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Paras Griffin/Getty ImagesOdom LamarThe 2015 coma is still a blur – and the former NBA player still doesn’t know how one drink led to his hospital stay.
“I remember, but I don’t really remember because I was in a coma,” Odom, 45, said of his near-death experience during Monday’s January 20 episode of The Australian The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
The former Los Angeles Lakers star recalled going to that “damn brothel” in Nevada in October 2015 without drugs on his person.
“I remember being upset that I didn’t have any cocaine to take to the brothel,” Odom said, noting that he “just signed the divorce papers” after his split from Khloé Kardashian so he planned to “go all the way in” that night in the brothel. (Kardashian, 40, initially filed for divorce in December 2013 after four years of marriage.)
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Once he got to the scene, Odom recalled “putting a certain amount on my credit card to tell them, like, ‘You know, let’s keep this a secret.'”
Afterwards, the athlete recalled “having a drink and then waking up three days later with all the news.”
cohost Kyle Sandilands surprised by Odom’s account of the night, asking, “So, there were no drugs?”
“I don’t know what they managed to slip into my drink,” Odom replied, confirming that he doesn’t remember taking any drugs on his own, but when he came out of the comahe was told that he actually had drugs in his system that night.
He continued: “When I woke up, I couldn’t walk or talk. It took a few months of rehabilitation and a lot of prayers, a lot of determination.”
Odom also had Kardashian by his side when he woke up. Although the pair had just signed their divorce paperwork when Odom nearly died, it was never finalized. The Kardashians a star she withdrew the file so she could make medical decisions on his behalf.
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“She was the first thing I saw. She said, ‘Hello, Mookah.’ ‘Mookah’ is a name my mother used to call me. She said to let me know I wasn’t dead,” Odom just say Us Weekly in March 2017, recalling the moment he woke up to Kardashian at his bedside. “She played a big part in getting my memory back. She would bring pictures of my mother and grandmother. I kept thinking, Am I paralyzed forever? Am I dumb forever? It was scary s—. Faith got me through.”
While he and Kardashian end up divorced in December 2016Odom learned a lot during his recovery.
The retired basketball player said on Monday that he had “12 strokes and six heart attacks when I was under it, seeing all black,” which ultimately led to his healthier lifestyle choices.
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“You have nothing to do after you beat death,” Odom continued, noting on the podcast that he had been ““drug free.”
He shared that his “mission” after surviving the overdose is to “help people who have the same problem, who can’t help themselves” to better understand addiction.
As for his own life, Odom said he is “content” and “happy” to be living with his children.
Odom’s oldest child, son Jayden, died at the age of 6 months from sudden infant death syndrome. He welcomed Jayden with his girlfriend at the time Lisa Morales in December 2005. The former couple also share daughter Destiny, 26, and son Lamar Jr., 23.
“(I) see things differently and submit to being a father,” he concluded.
