Khloé Kardashian said she was pleased with ex-husband Lamar Odom's reaction to seeing Caitlyn Jenner after she came out as transgender in 2015. The socialite tied the knot with the basketball player back in Sept. 2009, despite knowing him for just 30 days.
During the seven years their marriage lasted, Odom hung around Kardashian’s family on Keeping Up With the Kardashians and the pair's own spinoff dubbed Khloe and Lamar. During the first few years of their marriage, Caitlyn was married and lived with Kris Jenner.
Caitlyn came out as a transgender person in Apr. 2015 during an interview with Diane Sawyer. She revealed how her family reacted to the news and why she was tight-lipped about this for most of her career. That same year, she graced the cover of Vanity Fair, which featured several photos by Annie Leibovitz.
On top of that, she launched her own reality show called I Am Cait, where she spoke about transgender community issues. During that same time, Odom was fighting for his life after he was discovered unconscious in Las Vegas. Although Khloe had filed for divorce in Dec. 2014, she was still legally his wife.
During Odom's recovery stage after coma, Khloe took him to several outings, including Kanye West's 2016 fashion show, she revealed on Kocktails with Khloé. FYI Television Network posted that interview on its channel in Mar. 2016. Neither she nor the NBA star expected to see Caitlyn, but Khloe was proud of how her ex reacted to meeting her.
She noted that she did not know Caitlyn will be there too and had no idea that it would be the first time Caitlyn and Odom would be interacting, although she was worried about the interaction taking place in front of many people. While her stepfather's transition was reported in the media, Khloe said Odom wasn't aware of the news.
Khloe thought Odom would not recognize Caitlyn if she visited him in the hospital, where the basketball player was recovering from a coma. The KUWTK star admitted that she kept Odom very sheltered during that time when her stepfather was transitioning.
Khloe said she wasn't sure if Odom had seen that news on television. When Caitlyn wanted to visit Odom in the hospital, Khloe said she wanted to respect Caitlyn for who she is but wasn't comfortable about Odom seeing someone he knew that was a man once, is somebody else now.
Last year, Caitlyn appeared on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, where she revealed that her relationship with Khloe changed after she came out as a transgender person to her children. Khloe admitted that she struggled to continue her relationship with Caitlyn because she didn't think she was candid when she opened up about being transgender.