Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Khloe Kardashian has admitted to pretending to use fertility treatments in an attempt to get pregnant whilst with her ex-husband, NBA player Lamar Odom.
In the KUWTK season finale on E!, 32-year-old Khloe visits a fertility clinic with her sister Kim, 36, to find out whether it would be possible for her to be a surrogate for the power couple that is Kimye.
Sadly, the result was not quite what Khloe had expected, as Dr. Huang tells her “there are fewer follicles than I anticipate for a normal 32-year-old”, meaning it may not be as easy as she had thought to try and get pregnant.
Dr. Huang then quizzes Khloe about her past attempts at pregnancy, and Khloe admits she FAKED trying as she was concerned about the future of her marriage with Lamar, which was very publicly falling apart due to Lamar’s addiction problems.
“I fake tried. I was married but I knew the circumstances weren’t the healthiest, so I just kept pretending I was doing it.” She admits.
Then, talking directly to E! on KUWTK, Khloe confesses, “When I was doing my fertility treatments, they were more so for Lamar. I had to stop cause there was much deeper stuff that was happening in our marriage.
“I knew that it wasn't the right situation to bring a child into, and I think I've done a lot of covering up for him, like even when it made me look like I was the problem. But I was fine taking on that burden on my shoulders because he had a lot of other deeper sh%t to deal with.” :(
The couple’s attempts to start a family were covered on their spin-off show, ‘Khloe & Lamar’, and it was reported that Khloe also visited a fertility specialist back in 2012 before their split. However, Kim later revealed that this was all set up for their show, as Khloe knew that her marriage with Lamar wasn’t strong enough to bring a baby into.
“She wasn't showing up to these doctor appointments on purpose and behind our backs because she knew [the marriage] wasn't working” Kim explained to Jimmy Kimmel.
Khloe married Lamar in 2009, only a month after first getting together and they separated due to Khloe discovering Lamar had cheated on her, as well as his ongoing drug addiction, which had taken a huge strain on their marriage. Judging by Khloe’s very public struggle dealing with these issues, it isn’t a surprise that she was hesitant about conceiving whilst in an extremely turbulent and unhappy marriage. Even Lamar’s eldest daughter, Destiny, branded her father’s relationship with Khloe as “toxic”.
After other failed relationships with rapper French Montana and NBA player James Harden since then, Khloe is now loved up with Cleveland Cavaliers player Tristan Thompson, and has recently spoke about wanting a proposal and to start a family with him, as she has never felt “this type of love” before.
Talking about her hopes to become a mother, Khloe says, “I definitely want to be a mom. But I don't put the pressure on it. It's not like, the clock is ticking. I feel in my soul it will happen."
We have every hope that following Khloe’s recent news she will still one day be able to have her dream of starting a family with bae Tristan Thompson.
To find out more, watch KUWTK season finale on E! - available to stream on hayu in the UK & Ireland from Sunday at 9pm.
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