Lamar Odom Reveals He Left Taraji P. Henson Because He “Fell In Love” With Khloe Kardashian In Resurfaced Interview

Taraji Was trending after a resurfaced interview dropped about why her ex Lamar Odom left her for Khloe Kardashian. During his interview with TV One’s “Uncensored” back in 2019, he discussed the end of his and Taraji’s relationship, which not a lot of fans knew about. The athlete revealed that before he started dating his ex-wife Khloe, he spent time with the Empire actress.

I met Taraji at [an] HBO party. I met her and we hit it off right away,” the retired NBA player explained. That was when he “really, really started liking her,” adding that he wishes he “would’ve done things [differently] with her.”

“She was a little older than me but I learned a lot from her because that was the most significant relationship as a grown-up that I had with a black woman,” Lamar gushed over the “Empire” actress. “I used to carry her picture on the road with me,” he added, referring to his time spent playing for teams like the Clippers and the Mavericks.

Not stopping there, Lamar claimed that Taraji was an inspiration for him. “She gave me inspiration… A black woman working like that, that’s just as good at her craft as I am in my craft,” he divulged.

Things ended with Taraji because of me being an immature punk.” He continued, “I didn’t know how to tell her that I was falling in love with another woman named Khloe Kardashian.”