Tragedies can sometimes bring people together, but other times can leave tempers flaring and blame being cast all around. Unfortunately with the current situation of former Los Angeles Laker Lamar Odom, the latter is occurring. While Odom is fighting for his life at a Las Vegas hospital, some of his friends are publicly calling out others.
In video shot by TMZ, Master P slammed Odom’s former teammate Kobe Bryant saying that not only was his visit to the hospital a publicity stunt but that he had the opportunity to save Odom from his downward spiral.
At first it was anyone’s guess who the rapper was referring to when he said, “It’s a sad situation. A sad situation. I was like a mentor to him and it’s just sad to see what’s going on. The truth of the matter is … so many phony and fake people are out there now. It goes to show when something happens to you: Everybody’s your friend, everybody loves you. But, was that true? I don’t think so.”
When asked who he was talking about though, the 48-year-old didn’t hold back and publicly called out Bryant.
“All this man [Odom] wanted to do was play basketball. Kobe was his friend — Kobe owned the team. He could’ve gotten the man back on the team — that’s what he wanted. Even on that situation, I think he was just searching for love. His biggest problem was … where the people at that he showed love to? He has a big heart. It’s phony, man.”
As we previously reported, Odom was taken to Sunrise Hospital after being found unconscious Tuesday at Dennis Hof’s Love Ranch brothel in Nevada.