Join @RichardTaiteOfficial as he dives into a conversation with Lamar Odom about his near-death health crisis that was coupled with his addiction issues. They also converse about sobriety, faith, the Kardashians, Lamar's time with the Lakers, losing his son at 6 months, losing his mother, and more. For all things Richard Taite, the We're Out Of Time podcast, and Carrara Treatment Wellness & Spa: https://linktr.ee/richardtaite For more on Lamar Odom: https://www.instagram.com/lamarodom/ Key moments from this conversation with Lamar Odom & Richard Taite. Intro 00:00 Who is Lamar and Richard's favorite NBA player of all time? 00:23 How did Lamar feel when he was traded from the Lakers? 01:47 Why was Lamar raised by his grandparents, and how did SIDs impact Lamar's family? 04:03 How did Lamar get sober? 05:48 What were the circumstances around Lamar being in a coma and how many strokes and heart attacks did he have? 09:55 How did Lamar deal with his relationship with Khloé Kardashian being exposed publicly on Keeping Up With The Kardashians? 12:09 What wisdom does Richard share with Lamar to encourage long-term and continual sobriety? 15:26 How is Lamar's relationship with his kids a big element of his sobriety? 16:28
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12 strokes and 6 heart attacks. You were in a coma, right? For three days. They told me I wasn't even going to talk again, let alone walk. I've done a lot of drugs in my life. How'd you get sober? Wrong wheel. God. 15 minutes or higher, your life.
Lamar Odom. That's me. Dude, you've given me so much joy in my life, I don't even know where to begin. Okay. He must be a liquor friend. Not just that. My brother and I followed you at Rhode Island. And we thought, we used to say, that guy's Magic Johnson. Yeah, that's my favorite player growing up. That's what I'm trying to emulate the most. Me too. It's just, it's your peak.
I thought I knew everything about you, but the truth is I didn't know anything about you. I knew about your basketball life, but I didn't know anything else. Yeah. I knew that you were married to Khloe because I've got a 14-year-old daughter, okay? And the only way I could ever connect with her is to watch the Kardashians. Right? Which, by the way, I love Chris.
Your ex-mother-in-law, coolest woman alive, right? She's the boss. She's the best. My father-in-law loved her. Oh, yeah, they knew each other, okay? But he passed away last August. I'm sorry to hear that. Thanks, man. I appreciate it. No problem.
Here's something I really wanted to ask you because you come off like a real genuine human being and someone who's sensitive, something that somebody who feels a lot. Okay. I don't know how you felt about this, but I always assumed that because the Lakers were like a family when you got traded to Dallas and I felt like you were heartbroken and it made me heartbroken.
Oh, I definitely was. Cause I was, you know, I've been through so much, um, you know, like you said, I'm off the court and, you know, I filmed the reality show there and I'm in season, won an award. So I came with it.
Um, but
I guess that maybe that was just me being into me too much and not really, everybody's really susceptible to trade. That's just a part of the business. You aren't into you too much. No, I'm just saying, but you know, if you, you know, take a look back and, and, and, and think, take a step back, you know, everyone's susceptible to trade right now.
As good as he is, even LeBron James right now could be traded. He's got a no-trade clause, but... You know what I'm saying? You know what I mean? But it's just like that. No, you got it. You got it. Hey, can we talk about something that... And if you don't want to talk about it, man, we don't have to talk about it. Because this is the most unnatural thing that anybody can do is bury their child.
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