Earlier this month, we reported that Khloé Kardashian's ex-husband, Lamar Odom, purchased a "doll" – yes, that type of doll – and it very much appeared to be a stand-in for his former flame.
On Tuesday, a podcaster's interview with Lamar went live, and in the episode, Lamar decided to clear the air about his trip to the doll factory, as well as the doll's resemblance to his reality TV mogul ex-wife.
In short, Lamar said the purchase was exactly what it looked like, and he had no qualms about ordering his Khloé doll.
As we noted in our initial reporting, Lamar and Khloé had a whirlwind courtship, wed very quickly, and subsequently had what can only be described as a tumultuous marriage.
At the time, TMZ asked Lamar's representative why he wanted a doll that so closely resembled his ex-wife, and his rep said:
"Because he can do whatever he wants with her sexually."
Still, we observed that Lamar had some plausible deniability in terms of the Khloé doll:
"Granted, all of this inference about Khloé and the doll initially came from other people: TMZ first, and then someone who is authorized to speak on Lamar's behalf, his rep."
In other words, Lamar himself hadn't come out to say something like "yes, I bought a life-size replica of Khloé Kardashian."
He just hadn't said it yet.
Lamar Said His Khloé Doll Is For His 'Mental Health'
Lamar's remarks, which we'll address, have elicited strong opinions — The Cut published a piece, "Lamar Odom Should Be Ashamed Of Himself," and that's just one of many articles.
In that highly critical and extremely fair take, the outlet said:
"Odom does not seem to have considered that this is an egregious violation of his ex-wife’s privacy; the two barely speak, but he says the doll is necessary for his “mental health.” (I’d like to see a doctor’s note on that.)"
In our previous article about Lamar's doll, we pointed out that as recently as June, Khloé herself fondly remembered Lamar's "aggressive" pursuit of her, and observed:
"Although Khloé Kardashian described it as a good memory, it caused some controversy, because she was openly revealing that Lamar Odom disrespected her boundaries and [was] portraying it as something positive."
Upon seeing Lamar's latest remarks, we couldn't help but recall a concept presented on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, character Ted Mosby's "Dobler-Dahmer Theory."
Ted was prone to excessively romantic gestures, and he proposed that creepiness is, functionally, in the eye of the beholder — in this case, Khloé:
"If both people are into each other, then a big romantic gesture works: [Lloyd] Dobler [in the rom-com Say Anything], but if one person isn't into the other, the same gesture comes off serial-killer crazy: [Jeffrey] Dahmer."
Given Khloé's fairly recent and positive recollection of Lamar's "creepiness" and the way they both seemed to be literally unable to remain separated much of the time, it's hard to predict whether she herself would be creeped out by her dopplegänger (or, perhaps, "dopplebanger" is more accurate here).
Of course, anyone openly purchasing a doll like this and then repeatedly publicizing their acquisition is indeed violating the other's privacy, full stop — in almost all cases, this behavior would likely inflict significant distress on the unwitting model for such a doll.
Tuesday's interview occurred on the podcast We're Out Of Time With Richard Taite, and before they discussed the doll, Richard offered to "cut it out" if Lamar didn't want to discuss it openly:
"I'm gonna ask you something a little embarrassing, and if you don't want it in here, I'll cut it out."
So, off the bat, Lamar affirmatively chose to "leave it in," by merit of it being in the version that aired.
The next part didn't translate as well in an audio format only, but the podcast also appeared on YouTube:
At around 13:50, Richard says "dude, that's the greatest thing I've ever seen," as he holds up a printout of what appears to be Lamar's Instagram post about his visit to the doll factory.
Lamar begins to discuss his Khloé doll, and the following exchange occurs:
[Lamar Odom]: "Like, when you're really thinking about it, like a doll, but then you think about, like, mental health, and how important that is, not just in today's time, but, you know, from the beginning of time."
[Richard Taite]: "A sex doll that looks like your wife: is – is that mental health?"
[Lamar]: "For me, it would be. Yeah. For me, it would be. I mean, it's sick, but I think we're all a little off, a little weird."
Tone is a bit harder to convey in a transcription, but Lamar seemed mildly apologetic when he described his Khloé doll as "sick" — as in "unhealthy," not "incredibly cool."
Richard cut in to say that Lamar shouldn't "apologize," and instead "embrace [his] insanity," asking: "That ... doll. That's awesome. Does it look like [Khloé]?"
In response to that question, Lamar confirmed:
Yeah, they're gonna make it to look like her. I need, I need, like a harem [of Khloés].
If Lamar's comments stopped there, where his Khloé doll landed on the Dobler-Dahmer Index would be a bit more muddled.
But his subsequent offer to give one to Richard and to "sell" the dolls kind of undermines any romantic sentiment one might reasonably attach to his remarks.
As far as we can tell, Khloé hasn't publicly acknowledged Lamar's reproduction of her in doll form, so we don't know how she feels about it — but in the same podcast, Lamar acknowledged he and Khloé are not often in contact at the moment.
- Birthname
- Khloé Alexandra Kardashian
- Birthdate
- June 27, 1984
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Height
- 5'9
- @khloekardashian
- @khloekardashian
- Notable Projects
- Keeping Up With The Kardashians
- Profession
- Reality TV Star
- Net worth
- $60,000,000
- Source of Wealth
- The Kardashians (on Hulu), Founder of Good American, endorsements, social media, partner in dose & co collagen company
- Nationality
- American
