Lamar Odom talks about his surprise reunion with his ex-wife Khloe Kardashian on The Kardashian family season 6.
Lamar, 45, and Khloé, 40, documents their first meeting in a few years for the upcoming season, as teased in a trailer shared by Hulu on Friday, Jan. 17, and the former NBA star reveals how his cameo came about.
According to Lamar, the meeting was arranged by his friend and Khloe’s best friend, Malika Haqqwho herself appeared on The Kardashian family and its predecessor, Keeping up with the Kardashians.
“I ran into her in Las Vegas,” Lamar said of Malika, 41, during an interview Monday, Jan. 20, on the Australian radio show, The Kyle and Jackie O Show. “I think it was Super Bowl weekend. She came up to me and said, ‘Lamar, I think it’s time for you and Khloé to (meet)… it’s been years. You haven’t seen her. If you’re up for it, I think I can do it.”
As seen in Kardashians season 6 trailer, Lamar visited Khloe at her Hidden Hills mansion with a bouquet of red roses.
According to the former Los Angeles Lakers player, he didn’t realize his date with Khloe would be filmed.
“And I went over there, there were cameras there, and I was like, ‘Oh, okay,'” Lamar explained. “It’s cool, I get it, you know.”
As for where he and Khloe stand now, Lamar said, “It’s going to be a blessing to just be her friend,” denying they’re back together.
Before Kim Kardashian’s 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries, there was Khloe Kardashian’s nine-day engagement to Lamar Odom. In November 2009 season 4 of Keeping Up With the Kardashians premiered with a very special episode titled “The Wedding,” which packed almost all of Khloé and Lamar’s courtship into a tight 90 minutes. Khloé introduced Lamar to (…)
“You know, so much time has passed and people have changed,” he added. “For the better, I think.”
Later in the interview, radio personality Kyle Sandilands pressed Lamar on whether he still has feelings for his ex, saying, “You’re still in love with her. Do you want to be with her or not? Do you want her back? You can admit it.
Lamar responded, “I don’t care. I think it’s healthy. I think sometimes it’s healthy to like, you know, move on. You know, in a healthy way. Like I said, it’s going to be a blessing just to be a friend, just to be around her.
It was almost love at first sight when Khloé Kardashian met former NBA player Lamar Odom. The couple married in September 2009 after just one month of dating. They were in marital bliss for the next four years, a journey documented on their hit E! reality series, Khloé & Lamar. Unfortunately, (…)
Chloe married Lamar in September 2009 after a month of dating, soon recording their romance on E!’s Khloé & Lamar documentaries. The reality star filed for divorce four years later, but put her filing on hold after Lamar was left in a coma after overdosing in a legal brothel in Nevada. Khloé serves as Lamar’s caretaker while he recovers. She filed for divorce again in May 2016, which was finalized seven months later.
Khloé teases her date with Lamar while talking to her mom, Kris Jennerand a sister Kim Kardashian c Kardashians season 6 trailer. “I honestly think timing is everything,” she said in a confessional before the trailer cut to footage of Khloé talking to a shocked Kim, 44, and Kris, 69.
“It’s crazy,” Kim joked, before Kris tearfully called the NBA alum “the love of (Khloé’s) life.”
“I don’t even know this guy anymore,” the Good American founder added in voiceover as footage of Lamar arriving at her house was shown.
The Kardashian family Season 6 premieres Thursday, February 6 on Hulu.
