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Lamar Odom Thinks Khloe Kardashian Caused Drug Meltdown: How ‘KUWTK’ Star Reacted

By Maurice Cassidy
Published on: 21:50 PST, Oct 22, 2016

Lamar Odom is allegedly blaming Khloe Kardashian for his career downfall, telling family and friends that his estranged wife and the reality TV drama that came with marrying the socialite definitely affected the former NBA player in more ways than one.

Odom, who had been battling a drug addiction before he had even met Khloe, seems to be under the impression that having so much publicity around his marriage, along with the idea of having to live a certain life for the sake of TV show purposes, ended up tearing him apart.

Lamar Odom argues that he had a great career when he first met Khloe because, at that time, he was still playing for the Los Angeles Lakers. Yet, most importantly, he was winning his team a lot of championships. After his get-together with Kardashian, however, Lamar began to experience quite the downfall.

Things had eventually gotten so bad that no team was interested in hiring Lamar Odom because it almost seemed to them as if the troubled athlete was no longer focusing his attention on the game. His mind seemed to be occupied elsewhere, which fans would eventually learn was his secret drug habit in downtown Los Angeles.

“Lamar’s made it no secret to his family that he believes doing the Khloe & Lamar reality show was the beginning of his downfall. That type of television exposure made him feel uncomfortable and nervous and threw his whole basketball game off,” a source tells Hollywood Life.

According to the outlet, the only reason Lamar ended up doing the show in the first place was simply down to the supposed fact that he just wanted to please Khloe. Their relationship was still very fresh and tons of offers were pouring in for the couple to do showcase their love on reality TV, with Khloe having already had tremendous success with Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

And it wasn’t just the reality show that ended up breaking Lamar Odom. The duo also had their wedding filmed for TV purposes, the constant media exposure with magazine covers, fragrances and endorsement deals heavily distracted Odom from his true passion: basketball.

“He was trying to do way too much back then, pleasing Khloe and trying to be superman. The homie loved Khloe so much and put every one of her needs first and was trying too hard to live up to the Kardashian standards of fame and ultimately got caught up in the party scene as a result of being a reality star.”

Things were gradually worsening with Lamar Odom and Khloe’s marriage as the former athlete would disappear for days on end, only to be confronted by Kardashian, who was already aware that her estranged husband had been cheating on her.

And it wasn’t just with one woman, Us Weekly reveals. At the time of the revelation, dozens of women came forward claiming they had unprotected sex with Lamar Odom, and that Khloe would be stupid to stay with a man that’s not only cheating on her behind her back but also be so reckless when sleeping with other people.

A source continues to tell Hollywood Life, “Lamar’s overdose and his stroke have injured his brain and depending on which side of his brain was affected, his ability to make good, healthy decisions may have been affected as well.”

As Khloe has already stated, she has no plans of reconciling with Lamar Odom in the future.

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