Lamar Odom wants to improve his relationship with his ex-wife Khloé Kardashian‘s family.
On Tuesday, the basketball player spoke to TMZ Live about his new motivational speaking job with company MicDrop.
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The athlete also discussed his reality TV experience — where he appeared on Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Khloé & Lamar with his former flame.
Overall, he has zero regrets about his famous past, and even hopes to “rebuild” his bond with the K-brood.
The NBA star exclaimed:
“Doing reality TV and being married to Khloé, besides having children and besides me doing this motivational speaking that I’m going to start doing, that was the most memorable part and the best part of my adulthood. So, there’s nothing I regret about that.. And, hopefully, me going to public speaking can even bring me closer to the Kardashians and help me rebuild that bridge.”
After getting married in 2009, the Revenge Body host initially filed for divorce in December 2013. However, after Odom was hospitalized following an overdose at a Nevada brothel, Kardashian withdrew her petition until their divorce was finalized in December 2016.
In the interview, the baller also opened up about how he “failed as a father,” but hopes his new gig will bring his family (including 21-year-old daughter Destiny and 17-year-old son Lamar Jr. — whom he shares with ex Liza Morales) closer together.
“This is a great way for me to make up the time I lost with them and help them get better as well.”
WATCH a clip of his interview (below):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up6li1gvU2w
As we reported in May, while appearing on PodcastOne‘s Divorce Sucks With Laura Wasser, Khloé explained her mentality during the couple’s on-again, off-again divorce proceedings.
The 35-year-old recalled:
“He OD’ed during the divorce and I was his next of kin, even though it was still, the divorce was still—it was on the judge’s desk… It was like two years, or like a year or two of us trying to get the divorce going and then this happened… And then we paused the divorce, not for any romantic reasons but I wanted to be able to help take care of him and make sure that he would be okay again.”
According to KoKo, when Lamar woke up from his coma, the first thing he said was, “Hey babe.”
“I was like, ‘Oh God. What year does he think this is?’ I remember I was like, ‘Oh no. What did I do?!’ Because I was like, ‘Does he know?… And then he went right back to sleep because he was in a coma, woke up, saw me and I might’ve put him back into a coma I don’t know, he probably was terrified.’”
That same month, Odom told People he has deep regrets with how things turned out with his marriage to Khloé, explaining:
“I wish I could have been more of a man. It still bothers me to this day. But regret is something we have to learn to live with.”
[Image via FayesVision/WENN.]