Khloé Kardashian says her relationship with former husband Lamar Odom has reached a breaking point after she watched his Netflix documentary and objected to its portrayal of their marriage and her role during his recovery.
Her reaction aired in the November 12 episode of The Kardashians, where she said she regretted contributing an unpaid interview to Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom. The documentary revisits the former NBA player’s basketball career, marriage and near-fatal overdose in 2015.
“The bridge is burned, and there’s no more rope left to throw over, so he is dead to me,” Kardashian said, according to Entertainment Weekly’s account of the episode. Her words described a severing of personal ties, not a statement about Odom’s health.
Why Khloé Kardashian objected to Odom’s documentary comments
Kardashian said she had agreed to appear because she wanted to help Odom, not because she was being paid. Watching the finished documentary left her feeling that the gesture had exposed her to comments she found distasteful.
Her criticism centred partly on Odom’s discussion of the Kardashian family’s lifestyle and influence. EW reported that he spoke about observing how the family lived and wanting a similar life for himself. He also described the combination of his own celebrity and the family’s reach as a “power trip.”
Kardashian interpreted those remarks as suggesting he had married her to gain greater pop-cultural prominence rather than because he loved her. That is her interpretation of his comments; it should not be presented as an independently established account of his motives.
She questioned why he would involve her in interviews for the project while giving that account of their relationship. USA Today’s episode report likewise describes her frustration as involving both the substance of his remarks and her own decision to participate.
Her role in his recovery is another point of disagreement
The episode also revisited Odom’s 2015 medical emergency. Kardashian had filed for divorce in 2013 but withdrew the petition after his overdose, then helped care for him during his recovery. Their divorce was completed in 2016.
Scott Disick defended Kardashian’s involvement during the episode, recalling practical assistance she had provided while Odom was recovering. His comments were an account by someone close to the family, rather than a medical assessment of the causes of Odom’s recovery.
Kardashian said her objection was not that she needed public gratitude. She wanted Odom to stop discussing her in ways she believed diminished the support she had given him.
“Don’t discredit me,” she said.
People’s coverage places that reaction alongside earlier comments Kardashian made on her podcast about regretting her documentary involvement. The new episode therefore revisits an existing dispute rather than announcing a new divorce or a recent medical emergency.
What the Netflix film covers
Netflix’s official listing describes Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom as tracing his rise to NBA fame, his marriage to Kardashian and his near-fatal overdose in Nevada.
The film is a separate production from The Kardashians. Odom’s retrospective account appears in the Netflix documentary; Kardashian’s latest criticism aired in her family’s Hulu series. Keeping those two settings distinct is important when attributing their statements.
The documentary’s title refers to the major crisis in Odom’s life and its aftermath. It is not an announcement that he has died. Similarly, Kardashian’s quoted description of him as dead to her conveys her stated desire for distance.
A marriage that ended in 2016 remains a public subject
Kardashian and Odom married in 2009, and their relationship became part of the family’s reality-television story. Although they first separated in 2013, his medical emergency prolonged the legal and personal connection before their final split three years later.
The November 12 discussion shows how revisiting that history can reopen disagreements long after a marriage has ended. Kardashian’s position in the episode was that she no longer wanted to remain involved in Odom’s public retelling of their relationship.
The Kardashians releases episodes on Thursdays on Hulu. The latest remarks are Kardashian’s account of why she wants that boundary; they do not establish Odom’s intentions or provide a fresh response from him to the episode.
