Khloe Kardashian Says Lamar Odom’s Dad Tried to “Pull the Plug” on Him

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Khloé Kardashian Shares Heartbreaking Message on Ex Lamar Odom Being “Right Person, Wrong Time”

Khloe Kardashian is moving forward by looking back.

Nine years after the reality star's ex-husband Lamar Odom's near-fatal overdose that led to a three-day coma, she spoke with him about the circumstances surrounding his 2015 hospital recovery, including his late dad Joe Odom's alleged decisions.

"I was there when your father said, 'Pull the plug so he can be on your life insurance,'" Khloe told the former NBA player during the Feb. 13 episode of The Kardashians, adding that Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner were also by his side in the hospital. "Then I was there when you had six heart attacks, 12 strokes."

"I was there through it all," she continued. "I didn't leave you for four months. I got a staph infection because I lived in a hospital."

It wasn't just the Kardashians that rallied around him, either. Khloe—who was married to Lamar from 2009 to 2016—told him that his Lakers teammate Koby Bryant "walked in when we had to do a lung surgery on you."

But after learning that the athlete had relapsed a year after his overdose, the Good American founder was done keeping up with him.

"I punched you in the face," said recalled of the confrontation, "and I shattered everything in that house." 

Although Khloe had to protect her peace by exiting the relationship, she understood that Lamar was navigating an incredibly difficult experience. 

"I do believe that addiction is a disease," she said during her confessional. "The truth is, no one can save someone from that except for that own individual. I tried countless times to save Lamar from that."

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"You can't keep doing f--ked up s--t and expect people just to stay around," she added. "I had to learn the hard way that I can't save anyone in that position."

Meanwhile, Khloe was at the center of the collateral damage regarding his overdose. In fact, it's something she still feels today.

"I'm so pessimistic these days," she admitted. "I do wish I could have that innocence of when I first met him and the love we had and how pure it was because it was pure. It was incredible. I know I'm colder. When I see old episodes of Lamar and I, I'm like, 'Who is that girl?'"

"What a beautiful thing to be so naive and trusting," she noted. "I won't get that back, but maybe that's also OK."

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Kris Jenner

Why, yes, Kris Jenner and longtime love Corey Gamble are still doing amazing, sweetie. In 2014, the music industry insider approached the world's most famous momager at fashion designer Riccardo Tisci's 40th birthday bash in Ibiza and "I just tried saying, 'You're beautiful. I'd love to get to know you,'" he shared on the family's OG series, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, "and it went from there."

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Kourtney Kardashian

With all due respect for all the small things, Kourtney Kardashian's husband has made some pretty grand gestures throughout their yearlong marriage. Take her 44th birthday that saw her and Travis Barker take a trip up the California coast to Santa Barbara. The Blink-182 drummer, 47, marked the occasion by filling their room at the famed Kennedy Cottage with rose petals and gifting her with a $161,819 piece by artist Yoshitomo Nara

The Poosh founder has fully embraced her new life as the girl at the rock show. And in November 2023, she and Travis welcomed their first child together, son Rocky Thirteen Barker.

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Kim Kardashian

She briefly dated Odell Beckham Jr. until news broke of their split in April 2024.

As a source told E!, Kim is "open to finding love again if she meets the right person." 

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Kendall Jenner

Months after Kendall Jenner's split with NBA guard Devin Booker in fall 2022 , the model's love life got an assist from friends Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber. The married duo were spotted enjoying a double date with the reality star, 27, and musician Bad Bunny, 29, in February 2023. The following December, it was reported that the two had called it quits.

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Kylie Jenner

Seems Kylie Jenner has found herself a new beautiful boy. Last seen publicly with rapper Travis Scott—dad to her daughter Stormi, 5, and son Aire, 15 months—at an Art Basel party in December, the beauty mogul, 25, has been linked to Oscar-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet, 27, since April 2023. Now, rise and shine because you don't want to miss the glimpses they've given us of their romance at New York Fashion Week and the US Open, as well as live on TV, when they showed PDA while seated together at the 2024 Golden Globes.

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