Lamar Odom ‘just friends’ with transgender actress Daniielle Alexis

Lamar Odom has a strictly platonic friendship with transgender actress Daniielle Alexis despite dating rumours.

Speculation has skyrocketed in recent weeks when Danielle posted selfies hugging the 42-year-old former NBA star.

But insiders in Lamar’s camp said: TMZ they are just friends while making it clear that he has nothing against her trans identity or the trans community in general.

Rumors started swirling about the nature of their relationship after Danielle posted an Instagram selfie with Lamar last month.

“One of the most beautiful people I’ve met,” the Australian actress wrote, adding a few emojis for good measure, including a few hearts.

Daniielle posted two more selfies with Lamar this week — and in one of them, she turned to him and pursed her lips as he pouted at the camera.

“It’s always a blessing from us,” she wrote, praying hands and heart emojis. “Lamar also says hello to everyone this morning #lamarodom #daniiellealexis.”

Duo: Daniielle posted two more selfies with Lamar this week – and in one of them she turned to him and pursed her lips as he pouted at the camera

Now, insiders have told TMZ that Lamar and Danielle first met in June when she approached him for an autograph in Los Angeles.

Lamar, who was in town to attend the BET Awards, exchanged phone numbers with Dannielle and kept in touch with her.

The former Laker eventually moved back to Los Angeles from Georgia and went to lunch with Danielle, albeit platonic.

Apparently, their conversations mostly revolve around show business, understandable given Dannielle’s acting ambitions.

Rumor mill: ‘It’s always a blessing from us,’ she wrote with praying hands and heart emojis, adding: ‘Lamar also says hello to everyone this morning #lamarodom #daniiellealexis’

Lamar’s turbulent love life has been the subject of mind-boggling scrutiny over the years, most notably his failed marriage to Khloe Kardashian.

The former couple, who released a joint perfume called Unbreakable Bond, were rocked by his infidelity until she filed for divorce in 2013.

Two years later, Lamar was found unconscious in a Las Vegas brothel and fell into a coma, but survived despite multiple heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure.

Khloe and Lamar were divorcing when the overdose happened, but she still rushed to his bed amid his health crisis.

As seen in 2012: Lamar’s turbulent love life has been the subject of mind-boggling scrutiny over the years, most notably his failed marriage to Khloe Kardashian

She withdrew her divorce petition — but only so that she was legally empowered to make decisions for him while he was incapacitated.

They finally finalized their split in 2016, ending a process that had begun when she divorced him in 2013.

His dating history after Khloe includes fitness trainer Sabrina Parr, who he became engaged to in 2019 before breaking up in late 2020.

As they were: His dating history after Khloe included fitness trainer Sabrina Parr, who he got engaged to in 2019 before breaking up in late 2020

Lamar has since described the relationship as “toxic” and “abusive,” saying “the dysfunction in me was addicted to the abuse” and insisting that he leave her.

Meanwhile, Sabrina, who says she was the one who broke off the engagement, tells her side of the story in an upcoming book called The Freedom In Walking Away.

Lamar shares his children Destiny, 24, and Lamar Jr, 20, with his ex Liza Morales, with whom he also welcomed a son named Jayden, whom they tragically lost to SIDS in 2006.