Fans torch Netflix over insensitive Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian documentary title: 'Is he dead?'
A number of social media users called out Netflix on Wednesday for the title of its new documentary Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom.The title is a play on Odom's brush with death after a drug overdose at the Love Ranch, a Nevada brothel, in October 2015; and how his then-spouse Khloe Kardashian rallied to his side at his lowest ebb.'This documentary traces the life of Lamar Odom,' Netflix said in a logline, 'from his rise to NBA fame and marriage to Khloe Kardashian to his near-fatal overdose in a Nevada brothel.'Multiple users said the title of the project was confusing, leading some to erroneously infer that Odom, 46, was no longer alive.'Lamar Odom died?!????' one user asked of the reality star/athlete, who played forward for the Los Angeles Clippers and Lakers the bulk of his NBA career. 'What in the world is this title Netflix?'Daily Mail has reached out to Odom and representatives for Netflix for further comment on the story. Social media users on Tuesday called out Netflix for the title of Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom, labeling it misleading for implying Odom had died. Pictured attending a Yeezy fashion show in NYC on February 11, 2016, about four months after the Nevada overdose A drone view shows the Netflix logo on one of the company's Hollywood buildings January 20 Another user said, 'The death and life of Lamar Odom, is he dead or what?' while another called it 'misleading,' making clear Odom is 'alive.'A user noted that they thought Odom 'was dead' and 'googled him' just to be sure he wasn't.Not all feedback about the title was negative, as some users said they thought the streaming service had put a clever twist on the situation involving Odom.Odom's life was very much in jeopardy after he said that he suffered a total of six heart attacks and 12 strokes after consuming too many narcotics.Odom, who was also diagnosed with kidney failure in the incident, was unconscious for three days after doctors placed him in a coma and on life support amid the health crisis.'He died and then came back,' one social media user said. 'Had a fatal overdose but was brought back to life. The title is basically a play on that.'Another added, 'People are morons. The death being before life explains he's still alive. He died for minutes when he od'd.'Said one user, 'It's an oxymoron babes, meaning he came back to life after almost "dying."' Not all feedback about the title was negative, as some users said they thought the streaming service had put a clever twist on the situation involving Odom Odom's former marriage to Khloe Kardashian is probed in the streaming doc Not all feedback about the title was negative, as some users said they thought the streaming service had put a clever twist on the situation One user said that the truly misleading phrase in the title was not 'death' but rather 'untold' The title is a play on Odom's brush with death after a drug overdose at the Love Ranch, a Nevada brothel, in October 2015 Odom played the bulk of his career for LA teams - the Clippers and Lakers. Pictured in 2008 alongside late icon Kobe Bryant One user said that the truly misleading phrase in the title was not 'death' but rather 'untold,' as the Kardashian family thoroughly documented the incident when it happened more than a decade back.In the newly-released doc, Kardashian revealed that she had an inkling her then-spouse was in for hard times in a nightmare shortly before he fell ill.'I had a dream about Lamar, that he was dead, and I was at his funeral, and I was sobbing,' she said.Kardashian said her sister Kim contacted her three times while she was in the middle of a business obligation to break the troubling news.'I get in the car, I call her, and she's like, "Lamar overdosed - he's in Vegas,"' Kardashian said. 'And I just remember screaming.''Netflix really said 'Untold' like we didn't watch every season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians live-tweeting this exact mess in 2015,' the user said. 'Thanks for the recap, besties.'Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom is currently streaming on Netflix.
