Former NBA player Lamar Odom talks to Shannon Sharpe about his addictions and how they affected his daily life
Being successful in professional sports is one of the most difficult things to achieve. It requires hard work, dedication, repetition, skill, and above all, will. While other levels of sports aren’t easy either, professional sports attract audiences and viewers in abundance.
With all these people watching and your team counting on you, the pressure that starts to build takes its toll on the players. It makes them crack. Lamar Odom was one of these players. Growing up with a father addicted to heroin, it didn’t take long for Odom to turn to drugs.
He was using marijuana before his 15th birthday, and it only got worse there. His addiction to cocaine would lead to kidney failure, several heart attacks and 12 strokes. Odom talked about the same thing recently on Club Shay Shay.
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Lamar Odom talks to Shannon Sharpe about his addictions
On the latest episode of Club Shay Shay, Uncle Shannon Sharpe sat down with two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom. Unsurprisingly, the subject of his addictions would surely be brought up, and Sharpe did exactly that.
Speaking of the same, Odom described how he got into marijuana when he was young, and then didn’t know how powerful a dose of cocaine would be.
.@Lamar Odom talks about his cocaine addiction that led him down the wrong path:
“I never thought I’d have a drug problem… I’m an athlete, so I thought I could get through anything. I never thought a hit of cocaine was going to do that.” pic.twitter.com/rl9oi21knE
— Club Shay Shay (@ClubShayShay) October 5, 2022
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Lamar talked about how his drug addiction and sex addiction went hand in hand. He was terribly affected, in a way that he would be with a woman, he would pleasure himself or watch p*rn every waking minute.
How did Odom’s addictions affect his relationship with Khloe Kardashian?
Lamar Odom met Khloe Kardashian in 2009 at the house of his partner Ron Artest (now Metta Sandiford-Artest Party). They dated for a month, before jumping in and getting married. It seemed like their relationship was rock solid, and Odom was a regular on Keeping Up With The Kardashians. In 2010, they got a spin-off, Lamar and Khloe. This lasted until 2012, before Odom felt that he was taking its toll.
In 2013, Khloe filed for divorce citing substance abuse. The divorce was nearly finalized before the divorce was dismissed by petition in October 2015. Khloe filed when Odom overdosed, to care for him and help him recover.
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However, once her health returned, Khloe filed for divorce again, and the two separated in December 2016.
