Lamar Odom talks about his surprise reunion with his ex-wife Khloe Kardashian on The Kardashians season 6.
Lamar, 45, and Khloé, 40, documented their first meeting in several years for the upcoming season, as teased in a trailer shared by Hulu on Friday, January 17, and the former NBA star reveals how his cameo came about.
According to Lamar, the reunion was organized by his friend and Khloé’s best friend, Malika Haqqwho herself appeared on The Kardashians and his predecessor, Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
“I met her by chance in Las Vegas,” Lamar said of Malika, 41, during a Monday, January 20, interview on the Australian radio show. The Kyle & Jackie O Show. “I think it was Super Bowl weekend. She came 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 make it happen.
As seen in the The Kardashians season 6 trailer, Lamar visited Khloé at her Hidden Hills mansion with a bouquet of red roses.
According to the former Los Angeles Lakers player, he did not realize that his meeting with Khloé would be filmed.
“And I went there, and there were cameras there and I was like, ‘Oh, okay,'” Lamar said. “It’s cool, I get it, you know.”
As for him and Khloé’s current situation, Lamar said, “It would be a blessing just to be his friend,” denying that they are back together.
Before Kim Kardashian’s 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries, there was Khloé 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 crammed almost the entirety 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, you know, changed,” he added. “I think for the best.”
Later in the interview, the radio personality Kyle Sandiland pressed Lamar on whether he still had 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 that.
Lamar responded, “I don’t care. I think it’s healthy. I think it’s healthy sometimes to like, you know, move on. You know, in a healthy way. Like I said, it would be a blessing to just be a friend, just to be with her.
It was love at first sight when Khloé Kardashian met former NBA player Lamar Odom. The couple married in September 2009 after only a month of dating. They enjoyed marital bliss for the next four years – a journey documented in their hit E! reality TV series, Khloé & Lamar. Unfortunately, (…)
Khloé married Lamar in September 2009 after dating for a month, soon chronicling their romance on E! Khloe & Lamar docuseries. The reality TV star filed for divorce four years later, but postponed her court filing after Lamar fell into a coma following an overdose at a legal Nevada brothel. Khloé served as Lamar’s caretaker during his recovery. She filed for divorce in May 2016, which was finalized seven months later.
Khloé teased her reunion with Lamar by speaking to her mother, Kris Jennerand sister Kim Kardashian in the The Kardashians trailer for season 6. “I honestly think timing is everything,” she said in a confessional before the trailer cut to footage of Khloé talking to Kim, 44, and Kris , 69 years old, shocked.
“This is insane,” Kim joked before a tearful Kris called the NBA alum “the love of (Khloé’s) life.”
“I don’t even know this person anymore,” the Good American founder added in voiceover as footage of Lamar arriving at her home played.
The Kardashians Season 6 premieres Thursday, February 6 on Hulu.
