Khloe Kardashian Has Been Keeping Lamar Odom’s Crack Addiction A Secret for Years

When a Kardashian story comes out, nine times out of ten it’s leaked by the Kardashians. They have the media on lock. Don’t think for one minute that they don’t have control over 99% of the stories that hit major publications. This story is no different. Yesterday Khloe tweeted “Really hard to sit here and listen to people talk shit about my family! Fuck you and shame on you! I’m too protective for this shit!” The Kardashians fame came from a sex tape and skillfully planned tabloid leaks, which they turned into an empire. You have to take the good with the bad. They signed up for this shit.

According to TMZ Khloe kept Lamar’s crack addiction a secret from her entire family for most of her marriage. Sources (aka Kris Jenner) said that Khloe didn’t want to burden her family with Lamar’s issues.

Our sources say even when Khloe reached out for professional help — for example hiring private investigators to follow Lamar — she lied about the extent of the addiction. Our sources say Khloe told private investigators Lamar was addicted to “performance enhancing drugs” and that’s why she needed their help. She never played the crack card.

When stories started to surface about Lamar sleeping with other women … and the family started asking questions … Khloe felt she needed to reveal the real issue. As one source put it, “Khloe was a real trooper. She’s been living a nightmare.”

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are separated, but neither has taken any step toward divorce … sources  tell TMZ.

Multiple sources familiar with the situation tell us Khloe “effectively” declared separation when she threw Lamar out of the house Wednesday, after he refused her attempt at an intervention. TMZ broke the story … Lamar has had a crack addiction problem for at least 2 years, and Khloe simply couldn’t take it anymore.

We’re told Khloe made it clear if Lamar did not get help — the point of the intervention — she wanted nothing to do with him anymore.

But we are also told neither Khloe nor Lamar has consulted a divorce lawyer … at least not yet.

If and when they do file for divorce — which we’re told is likely — there won’t be much to fight over. Sources connected with the Kardashians tell us the couple signed a hard-fought prenup before they married.