Khloé Kardashian

Khloe Kardashian married NBA basketball star Lamar Odom in 2009 and changed her sir name to Odom. Episodes of their married life featured on the reality show ‘Khloe & Lamar’, where they appeared as husband and wife. However, stress from the show lead to their divorce in 2013 and Kardashian dropped the sir name Odom. The divorce took two years to be finalised due to a medical condition of Odom.

After her divorce she had a number of affairs including dating Hip Hop singer, French Montana and basketball player, James Harden. Her current boyfriend is Tristan Thompson, with whom she resides in Cleveland, Ohio. However, they have not yet announced any plans of marriage or a long term relationship.

Khloe Alexandra Kardashian was born on June 27, 1984 in Los Angeles, California to Robert and Kris Kardashian. Her father was a famous lawyer who defended footballer, OJ Simpson, during his much talked about trial for murder of his wife.

Robert and Kris had three girls and one boy of which Khole was the second youngest child in the family. Her parents divorced and her mother went on to marry decathlon Olympic gold medallist, Bruce, who had four children of his own from his previous marriage. Kris and Bruce also have two children from their marriage. Thus, Khloe comes from a family of ten siblings, including step brothers and sisters. She has a mix of Dutch, English, Irish and Scottish ancestry from her mother’s side.

She attended the Roman Catholic, all girls, Marymount High School in Los Angeles for a while but later left to continue home based education. She completed her GED one year ahead of time at the age of 17.

Her father suddenly died of oesophageal cancer when Khloe was just 18. Though the loss was a great blow to Khloe, it brought her closer to her mother.

The reality show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ was launched in 2007. It features Khloe with her siblings, her mother and step father, Bruce. The show was a grand success and lead to the subsequent spin offs, ‘Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami’ and ‘Khloe & Lamar’ that were equally successful.

The reality shows followed the lives of the Kardashians family members, their love lives, personal conflicts and professional pursuits. Khloe developed a reputation of quick wit, boisterousness and unabashed honesty through the show that made her popular among fans. Her success resulted in her being invited to compete on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ in 2009, where she finished in the 10th position.

Khloe and her sisters launched the D-A-S-H boutique chain as part of a family business in Miami. They also released the jewellery and cloths line called ‘Babe’ and later released another clothing line, ‘K-Dash’ on the teleshopping network, QVC.

During this period she featured in PETA’s campaign ‘I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur’ and teamed up with Natural Products Association to introduce a teeth whitening pen called ‘Idol White’. She also marketed a fake tan called ‘Glamour Tan’.

Khloe Kardashian joined Miami’s Top 40 Mainstream radio station, WHYI for a weekly talk show in 2009. She also made a cameo appearance with her sister, Kourtney, in the season 3 premier of the drama series ‘90210’. In 2011, she was seen in another cameo appearance in ‘Kourtney and Kim Take New York’.

The hit reality shows in which Khloe has appeared include ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’, from 2007 till date, ‘Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami’ (2009 to 2010), ‘Kourtney and Kim Take New York’ (2011 to 2012), ‘Khloe and Lamar’ (2011 to 2012), ‘Kourtney and Khloe Take The Hamptons’ (2015 to 2015) and ‘Law and Order’ (2011).

She has hosted ‘Kocktails with Khloe’ in 2016, ‘Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian’ (2017) and has co-hosted 16 episodes of the ‘X Factor’ in 2012.

Her other acting credits include ‘Psychotherapist’ (2010), ‘Law and Order : LA’ (2011), ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ (2013) and ‘Royal Plains’ (2014).