Lamar Odom doesn’t plan to revisit the “cesspool of trauma” from his past that features in the new Netflix documentary Untold: The Death and Life of Lamar Odom.
Lamar Odom doesn’t intend to watch the Netflix documentary about himself.
The 46-year-old former basketball star is the subject of Untold: The Death and Life of Lamar Odom but would prefer not to relive his near-fatal 2015 overdose as he attempts to recover from addiction issues.
Lamar, who was formerly married to reality star Khloe Kardashian, told USA Today: “Every recovering addict knows that you want to kind of stay away from things that were traumatising in your life.”
The former LA Lakers player added: “I was telling my girlfriend on the way here, it’s like swimming in a cesspool of trauma.
“And I’m trying to get out of it, but the story reels me back into that pool every time. But I just know I’m bigger than the situation, and I hope to help a lot of people with my testimony. Not just with with the story, but just in life, that we can all overcome addiction.”
Odom’s ex-wife Khloe features in the documentary but the two-time NBA champion revealed that he hasn’t been in contact with her since their tense reunion on a 2025 episode of The Kardashians.
He said: “To me, it didn’t really go well. Felt like she was in attack mode, but I can’t really invalidate her feelings, and I won’t do that. I kind of felt sorry for her, in a sense, when I walked away from it.
“Even thought I know she’s OK – she’s in a good place, she has kids now (True and Tatum Thompson from her relationship with ex-partner Tristan Thompson) – but I could understand the hurt that I caused her.”
Lamar and Khloe – who divorced in 2016 – married just one month after meeting in 2009 but the ex-basketball ace has no regrets about making the hasty decision to walk down the aisle.
He said: “It’s a time that I wouldn’t change.
“Only thing I would change (would) probably be my actions. But it was a part of my book, part of my story, it ain’t going anywhere. But all I can do is try to be the best man I can be now for myself, for my children (Destiny and Lamar Odom Jr., whom he has with his ex-girlfriend Liza Morales) and for my family.”
Lamar Odom won’t be watching Netflix documentary about his addiction struggles
