Caitlyn Jenner & Lamar Odom Surprising Joint Career Venture

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Recently, Keeping Up With The Kardashians alums, Caitlyn Jenner and Lamar Odom, both took steps toward a joint career move. Although the two aren’t strangers to reality TV, they are stepping into a partnership that is surprising but right up their alley.

Caitlyn Jenner And Lamar Odom Team Up

While Caitlyn Jenner and Lamar Odom both have a knack for reality TV, with their experience in not only Keeping Up With The Kardashians that they starred in together but individually they both have claims to reality fame. Notably, Lamar was also on Khloe & Lamar and Caitlyn had her own show, I Am Caitlyn as well. both have strong ties to reality TV, now the athletes are spinning their talents into a combo deal. Since Caitlyn is a former Olympian and Lamar is a former basketball player, it isn’t too big of a stretch to see the two pulling together a project. Seemingly giving a nod to KUWTK, the two have announced their new upcoming podcast, Keeping Up With Sports.

Caitlyn Jenner is ready to talk about sports and everything on new podcast. - Keeping Up With Sports
Caitlyn Jenner is ready to talk about sports and everything on the new podcast. – Keeping Up With Sports

Both Caitlyn Jenner and Lamar Odom had marriages in the Kardashian family. Caitlyn Jenner kicked off the Kardashian-Jenner line with her marriage to Kris Jenner from 1991 to 2015. Likewise, Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian shared a marriage from 2009 until their divorce in 2016. KUWTK ran from 2007 and 2021, giving Caitlyn and Lamar plenty of screen time together. According to their website, the duo plans to, along with cohost Zach Hirsch, “take on all sports, each with a unique personality and opinion.” Within the sneak peek of the first episode boxing legend, Sugar Ray Leonard, discusses a hidden past of sexual abuse from his trainers.

Leonard Bottles Up His Emotions

Sadly, Sugar Ray Leonard confesses to Caitlyn Jenner and Lamar Odom that he bottled up his emotions “for 10, 15, 20 years” from the alleged incident. Recalling, “But when I did say it, I broke down like a baby. I cried so hard because I was hurting.” Compassionately, Lamar adds, “You were holding it so long.”  Furthermore, Leonard admits, “Yeah, you can’t do that and I learned the hard way. Sometimes I don’t heed my own advice.”

Caitlyn Jenner Brings In The Topic Of Mixed Martial Arts

Caitlyn Jenner brings up an area Sugar Ray Leonard is excelling in, mixed martial arts. Saying, “It’s taken, I think, a little bit of the steam away from professional boxing.” Then she adds, “You don’t see it quite as much but, boy, you see the UFC on all the time … their marketing, obviously, that’s worked very well.” But Leonard expresses it doesn’t bother him. “Bruce Lee was one of my idols. I have no problem with that. It’s going to continue to change.”

Lamar follows up Caitlyn Jenner’s discussion saying fans “probably trust the UFC a little more.” Noting, “I don’t know if people trust the outcome of boxing.” Agreeing, Sugar Ray Leonard says boxing has “too many self-governing bodies.” Furthermore adding, “At one point, it was OK because it was hard getting a title fight. But now, again, it was like the contender and it just doesn’t happen.”

Do you plan to listen to Caitlyn Jenner and Lamar Odom’s new podcast Keeping Up With Sports? See the Keeping Up With Sports sneak peek here. Do you think it is a perfect match for the two former KWUTK stars? Are you planning to watch the new season of The Kardashians? Drop your comments below.

Bonnie Kaiser-Gambill

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