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Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom She shared one of the most intense and public love stories of the late 2000s. After meeting in 2009, they married just one month later, beginning a stormy relationship that would eventually unravel amid personal struggles and heartbreak. Although their marriage legally lasted seven years, the couple separated in 2013 — around the same time Khloe stood by Lamar as he recovered from a near-fatal overdose in 2015. Their divorce was finalized in 2016.
In March 2022, Lamar publicly expressed his regret about their marriage while responding to what happened Oscars incident involving Will Smith and Chris Rock. In a social media post at the time, Lamar admitted that he failed to protect Khloe during their marriage, writing that if he had done so emotionally, mentally and spiritually, “they might still be married.”
That same year, Lamar echoed those sentiments during an appearance Celebrity Big BrotherWhere he publicly expressed his love and remorse. “I just want to take her out to eat and tell her I’m sorry,” he said, adding that he still misses Chloe and her family and feels like he’s let them down.
In March 2026, Lamar and Khloe sat down separately to discuss his docuseries failures. Untold: The Death and Life of Lamar Odom.
Below, we take a closer look at their romantic history — from the stormy beginnings to the very public ending.
The beginning of Khloe and Lamar’s romance
A falling out between Khloe and Lamar arose immediately when they met at a party in August 2009. Three weeks later, he popped the question and they walked down the aisle together within nine days, with the ceremony seen in an episode of the fourth season of the TV series. Keeping up with the Kardashians It’s called “the wedding.”
After the wedding, the couple was the epitome of married happiness, often packing their bags during outings and interviews. Khloe was a fixture at NBA games, cheering on her husband from both sides, though she bristled at the idea of being known only for her husband’s success. “I’m not just a basketball wife. I have my own career,” she said. at In 2011.
A year into their marriage, the unstoppable couple has landed a deal for their own reality show Khloe and Lamarwhich ran for two seasons.
The demise of Khloe and Lamar’s romance
By 2013, Lamar’s struggle with substance abuse had become more apparent, along with his extramarital affairs, which he himself later admitted to. After four years of marriage and Lamar’s arrest for drunk driving, Khloe filed for divorce in December 2013.
Two years later, with divorce papers still to be signed, Lamar was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel of a near-fatal overdose. Khloe and her family rushed to his bed in a Las Vegas hospital, where he remained in a coma. Khloe called off the divorce at the time to help him mend. Once he recovered and it was clear that nothing had changed in her heart, she filed for divorce again and it was finalized on December 17, 2016.
The fallout from Khloe and Lamar’s romance
After their split, Lamar I briefly became involved with a fitness coach Sabrina Barr in 2019, but the relationship ended the following year. In the years since, Lamar has occasionally shared posts and comments indicating that he still has unresolved feelings for his ex-wife. In late 2025, he posted old photos with Chloe and captions that fans interpreted as nostalgia.
Meanwhile, Khloe has largely focused on co-parenting her children – her daughter TRUE (Born in 2018) and a son Tatum (Born in 2022) – with her ex-boyfriend Tristan Thompson.
