Khloé Kardashian is getting candid about one of the darkest periods of her life. On the March 18 episode of her podcast Khloé in Wonder Land, the 41-year-old reality star opened up about struggling with binge eating during her divorce from Lamar Odom, revealing that food became her “only coping mechanism” when her marriage was falling apart.
“That was my only coping mechanism, was food,” Kardashian told her co-host, as she reflected on the months leading up to her divorce being finalized in 2016. She described a pattern of eating “silently, secretly, and just destroying myself” during a time when she felt she had no control over anything else in her life.
The admission came during a broader conversation about emotional eating and self-image. Kardashian spoke with raw honesty about how she turned to food in moments of pain, describing the behavior as a form of self-punishment that she kept hidden from the world.
Kardashian married Odom, a former NBA star, in 2009 after just one month of dating. Their relationship played out in the public eye, with cameras capturing both the highs and lows across multiple seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The marriage began unraveling amid Odom’s struggles with substance abuse, and Kardashian filed for divorce in 2013.
The divorce proceedings stretched on for years, complicated by Odom’s near-fatal overdose at a Nevada brothel in 2015. Kardashian rushed to his bedside and temporarily paused the divorce to help make medical decisions, a moment of grace that played out in headlines around the world. The divorce was finalized in 2016.
On her podcast, Kardashian made clear that she has since found healthier ways to cope. She credited therapy and a focus on fitness with helping her break the cycle of emotional eating that dominated her life a decade ago.
“Now I have so many tools,” she said. The mother of two, daughter True, 7, and son Tatum, 3, has become known for her disciplined approach to health and fitness, often sharing workout routines and meal prep content with her hundreds of millions of followers.
But her honesty about the past served as a reminder that the version of Khloé seen today, confident, fit, and seemingly in control, was forged through years of private struggle. The binge eating, she said, was a symptom of deeper pain she didn’t know how to process at the time.
Kardashian’s revelation adds to a growing list of moments where she has used her platform to speak openly about mental health, body image, and the toll of public scrutiny. She has previously discussed the “unrealistic” beauty standards she feels pressured to meet and has been outspoken about the effects of being constantly compared to her sisters.
The March 18 podcast episode resonated with listeners who praised her vulnerability. In a media landscape where polished perfection often reigns, Kardashian’s willingness to name her lowest moments, and her path out of them, offered something rare: a reminder that even the most visible lives are shaped by battles no one sees.
