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Hosts of Today, Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones, recently addressed comments made by Khloé Kardashian regarding her former husband, Lamar Odom, and his recent interview on Today With Jenna & Sheinelle.
Kardashian criticized Odom during an episode of her podcast, Khloé in Wonder Land, accusing him of implying she was dishonest about events depicted in the Netflix documentary, Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom. In response, Bush Hager and Jones expressed admiration for Kardashian’s care and support for Odom during his difficult times.
“In the moment, I remember thinking, ‘Will he give her the recognition she deserves?’” Jones remarked during their show, reflecting on Odom’s interview.
Bush Hager shared similar sentiments, noting, “He didn’t give her due credit,” and emphasized that the documentary highlighted Kardashian as “a wonderful human being.”
Odom joined the NBC talk show on April 6 to talk about his candid documentary, which explores his 14-year NBA career and battles with addiction that led to severe health crises, including multiple strokes, heart attacks, and a near-fatal overdose. The documentary features insights from Kardashian, who was married to Odom from 2009 to 2016. She revealed that during Odom’s coma, his father considered taking him off life support.
On Today, Odom pointedly disagreed with Kardashian’s claim about his father and seemingly refused to admit that she saved his life, instead calling his recovery “a medical miracle.”
“You know, I was knocked out and asleep at that time,” Odom said on Today. “If you know [my father] Joe Odom, I don’t think that’s something that would ever come out of his mouth. He was my biggest fan and I don’t know where that got mistranslated.”
Bush Hager then asked Odom if he was saying that he feels like Kardashian’s claim is “not the truth” or if he would rather “believe that’s not the truth.” Odom did not confirm, but he stated, “I just can’t see him ever, ever doing that.”
At another point, when asked if he thought Kardashian saved his life, Odom replied, “She took care of me. God took care of me the most. What I came back from was like a medical miracle.”
On her podcast, Kardashian complained of how Odom has been discussing her in the press since the Netflix documentary premiered March 31.
“I think what’s pissing me off is, we did this, all good. I was done with this. I’m like, I’m never going to do another Lamar thing again, ‘cause I’m all good. But now Lamar is doing press,” she said. She added that Odom is “annoyed with me. Claiming or insinuating that I’m a liar, all these things, discrediting me, saying that I wasn’t the one that helped him.”
“All I did was tell the story that I was asked by you to tell, but now to, like, play in my face and now to act like I didn’t do any of the things I did and insinuate I’m a liar is crazy,” she said. “I feel played.”
On Today With Jenna & Friends, Jones said she is an “eternal optimist” and had hoped Odom would “give [Kardashian] her flowers” on the show. “And he didn’t,” she said.
Bush Hager also told Kardashian she’s “incredible,” adding, “Our big headlines are: She’s an amazing woman, and when someone shows you who they are you gotta believe it.”
Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom is streaming now on Netflix.