Since Khloé Kardashian’s recent reunion with her ex-husband Lamar Odom, it seems she’s been reminiscing about their messy marriage.
Kardashian and the former NBA player came face to face for the first time in nine years during the season 6 premiere of her family’s reality TV series, “The Kardashians” in February.
Their marriage was primarily destroyed following Odom’s battle with substance addiction and some infidelity on his behalf. In an April 16 episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, Kardashian recalls how one particular incident left her with bloody knuckles.
“We were married. He was doing his thing, and he went down to some motel in downtown L.A. and was with a girl and I was young…maybe 26 [years old] something like that,” said the now-40-year-old.
After tracking him down, Kardashian said he asked the guy at the front desk where Odom was and the man gave her the room number. “I saw in the window that him and this girl were — they were either naked or she was in lingerie, something like that. I knocked on the door. They answered it for some reason, and I just started going ballistic.”
She noticed the aftermath of the altercation the next morning as she prepared to attend her niece Penelope’s birthday party.
“It was a cowboy party. My knuckles were all bloody and gross, and I just had bandanas wrapped around. I was on theme. And I acted as if nothing ever happened and I don’t think I ever said a thing.”
With a smirk on her face, Kardashian recalled how Odom “could not understand how I knew where he was. And I was like, ‘I don’t give a sh-t. I’m not telling anybody anything. And why are you in a motel in downtown L.A. at 3 in the morning?'”
#KhloéKardashian says she went totally "ballistic" when she found out her ex-husband #LamarOdom was cheating on her when they were married. She breaks down what happened on #CallHerDaddy! https://t.co/MoU6mTowmh
— TMZ (@TMZ) April 16, 2025
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There was less shock about the reality star revealing her truth from fans in the comment section of People’s report, most of whom wondered how she got the “bloody” knuckles.
“She said her knuckles were bloody, who or what did she hit? I don’t remember any arrests for assault. Or was that an exaggeration?” said one person.
Another said, “She didn’t understand the rules of marrying a professional athlete. They consider other women part of the perks and many wives look the other way for the fame and money.”
More sympathetic social media users wrote, “The thing is Khloe is beautiful. She is a Great mom, and auntie. These guys are just missing out on a good woman. She deserves the best” and “Wow, money doesn’t change the fact that she is also human with emotions and what not!”
Kardashian hasn’t had the best of luck in her more serious relationships. Her marriage to Odom, 45, began in 2009, but they ended up splitting for good in 2013 when she filed for divorce.
This was so uncomfortable and awkward to watch🫣
— Perry (@Knowingtheknow) February 7, 2025
Her most recent public relationship was with another NBA star, Tristan Thompson. She and the Cleveland Cavaliers player began dating two months before her divorce was finalized in September. But days before giving birth to their daughter, True Thompson, in 2018 Kardashian found out that Thompson was cheating.
He cheated on her with several women and even had a baby with another woman while he was with Kardashian. That birth occurred around the time that they were preparing to welcome their second child, a son, Tatum Thompson, via surrogate.
Both Odom and Thompson have admitted their wrongdoings and have apologized to Kardashian. Additionally, they’ve both complimented her for being a great partner despite stepping out on her. But the praise doesn’t seem to move Kardashian after they’ve caused her pain.
She even talked about that in the season 6 finale of “The Kardashians” with her baby sisters Kendall, 29, and Kylie Jenner, 27.
She said, “I get offended, whether it be Tristan or Lamar, where these people do these outrageous things and then they see me again and act as if nothing happened. Or they’re like, ‘Oh, I wish I could put my tongue down your throat.”
The mom of two continued, “So what does it say on my forehead? ‘F—— doormat? It probably does to these people, because I have been, in so many different ways. But then that gets taken advantage of.”
“I’m like, all you guys, f— every single person around me, cause everyone loves to say how great I am after, but why don’t you think that before? But it’s really insulting to me,” she added.
