Khloé Kardashian Reflects on Lamar’s Role After Her Father’s Death

Khloé Kardashian recently opened up about how her ex-husband Lamar Odom became the head of the Kardashian household after her father’s death. Kardashian first met Odom in 2009, six years after her father, Robert Kardashian Sr., died in 2003. In The Kardashians Season 6, Episode 5, Kardashian reflected on her marriage to Odom in a confessional. The duo officially divorced in 2016, about half a year after Odom suffered from an overdose and was found unresponsive in a Nevada brothel.

After this overdose landed Odom in a coma, Kardashian was there to help him recover. However, their relationship didn’t last much longer after this harrowing event — and Kardashian has long been vocal about how difficult leaving Odom was. Now nearly a decade after their split, the Good American mogul has shed insight into how her divorce from Odom impacted both herself and her entire family:

“Because our Dad died so young, Lamar was the first man that ever came in our lives that was like, the head of the household. For all of us. Lamar was everyone’s protector. Everyone — even if someone was older — looked up to Lamar… It made me sad because the demise of Lamar hurt and affected every single one of my family. We still love him and cherish him, but that man is just not there.”

Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom Recently Reunited on ‘The Kardashians’

In The Kardashians Season 6 premiere episode, Kardashian reunited with her ex-husband Odom. Neither had seen each other since Kardashian left him in 2016, but thankfully, the two of them were able to heartwarmingly reunite on Khloe in Wonderland’s host’s 40th birthday. Khloé Kardashian has been transparent about wanting to try to shed some of her past trauma and baggage in this milestone year. And that’s exactly why she met up with Odom at her friend Malika Haqq’s house. The Good American owner even gave him back a trunk of his belongings that she had kept over the past nine years.

Unfortunately, Kardashians are no stranger to scandals and relationships ending terribly, as more recent episodes of The Kardashians have shed light on Khloé Kardashian’s another relationship dynamic with her ex Tristan Thompson, who she shares two children with. Their relationship ended back in 2021 after multiple cheating scandals, New episodes of The Kardashians air on Hulu on Thursdays at 12 a.m. ET. All previous episodes and seasons of the reality TV show can be streamed on the same platform.