From September 2009 to October 2016, Kardashian was married to basketball player Lamar Odom, whom she married one month after they first met. They starred in their own reality television series, Khloé & Lamar (2011–2012).
In 2009, Kardashian participated in the second season of The Celebrity Apprentice, finishing 10th of 16 candidates by being fired by Donald Trump. In 2012, she co-hosted the second season of the US adaptation of The X Factor with actor Mario Lopez.
"I think that was hard for me too," Kim added, explaining that she called her sister about the news while filming a workout.
It wasn't the first Thompson scandal Kardashian's had to weather. Reports of the demise of their relationship surfaced in 2019, as outlets linked the athlete to model Jordyn Woods, a then-close friend of Kardashian's younger sister Kylie.