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Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian seem like a match made in heaven and appear to have the kind of enviable relationship many people strive to have their whole lives. They have plenty in common now, but it wasn’t always like that. They had completely different experiences growing up, though they both understood the importance of family from a very early age. Khloe’s childhood was full of money, comfort, and privilege; Lamar’s was marked by pain, poverty, and abandonment.
Lamar Growing Up
Lamar Joseph Odom was born on November 6, 1979, in the rough, drug-ravaged South Jamaica, Queens borough of New York City. Drug deals literally took place just feet from his doorstep. Lamar has said that he saw things growing up that no child should ever have to see.
“Any time you see these inner city kids in the NBA, as well as these kids from Detroit and California,” he has said on his website, “you’ve got to understand that their background wasn’t peaches and cream.”
He was raised by a doting mother, Cathy Mercer. His absent father was a heroin addict.
“Our relationship is completely different from the normal father/son relationship,” he said recently. “My father’s a heroin addict. I was six years old when my parents split up. I grew up with my mother and my grandmother […] I had my mother around until I was 12 years old, she passed away. After that my father wasn’t around.”
Growing up with a mother who had to do double duty, and a grandmother who stepped in at a time of crisis, Lamar, like Khloe, understood the importance of family at a very young age.
“[My mother taught me] all the little things that I stand for, the things that in today’s world get overlooked, as far as family, trying to put back into your neighborhood,” he recently revealed. “Being spiritual, believing in God. Having principles, and morals, and treating people the right way. Respecting people so you can earn respect.”
Lamar Growing Up
Lamar Joseph Odom was born on November 6, 1979, in the rough, drug-ravaged South Jamaica, Queens borough of New York City. Drug deals literally took place just feet from his doorstep. Lamar has said that he saw things growing up that no child should ever have to see.
“Any time you see these inner city kids in the NBA, as well as these kids from Detroit and California,” he has said on his website, “you’ve got to understand that their background wasn’t peaches and cream.”
He was raised by a doting mother, Cathy Mercer. His absent father was a heroin addict.
“Our relationship is completely different from the normal father/son relationship,” he said recently. “My father’s a heroin addict. I was six years old when my parents split up. I grew up with my mother and my grandmother […] I had my mother around until I was 12 years old, she passed away. After that my father wasn’t around.”
Growing up with a mother who had to do double duty, and a grandmother who stepped in at a time of crisis, Lamar, like Khloe, understood the importance of family at a very young age.
“[My mother taught me] all the little things that I stand for, the things that in today’s world get overlooked, as far as family, trying to put back into your neighborhood,” he recently revealed. “Being spiritual, believing in God. Having principles, and morals, and treating people the right way. Respecting people so you can earn respect.”
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Khloé makes a bow-tie look ultra-feminine by pairing it with a pencil skirt and highlighting her amazing curves.
Khloe Growing Up
Khloe Alexandra Kardashian was born on July 22, 1984, to Kris Jenner and power attorney Robert Kardashian, Sr. From a young age, Khloe was surrounded by the kinds of riches and luxuries that few children (or even adults) ever know.
In stark contrast to Lamar’s upbringing in a tough Queens neighborhood, Khloe grew up on Tower Lane, a ritzy street in Beverly Hills. (“It even sounds like it belongs in a fairy tale, doesn’t it?” Khloe joked in Kardashian Konfidential, the tell-all she penned with her sisters Kourtney andKim.)
The house had a jacuzzi, tennis courts, and a pool house with a bar. While Lamar was struggling to survive the mean streets, Khloe was taking tennis lessons and swimming lessons.
“Tower Lane was truly party central,” she revealed in the book.
One New Year’s Eve, mother Kris booked a group of can-can dancers for a party. At birthday parties, Khloe and her friends celebrated with petting zoos and pony rides. Every Christmas the family headed to Mexico; every Easter they went to Palm Springs; every Thanksgiving they went skiing in Vail. Talk about growing up in the lap of luxury!
As you would expect, Khloe used her dad’s credit card liberally. She had her own car; so did her sisters. When her father died in 2003, “our mom took us shopping — to buy clothes for the funeral.” Yes, it all sounds a little unreal, doesn’t it?
Behind the abundance, though, were strong family values — like the ones Lamar’s mother and grandmother instilled in him. “From the beginning, our parents taught us the huge importance of family,” she said in Kardashian Konfidential. Unlike Lamar, though, she always had siblings around to ground her.
