Chris Palmer penned this excellent piece for Bleacher Report about spending some time with Lamar Odom before the unfortunate events that left him in a coma and fighting for his life. Lamar’s condition has improved greatly, but according to doctors, he might never be the same.
One thing that is very clear from the piece is that his love for Khloe Kardashian has never wavered. His love for the Kardashians as a whole is also very strong.
He only refers to Khloe as his wife, even though they had finally agreed to get a divorce and takes the position that she will always be his. Here is the quote.
“All this drug s–t. All this stuff with my wife…” he pauses. “First off, I’ma tell you…That’s my family, and I’m looking you in the eye, that’s my family—no matter what. No matter what man stands in the way, they know I would grip up, knuckle up, do whatever to protect them. Kendall, Kylie, Bruce, Brody, Kim, Kris, Rob, everybody. They know that nobody’s f–king with us. I will flip every table, break every lamp and roll with them no matter what. And what they [the media] trying to do is weaken that.”
While I think it is safe to say that Khloe truly does love him, you have to wonder about the other Kardashians. The fact that their impending divorce was a major storyline on their reality show, which included Lamar being shown in a very vulnerable state, people can speculate that they were just using him for the show and nothing else.
The loyalty that Lamar shows to them is something that has never changed. While we don’t know what is going to happen in the future with Khloe and Lamar Odom, hopefully this crisis makes things clear that reality tv and actual REALITY are two different things.