Khloé Kardashian has been opening up about her past relationships on her new podcast, and now she’s divulging what put the final nail in the coffin in her turbulent marriage to ex-husband Lamar Odom.
During Wednesday’s episode of the reality star’s “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast, which aired on X (formerly Twitter), Kardashian revealed to guest Mel Robbins the “pivotal moment” she knew her marriage with the former Los Angeles Lakers star was no longer working.
“I remember I was married, and my ex-husband had a drug addiction, and I knew that his addiction always heightened — he was in the NBA — and his addiction always heightened when he was in the off-season because idle time is the devil’s playground,” she told Robbins.
Kardashian then recalled a time when Odom was asked to join Team USA, which she says led the two to have a bombshell conversation.
“I remember he was asked to go to Team USA, if I remember correctly, and I was begging, ‘Please, please go to Team USA,’ and I was pushing, and I remember he just looked at me and said, ‘You can’t want it more than I do,’” the Good American founder continued.
Kardashian called the realization she had through the conversation “so profound,” adding, “That was a very pivotal moment in my life because I remember that statement being like … ‘Yeah, you’re right. I can’t want your life more than you.’”
Kardashian and Odom met and started dating in August 2009. The pair tied the knot just one month later. They split in 2013 amid Odom’s public cheating scandal and his substance abuse issues and finalized their divorce in 2016.
“I wanted it so badly because I wanted to help him and to get him to feel the motivation and feel good, but he just wasn’t in that place. … It took me a long time to get to, then I had to file for divorce,” Kardashian admitted to Robbins.
Watch Kardashian’s “Khloé in Wonder Land” podcast below.
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