After ordering a personalized sex doll that his management claims was based on his ex-partner Khloe Kardashian, Lamar Odom has come under fire.
From 2009 to 2016, the former NBA player and Khloe were married, and their relationship was frequently in the news.
Odom’s manager, Gina Rodriguez, said TMZ that Odom, who is now in their own lanes, went to the RealDoll sex toy store in Las Vegas earlier this week to buy something.
Images and videos that the magazine was able to secure show the former Los Angeles Lakers player looking through the sex doll catalog and, in one footage, touching sex toys from a workstation.
Odom’s representative told TMZ that “he can do whatever he wants with her [the sex doll] sexually” after Odom ultimately purchased a doll with a face like Khloe’s.
The dolls are estimated to be valued between $8,000 and $20,000, but Odom is thought to have gotten a break.
The former basketball player squeezed the doll’s breasts and remarked that one of the sex dolls was so lifelike that “it looks like she got blood running through her veins right here.”
Odom’s purchased sex doll is still in construction, but it should arrive in time for the holidays.
After viewing the videos and images, a large number of people took to social media, however the great majority were not impressed by Odom.
One user commented on Twitter, “This is really strange and spooky,” while another said, “Eww, this is really spooky.. like why would you even want that.”
“Lamar Odom’s decision to buy a RealDoll that was modeled after his ex speaks to the complex ways people process and cope with significant relationships from their past,” said Gina Rodriguez, Odom’s manager, in a statement given to UNILAD. This RealDoll might symbolize a special fusion of comfort, nostalgia, and a means of making sense of his individual experience.
“Although it could appear unusual, it’s a really intimate mode of communication that enables him to process and reconcile those experiences in a discreet and non-destructive manner. Everyone handles significant life events in different ways, and for Lamar, this could be a chance to go back and revisit that aspect of his past with a sense of closure and control.
Representatives of Khloe have been contacted by UNILAD for comment.
After years of controversy, Odom and Khloe’s divorce was finally finalized in 2016.
In his 2019 biography, Darkness to Light, Odom talked about the pressure of being in the spotlight and the cheating scandals that plagued their relationship.
“I was faithful to her at the beginning of our marriage,” he wrote. The deadly combination of infidelity, drugs, a failing job, and the spotlight was too much for me to take.
Did I mention the despair, anxiety, and paranoia? I couldn’t keep the coke out of my nose or my d-k in my pants.
“Over two thousand ladies have had sex with me. The number of strippers was too great to count. My cocaine addiction and sex addiction coexist.”
Odom went on to discuss the circumstance with People, saying: “I wish I could have been more of a guy. I’m still bothered by it now. However, remorse is something we must learn to accept.
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