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Khloe Kardashian Had Doubts About Having Her Own Show With Lamar Odom

Khloe & Lamar premiered on April 10, 2011, on E!, appearing as a natural spin-off of the original Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which had already led to Khloe & Kourtney Take Miami and Kourtney & Kim Take New York.

However, this concept was not initiated by Khloe, according to her statements at 41 years old.

“Khloe & Lamar was primarily driven by Lamar,” she mentioned in the documentary. “I was overwhelmed with commitments. I also didn’t want it to harm the family brand, which was Keeping Up at that time. I reminded him of his primary career—uh, the Lakers—and just asked, ‘Are you sure you want to pursue this?'”

Khloe expressed that filming KUWTK allowed her to “move around to different homes” and not be “under constant scrutiny,” admitting she was “a bit worried” about a show that would be filmed in their home continuously. “But I also wanted to make him happy,” she added, “and he was thrilled about it.”

Destiny remarked about her father, “He did care for Khloe, but he had long desired to be part of reality TV.”

Lamar summarized it in the documentary by saying, “Well, part of the agreement was that, ‘If I’m going to marry you, f–k it, I want in too.'”