar Odom. Even so, she continues to reveal new details about that difficult period. In a recent episode of the family’s reality show, The Kardashians, Khloé and her mother, Kris Jenner, revisited the time they tracked Lamar to a “circle jerk” while he was struggling with substance abuse. Kris joined the search in a black hoodie and beanie, although Khloé later claimed her mother spent part of the ordeal hiding in a bathroom.
Kris and Khloé revisit a shocking Lamar Odom incident
Kris was unusually forthcoming during the latest episode of The Kardashians, recounting how she helped Khloé locate Lamar. In the scene, she explained that after Khloé discovered Lamar was smoking crack, they decided to “extract” him from the situation because, according to Kris, he was being “held hostage by these hookers.”
“We were in the hotel going down the hallways, and Khloé’s security burst into this room,” Kris recalled. Khloé then filled in the details, saying she walked in on a “circle jerk” involving roughly 20 people. She ordered everyone out and “started swinging,” according to her account. Kris remembered sweeping “all of the drugs” into the trash, while Khloé insisted her mother had actually been “hiding in the bathroom.”
Although Khloé joined in the retelling, she acknowledged that she was stunned Kris had shared the “crack cocaine story” on camera.
Khloé says she has put a painful chapter behind her
Khloé married Lamar in September 2009, only a month after they met. The pair later starred in their own reality show, Khloé & Lamar. She filed for divorce in December 2013 amid allegations of infidelity and Lamar’s drug use, though the marriage was not legally dissolved until 2016.
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During that period, Lamar nearly died. He was found unconscious at a Nevada brothel in October 2015 and later said he had suffered 12 strokes and six heart attacks. After spending three days in a coma, he faced months of rehabilitation. Khloé remained at his side throughout his recovery, but the two ultimately did not reunite.
In recent months, Khloé has revisited that chapter through her podcast and a documentary. In the 2026 Netflix film Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom, she recalled searching for Lamar “in alleys” and motels after he left rehab. She also described cleaning hotel rooms after him “so that housekeeping didn’t sell a story.”
Despite those experiences, Khloé appeared to preserve a mostly cordial relationship with Lamar until recently. That remaining goodwill now seems to have disappeared. After Lamar said he married Khloé because of her fame, she revealed on an April episode of her podcast, Khloé in Wonder Land, that they were no longer in contact. “The bridge is burned, and I have no more rope left to throw over. Period,” she told Kris, adding that she expected her family to sever ties with him as well.
Lamar has not publicly addressed the episode.
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