
It’s been more than 10 years since Khloé Kardashian and Lamar Odom decided to separate, later finalizing their divorce in 2016. But their marriage was a big chapter in Khloé’s life, and in this week’s episode of her Khloé in Wonder Land podcast, she opened up about the exact moment she realized that she needed to move on.
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On the new episode of the podcast that dropped on Wednesday, guest Mel Robbins asked Khloé if she had ever been in a situation where she struggled to do what needed to be done, even when she knew she had to do it. And as it turns out, that’s exactly how she felt when her gut was telling her that her marriage to Lamar was over and it was time for her to walk away.
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“I remember, I was married and my ex-husband had a drug addiction,” Khloé explained. “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, cause idle time is the devil’s playground.”
So when Lamar got an invitation to play for Team USA during the off-season, Khloé saw it as the perfect opportunity for him, but he didn’t agree.
“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,'” she said.
Khloé “wanted to help him and to get him to feel the motivation and feel good.” But she also realized that Lamar needed to want that for himself, too. It still took her a “long time” to leave, but that moment did eventually lead to her filing for divorce.
“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,'” she said.
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Khloé and Lamar have stayed in touch since their split, and in the recently released trailer for the upcoming season of The Kardashians, we see them reunite, though it’s not clear what’s actually going on between them just yet.
Whatever happens, the new episodes are definitely going to be interesting. Khloé has come a long way since her marriage to Lamar, and it looks like we’ll find out what’s next for her when the show returns for season six on February 6.