Khloe Kardashian has cut ties with her ex-husband, Lamar Odom, after taking issue with remarks he made about their marriage and her support during his medical crisis.
During the November 12 episode of The Kardashians, the 42-year-old reality star said Odom, 47, was “dead” to her after hearing comments in the documentary Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom that she considered “really distasteful.”
The Netflix documentary chronicles Odom’s battle with drug and alcohol addiction, as well as his near-fatal medical emergency in 2015, when he suffered multiple heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.
Reflecting on her appearance in the documentary, Kardashian said: “I’m not too thrilled about it because I’m watching the documentary, and I’m like, ‘Wait, I took time out of my life to sit here and do a favor for you. I’m not being paid. I’m doing this because I’m trying to be nice.’”
Kardashian was especially upset by Odom’s explanation of what drew him to her and her family.
“I’m already Lamar Odom, and I’m just watching how she lives and [her family’s] lifestyle. I’m like, ‘I know this is where I wanna be. This is how I wanna live,’” he said in the documentary.
Khloe Kardashian, 42, said during the November 12 episode of The Kardashians that her ex-husband Lamar Odom, 47, was dead to her after he appeared to minimize her support during his 2015 near-death experience and suggested he married her because of her fame (Source: Khloe Kardashian’s Instagram)
Reacting to Odom’s comments in Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom, Kardashian said: “I’m not too thrilled about it because I’m watching the documentary, and I’m like, ‘Wait, I took time out of my life to sit here and do a favor for you. I’m not being paid. I’m doing this because I’m trying to be nice.’” (Above, in 2012 in NYC
Kardashian said she was hurt by the implication that Odom’s feelings for her were not rooted in love.
“You’re saying that you weren’t really in love with me. You married me just so you could be more popular in pop culture,” she said. “All these things, which is so weird.”
“Even if that is your truth, why don’t you say it without me being on the other side of these interviews?” Kardashian added.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star was also disappointed by what she described as Odom’s “really, really lame” comments about the extent of her help during his 2015 health crisis.
In April, Jenna Bush Hager asked Odom on The Today Show whether he believed his former wife had saved his life.
“In some ways,” the former NBA player replied, before crediting God with saving him. “God saved my life. The Lord saved my life, honestly,” he said. Odom acknowledged that Kardashian “took care” of him, but added that “God took care of me the most. What I came back from is like a medical miracle.”
Responding to those remarks, Kardashian said: “I don’t need [him] to thank me. Just don’t talk about me. Don’t discredit me.”
“The bridge is burned and there’s no more rope left to throw over,” she continued. “So he is dead to me.”
“You’re saying that you weren’t really in love with me. You married me just so you could be more popular in pop culture,” Kardashian said. “All these things, which is so weird. Even if that is your truth, why don’t you say it without me being on the other side of these interviews?” (Above, in 2012 in Orange, California)
Kardashian was also upset after Odom appeared to minimize claims that she had “saved” his life (Above, in 2010 in Universal City, California)
Kardashian said her ex-husband’s dismissive comments “just solidify what liars, con artists, cheats, thieves and trolls that men are.”
“I just don’t want to be involved,” she continued. “Play with yourself, don’t play with me.”
Kardashian and Odom married in 2009, just one month after meeting at a party for Odom’s then-Los Angeles Lakers teammate, Metta World Peace.
The social media personality, who took the name Khloe Kardashian Odom, appeared with her new husband on Keeping Up with the Kardashians. In 2011, the couple launched the spinoff series Khloe & Lamar, which ran for two seasons.
Kardashian filed for divorce in 2013.
During their marriage, Odom’s drug and alcohol use worsened significantly. In October 2015, he was found unconscious at the Love Ranch brothel in Las Vegas after using cocaine in the preceding days.
The professional athlete subsequently suffered multiple heart attacks and strokes, along with kidney failure, before falling into a coma that lasted three days.
The medical emergency came three months after Kardashian and Odom had signed their divorce papers. Because a judge had not yet approved the divorce, Kardashian withdrew her filing later that October so she could help make medical decisions during Odom’s recovery.
After Odom’s condition improved considerably, Kardashian filed for divorce again in May 2016. The divorce was finalized by December of that year.
Kardashian and Odom met at a party in 2009 and married a month later, but she filed for divorce in 2013 (Above, Kardashian and Odom attend Kanye West’s Yeezy Season 3 fashion show in 2016 in NYC)
After Odom suffered multiple heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure and spent three days in a coma in 2015, Kardashian withdrew her divorce filing to help make medical decisions during his recovery (Above, Odom is seen in Beverly Hills in 2023)
In Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom, Kardashian also recalled how Odom’s drug use became increasingly severe during their marriage.
“The drug buildup was getting worse and worse. There were many times Lamar would go for 12 hours or two days and escape rehab. He would go on a drug bender, and no one could find him,” she said, via Us Weekly.
“I was either looking for him in alleys or looking for him in motels. He would have tinfoil cutouts or spoons, and he was freebasing things and leaving things everywhere. I remember needing to go to hotel rooms to clean up after him.”
Kardashian acknowledged that she had unknowingly enabled Odom’s behavior. “I was such an enabler without knowing I was an enabler,” she said. “But I just felt such a responsibility to cover this up, hold it together and protect it.”