Lamar Odom.
Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesLamar OdomHis 2015 coma remains unclear, and the former NBA player still doesn't know how one drink led to his hospitalization.
“I remember it, but I don’t really remember because I was in a coma,” Odom, 45, said of his near-death experience during the Monday, January 20, episode of Australia. The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
The former Los Angeles Lakers star recalls heading to a “fucking brothel” in Nevada in October 2015 without any drugs on him.
“I remember being upset because I didn't have any cocaine to take to the brothel,” Odom said, noting that he had “just signed the divorce papers” after separating from his wife. Khloe Kardashian So he planned to “enter the brothel” that night. (Kardashian, 40, initially filed for divorce in December 2013 after four years of marriage.)
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Once he arrived at the site, Odom recalled that he “put a certain amount on my credit card to tell them, like, 'You know, let's keep this a secret.'”
Then, the athlete recalls, “he had a drink and then woke up three days later and it was all over the news.”
Cohost Kyle Sandilands He was surprised by Odom's account of the evening, asking, “So, there were no drugs?”
Odom replied, “I don’t know what they could have slipped into my drink,” stressing that he did not remember taking any drugs on his own, but When he came out of the comaHe was told there were indeed drugs in his system that night.
He continued: “When I woke up, I couldn’t walk or talk. It took a few months of rehab, a lot of prayer, and a lot of determination.
Odom was also by Kardashian's side when he woke up. While the couple had just signed divorce papers when Odom was about to die, the matter had not been finalized. Kardashians star File pulled so you can make medical decisions On his behalf.
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“She was the first thing I saw. She said, ‘Hi, Mokah.’ ‘Mokah’ was the name my mother used to call me. “She said that to tell me I wasn’t dead,” Odom said. He said exclusively Us Weekly In March 2017, recalling the moment he woke up to Kardashian next to his bed. “She played a major role in getting my memory back. She would bring up pictures of my mother and grandmother. I kept thinking, Am I paralyzed forever? Am I silent forever? It was scary. Faith got me through.”
While he and Kardashian eventually ended up They divorced in December 2016Odom has learned a lot during his recovery.
The retired basketball player said Monday that he had 12 strokes and six heart attacks while I was under him, seeing everything black, which ultimately led to his injury. Healthy lifestyle choices.
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“You have nothing to do after you've overcome death,” Odom continued, noting in the podcast that since his encounter with death he has been “Drug free“.
He said his “mission” after surviving the overdose is to “help people who have the same problem, who can't help themselves” to better understand addiction.
Regarding his private life, Odom said that he is “satisfied” and “happy” living with his children.
Odom's eldest child, son Jayden, died at 6 months of sudden infant death syndrome. He welcomed Jayden with his then girlfriend Lisa Morales In December 2005. The former couple also shares daughter Destiny, 26, and son Lamar Jr., 23.
“(I) see things differently and submit to fatherhood,” he concluded.