“When I was at home, I felt loved and safe,” she said in the book. “My sisters [Kim and Kourtney] were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play with me and make me feel like I was one of them.”
Khloe has also said that it was family who saved her from the humiliation of being called ugly and fat at a young age.
“Having someone in your class call you fat, ugly, too tall, and so on, you start to think all those things about yourself,” she revealed. “And if you’re like me, those words are played on repeat inside your head.”
Like Lamar, Khloe’s parents divorced at a young age — she was only five when they split in 1989 (Lamar was 6 years old when his parents split.) Khloe’s mother remarried; Lamar’s did not. There was no gap between the time of Kris Jenner and Robert Kardashian’s divorce and Kris’ remarriage to Bruce Jenner, who stepped in as Khloe’s loving stepfather. Bruce married Kris Jenner on April 21, 1991.
Khloe Alexandra Kardashian was born on July 22, 1984, to Kris Jenner and power attorney Robert Kardashian, Sr. From a young age, Khloe was surrounded by the kinds of riches and luxuries that few children (or even adults) ever know.
In stark contrast to Lamar’s upbringing in a tough Queens neighborhood, Khloe grew up on Tower Lane, a ritzy street in Beverly Hills. (“It even sounds like it belongs in a fairy tale, doesn’t it?” Khloe joked in Kardashian Konfidential, the tell-all she penned with her sisters Kourtney andKim.)
The house had a jacuzzi, tennis courts, and a pool house with a bar. While Lamar was struggling to survive the mean streets, Khloe was taking tennis lessons and swimming lessons.
“Tower Lane was truly party central,” she revealed in the book.
One New Year’s Eve, mother Kris booked a group of can-can dancers for a party. At birthday parties, Khloe and her friends celebrated with petting zoos and pony rides. Every Christmas the family headed to Mexico; every Easter they went to Palm Springs; every Thanksgiving they went skiing in Vail. Talk about growing up in the lap of luxury!
As you would expect, Khloe used her dad’s credit card liberally. She had her own car; so did her sisters. When her father died in 2003, “our mom took us shopping — to buy clothes for the funeral.” Yes, it all sounds a little unreal, doesn’t it?
Behind the abundance, though, were strong family values — like the ones Lamar’s mother and grandmother instilled in him. “From the beginning, our parents taught us the huge importance of family,” she said in Kardashian Konfidential. Unlike Lamar, though, she always had siblings around to ground her.
“When I was at home, I felt loved and safe,” she said in the book. “My sisters [Kim and Kourtney] were always a safe haven for me. I knew they would always play with me and make me feel like I was one of them.”
Khloe has also said that it was family who saved her from the humiliation of being called ugly and fat at a young age.
“Having someone in your class call you fat, ugly, too tall, and so on, you start to think all those things about yourself,” she revealed. “And if you’re like me, those words are played on repeat inside your head.”
Like Lamar, Khloe’s parents divorced at a young age — she was only five when they split in 1989 (Lamar was 6 years old when his parents split.) Khloe’s mother remarried; Lamar’s did not. There was no gap between the time of Kris Jenner and Robert Kardashian’s divorce and Kris’ remarriage to Bruce Jenner, who stepped in as Khloe’s loving stepfather. Bruce married Kris Jenner on April 21, 1991.
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Lamar looks like he’s thoroughly enjoying this. It’s got to be pretty amusing watching a bunch of amateurs take the court when you’re a world champion.
Khloe & Lamar
Though their backgrounds are completely different, Lamar and Khloe grew up understanding the importance of family. Lamar and Khloe married on September 27, 2009. Now, Lamar has a loving, extended family to call his own. (The Los Angeles Lakers player also has tons of money!)
Now, the couple are trying to have a baby. Though the child will be brought up surrounded by fame and money, it will undoubtedly understand the importance of family.
Sources: LamarOdom.com, Kardashian Konfidential, NecoleBitchie.com
Though their backgrounds are completely different, Lamar and Khloe grew up understanding the importance of family. Lamar and Khloe married on September 27, 2009. Now, Lamar has a loving, extended family to call his own. (The Los Angeles Lakers player also has tons of money!)
Now, the couple are trying to have a baby. Though the child will be brought up surrounded by fame and money, it will undoubtedly understand the importance of family.
Sources: LamarOdom.com, Kardashian Konfidential, NecoleBitchie.com
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