WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
  • Khloé Kardashian said Lamar Odom is “dead to me” after watching his Netflix documentary.
  • Kardashian objected to Odom’s comments about her family’s lifestyle, connections, and influence.
  • The former couple married in 2009 and divorced in 2016 after Kardashian helped Odom recover from an overdose.
  • Kardashian also accused Odom of minimizing the care she provided during his recovery.

Khloé Kardashian delivered a blistering response to former husband Lamar Odom on Thursday’s episode of The Kardashians. After watching his Netflix documentary, Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom, she said he is now “dead to me.”

As Entertainment Weekly reported, Kardashian said she had agreed to participate as a favor and received no payment for her involvement. What she ultimately saw in the documentary left her deeply unhappy.

“I did watch the Lamar 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, and there’s so many things that I just found really distasteful.”

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Kardashian and the former NBA player married in 2009. She filed for divorce in 2013, but dropped it in 2015 after Odom nearly died following an overdose.

During that crisis, Kardashian helped nurse Odom back to health. Scott Disick described the extent of her assistance on The Kardashians, saying she was “spoonfeeding the guy back to life and helping him go to the bathroom.”

Kardashian and Odom eventually separated for good, and their divorce was completed in 2016. His new documentary revisited their marriage, including what was discussed around the time of their wedding.

In Untold, one of Odom’s close friends recalled speaking with him for roughly two hours on the night of the wedding. According to that friend, one subject was the Los Angeles Lakers’ plan to “try to better his future.”

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Odom also described observing Kardashian’s life and the lifestyle surrounding her family. His comments suggested that the world connected to the Kardashians had a powerful appeal for him.

“Now I’m already Lamar Odom. I’m just kinda watching how she lives and their lifestyle. I’m like, ‘This is where I know I want to be.’ Like, ‘This is how I wanna live.’”

Odom wanted the connections associated with the family, which was starring on Keeping Up With the Kardashians at the time. He characterized the combination of his own influence and the Kardashian family’s influence as a potent force.

“I think that was like a power trip for me,” Odom said, “because you took the power that I had and then the Kardashian power. When you add ‘em, but I wasn’t really ready for all that power.”

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Kardashian interpreted those remarks as Odom saying love was not the real reason behind their marriage. She also objected to appearing in the documentary while those comments were presented.

“You’re saying that you weren’t really in love with me,” she said.

“You married me just so you could be more popular in pop culture, all these things — which is so weird. Even if that is true, why don’t you say it without me being on the other side of these interviews? I just thought that was really, really lame.”

Her reaction left no room for another reconciliation or renewed connection with Odom. Kardashian made clear that, from her perspective, nothing remained to repair.

She added, “The bridge is burned, and there’s no more rope left to throw over, so he is dead to me.”

Kardashian was also upset by Odom’s treatment of her role in his recovery. The Kardashians showed a clip in which he was asked about her involvement after his health scare, and she accused him of minimizing what she had done.

“I don’t need you to thank me, just don’t talk about me,” Kardashian said after watching it. “Don’t discredit me.”

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