Lamar Odom on The Wendy Show talked at length about sobriety and the Kardashians(Video)

Do you remember Lamar Odom, an ex-basketball player and ex-husband to Kim Kardashian sister, Khloe? The pair divorced following allegations of adultery and drug-related troubles, including the infamous passing out of Odom at a Nevada brothel.

A refresher

In 2015, Lamar Odom, who was then separated from Khloe Kardashian, was hospitalised after being found unconscious in his room at the Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada. The star had booked a five-day spree at the brothel. The staff at the hotels said that Odom had taken “An unknown substance in the form of an unidentified pill” that he pulled from an unmarked plastic bag. Two women who were with the star at the brothel also told police that the former NBA star had “Possibly ingested cocaine in the bathroom adjoining to the bedroom” as they had heard him snorting in the bathroom. Furthermore, the women said that they had a vague knowledge of him using illicit drugs. Toxicological tests, however, conclusively demonstrated that Odom had ingested some cocaine at a point prior to passing out.

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So, what now?

Odom appears to have cleaned up his act. The star made an appearance on The Wendy Williams Show this week and talked at length about that incident. According to him, waking from the coma and finding that he could neither talk nor walk was scary. He talked about the support provided by his ex-wife Khloe, the loss of his best friend Jimmy, taking up basketball coaching, his drug addictions, “I was a good drug addict”, he said. “I will stay away, I wouldn’t really get high while we were shooting or anything like that” (that is shooting Keeping up with the Kardashians and the spin-off “Khloe and Lamar” reality series).

On rekindling a relationship with Khloe, Odom was categorical in refuting the possibility. “She’s always been beautiful to me” he admitted. But in saying “No” to rekindling a relationship with her, Odom had this to add: “And I said that with like no offence to her. That would be the best for both of us – let’s keep our distance.”

On the brothel incident that nearly cost him his life, Odom denied that he had taken any drug that night. He seems to think that God had something to do with it. “I think that was God just trying to talk to me, get me to stop doing whatever I was doing because I didn’t take any drugs that night”, he said.

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This was a totally honest interview and Odom appeared to genuinely regret his past mistakes. He was very calm and collected during the interview. Moreover, he resisted all baiting to throw shades on the Kardashians, which is rather very commendable. More importantly, he seemed to have taken back the leash of his life. We wish him well.

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