Odom says cocaine led to end of career
LOS ANGELES — Former NBA star Lamar Odom said he’s ‘‘ a walking miracle’’ after being found unconscious with cocaine in his system in a Nevada brothel in 2015.
Odom told Us Weekly that his use of cocaine helped put an end to his NBA career.
‘‘ Drugs killed my drive to want to train and be in shape,’’ he said.
Odom also said he hid his cocaine use from exwife Khloe Kardashian for a while, but she found out about two years before they split in 2013.
‘‘ She was disappointed; so was I,’’ Odom said. ‘‘ The sad thing about it is, I don’t know if I was disappointed because I was actually doing the drug or because she caught me.
‘‘ She knew I was doing cocaine the whole time after that; it was my drug of choice. I’m not going to say she accepted it because that would be the wrong word. ‘ Tolerated’ would be a better word.’’
Odom also said he regrets cheating on Kardashian when they were married.
‘‘ If there is one thing I regret when I was married, it was having multiple affairs with different women,’’ he said. ‘‘ That wasn’t the stand- up thing to do.’’
Kardashian filed for divorce in 2013 but delayed it after the incident at the brothel. Odom said Kardashian helped him to regain his memory after the episode. Their divorce was finalized in December.
Odom said he’s sober now after finishing a rehab stint in January.
Sun- Times wires