Blogger Victoria Uwumarogie is responding to the trashing of the Kardashians in the wake of ex-Lakers star Lamar Odom’s hospitalization at a Nevada brothel for a possible drug overdose.

Lamar Odom. Photo by David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons
Lamar Odom. Photo by David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons
On madamenoire.com, she writes:

“Ever since the news came out about it, folks have either been blaming the Kardashian family for his struggles, or focusing on what they’re doing as opposed to Odom’s condition. Need an example? Here’s one: ‘Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner “Dropped Everything to Comfort Devastated Khloe” at Hospital with Lamar.’ “

The Brooklynite says the former Kardashian spouse “may as well have been an afterthought in that whole story.”

Commenters on social media have said the Kardashians are the reason for his struggles. And in a piece for the Daily Mail titled, “Lamar Odom’s tragedy is that he just couldn’t keep up with the Kardashians,” Piers Morgan had this to say:

When Lamar Odom met Khloe Kardashian in 2009, he was an outstandingly good basketball player. I know, because I used to watch him at the LA Lakers performing wondrous feats with his great friend Kobe Bryant, helping them win back-to-back NBA championships in 2009 and 2010. He was focused, intense, combative and brilliant. The consummate professional.

Then he fell in love with a Kardashian and his life became public property.

Morgan went on to say that “those sucked into their crazy world need to be very, very careful it doesn’t also suck them down in the process.”

She concludes: “This is about Lamar Odom. The choices he made, and the circumstances he’s had to try and come out from under. And I don’t say all this to defend the Kardashians. Forget them. I say all this because, again, folks are focused on the wrong things.”

Meanwhile, Odom’s former teammates and rivals are showing their support.

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