Lamar Odom reveals he's had sex with over 2000 women

Lamar Odom has revealed he has had sex with over 2,000 women, and admitted some of his dalliances occurred during his marriage with Khloe Kardashian.

The shock admission comes ahead of the release of his new book Darkness into Light, where the former NBA star labelled himself a ‘sex addict’.

“I have been obsessed with sex for as long as I can remember,” he wrote in an excerpt obtained by People.

“I’ve had sex with more than 2000 women. There were too many strippers to count”.

The 39-year-old also revealed he cheated on Khloe continuously throughout their marriage, and the infidelities were what ultimately triggered their 2013 split.

“I wanted to take it back, but you can’t. [I] wanted to hide it. But that sick sin was hard for me to hide … I had a problem,” he then told People in an interview.

Lamar almost died after an overdose at a Las Vegas brothel in 2015.

The near-death experience helped bring the pair, who first split in months earlier, briefly back together, as Khloe attempted to nurse her ex-beau back to health.

However, the reunion was not to last and their divorce was finalised in 2016.

Khloe later moved on with another basketball star, Tristan Thompson the following year, but their relationship was also marred by cheating rumours which first emerged immediately before the birth of their daughter, True.

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