Khloe Kardashian Says Lamar Odom Divorce Helped Her Cope With ‘Traumatic’ Tristan Thompson Scandal

Khloé Kardashian revealed her public divorce from Lamar Odom helped “prepare” her for the “next big traumatic” event in her life with now-ex Tristan Thompson — a cheating scandal that rocked her world.

The Kardashians star, 41, reminisced on her breakup that she said served as a “stepping stone” for another hardship she would face during the Wednesday, July 2, episode of her Khloé in Wonder Land podcast.

“It was a great love that was now lost and that whole thing,” Kardashian said in hindsight. “It was so public, so public that I’ve never dealt with something like that before, but I dealt with it, and I had my family support and all of that.”

Kardashian parted ways with former NBA star Odom, 45, in December 2013 after four years of marriage following their wedding ceremony in September 2009. Their divorce was finalized in December 2016, marking the end of that chapter.

The Good American founder said that going through heartbreak in the public eye gave her the strength to carry on after a betrayal from her next partner Thompson, 34, whom she discovered cheated on her right before giving birth to daughter True, now 7, in April 2018.

“Obviously, no one can prepare you for something like that,” the Hulu personality said. “And it wasn’t the cheating. That’s like, ‘Oh, people get cheated on.’ It was more that I was nine months pregnant, I was having a baby two days later, and it was so public and it was everywhere.”

“I think I handled it the best that I knew how because I almost got a little experience of it, or a lot of experience from it, from my divorce with Lamar. So, it sort of prepared me,” she added.

Looking back on her past, Kardashian said that her previous experience of finding solace amid discomfort gave her the coping skills she needed to endure such a breach of trust from Thompson.

“If it was just the one-off situation and you have these newly fresh hormones, just trying to be a first-time mom and be present in this moment and experience this moment … I don’t know if I would have been able just to handle that isolated incident,” she further explained.

“For how I handled so many of those moments in my life, I’m really proud of myself for the way I handled them,” Kardashian revealed, hinting that it’s easier said than done. “I think when you overcome those experiences, you feel really strong.”

Thompson and Kardashian went on to welcome son Tatum, now 2, via surrogate in July 2022 after ending their on-and-off relationship which spanned from 2016 to 2021.

They have since placed their focus on maintaining a cordial co-parenting dynamic for their kids.