Khloé Kardashian revealed that she physically confronted her ex-husband, Lamar Odom, after discovering him using drugs in a home she was financially supporting following his 2015 overdose.
The disclosure comes in Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom, set to premiere on March 31. Kardashian said the incident occurred during Odom’s recovery, a period when he required significant care and supervision.
Kardashian explained that she had arranged housing for Odom, along with a caretaker and a chef, due to his limited ability to function independently. “So at this point, Lamar can barely talk. He can speak a little bit, but it’s more like ‘Mmhmm,’ and everything’s delayed. He wasn’t able to take a shower on his own,” Kardashian recalled.
She said her suspicions were raised during a visit to the home. “Once you know the smell of crack, it’s the most identifiable, disgusting smell, and there’s nothing that you can confuse it with,” she said. “And I remember stopping by the house, and I smelled crack.”
Kardashian described approaching him quietly before confirming what she feared. “I remember slowly tiptoeing up the stairs, he was in his bedroom, sitting on the edge of the bed, smoking crack, and I just punched him in his face,” she revealed.
According to Kardashian, the confrontation marked a breaking point in their relationship. She added that she had believed Odom did not have access to a phone at the time before ultimately issuing an ultimatum: “I said, ‘By Monday you need to be out of this house, I’m done, I’m not paying for a thing, and I never want to speak to you again.”
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Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom were married in 2009. Kardashian first filed for divorce in December 2013, but the proceedings were temporarily put on hold as she supported Odom through his recovery following his overdose. Their divorce was ultimately finalized in December 2016.
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Khloe Kardashian has also spoken about the long-term impact of her divorce from Lamar Odom. She said finalizing the separation became a turning point in her personal habits. “My divorce was really the catalyst for why I became obsessed in a healthy way with working out,” she said in a recent interview.
She also addressed changes in her relationship with food. “I realized during my marriage that I ate so much and I would eat my feelings and I didn’t like how that made me feel.”
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After her divorce, Kardashian was in an on-and-off relationship with Tristan Thompson until 2021. However, she has not publicly confirmed any romantic relationships since their split.
