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The moratorium on blaming the attention-seeking Kardashians was lifted when former Lakers player Lamar Odom woke up from the medically induced coma on Friday.
A New York Daily News columnist started the salvo by calling the E! News reality stars a "monster family" for causing the downfall not only of Lamar but other males linked to the Kardashians. Tweeter members also shared their negative opinion of the family for capitalizing on Lamar's medical crisis.
Linda Stasi, columnist of the New York Daily News, notes that Odom's downfall was turned into "yet another Kardashian publicity opportunity," but at the same time, they criticized Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof for using Lamar's near-death experience to earn publicity for his own reality show.
Twitter members share the same disdain for the Kardashians. Bartstool Sports describes the arrival of a camera crew with the Kardashians at the Las Vegas hospital where Lamar was then in a coma "the scummiest move."
Tongue-in-cheek, Bruce notes that "Lamar Odom woke up from a coma on realizing that the Kardashians were going to inherit his $50million estate." While Khloe Kardashian filed for divorce, it has not been finalized which gives Khloe some claim against Lamar's properties, unless the ex-couple had a prenup agreement.
Eric Martin tweets, "Lamar Odom woke up from near death to find himself surrounded by Kardashians. Talk about going out of the frying pan & into the fire." David A. Clarke, Jr. says Lamar Odom would be the perfect next ESPY Courage Award winner and while giving him the award, it could "pan the audience and show Kardashians in attendance for ratings."
While the family said it would stop posting on their blog-like app while Lamar was still in a medical crisis, someecards notes that the Kardashians' joint statement on Lamar was about their apps.
Even the audience on TV shows and sportscaster share their thought such as a man who shared his thoughts on Dr. Drew and ESPN's Scott Van Pelt who disagreed with the description by entertainment websites as a Kardashian reality star when Lamar had a big NBA career when he married Khloe. "Lamar Odom, unlike those whose fame is oxygen, whose fame comes from an absence of accomplishment, his fame was earned," Van Pelt emphasizes.
However, Slate defends the Kardashians, pointing out that Lamar "has actually been portrayed with sensitivity" by the reality star family. Chockie Mokoto adds, "The #Kardashians are NOT responsible for #Lamarodom's current state. Put your unnecessary hate for them aside."
Stasi compares the Kardashian women - matriarch Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie - to the sirens of Greek mythology who lured men in and these males "end up on the rocks." She cites two of their husbands became drug addicts (Lamar was one of them) and "the third became a woman," referring to Bruce Jenner who became Caitlyn.
The columnist cites Khloe's use of the death of Lamar's best friend for ratings by airing her call to Odom and admitting she placed her ex-husband on high alert "because anything can cause him to spiral and that's kind of the last thing I want for him." Stasi points out that showing the call on TV was what reportedly caused Lamar to get depressed.
Echoing Van Pelt's sentiments about having people with zero accomplishments, Stasi notes that TV talk show hosts used to talk to people with great accomplishments such as scientists, intellectuals, writers and others. She rues that now, "to be a great, you just have to shop for a living."
