Khloe Kardashian Says She & Lamar Odom Are NOT Back Together, Explains Why She Dropped The Divorce

Khloe Kardashian lands on the cover of PEOPLE, where she explains why she dropped her divorce and how she plans to stands by Lamar Odom. More inside....

We can only imagine the boxes of tissues...and camera takes...Khloe Kardashian must have gone through as she shared her story to PEOPLE.   Hmph.

Inside the new issue, she opens up.  And she opens up in a way that's been a "tried and proven" method of good P.R.  When you share your story to folks via PEOPLE, it only serves to boost your brand.  We're sure Kris brokered that deal with nothing but strategy in mind.

Here's what Khloe shared about pulling her divorce, standing by Lamar's side and why they aren't getting back together (yet).  We have no doubt she loves him.  It's the way this family loves to profit off of the most sensitive of situations that irks us to no end.

On learning about Lamar's overdose: "All I knew was I had to get there. I had to get to him and make sure he was okay. I hate that he was in that situation. I wouldn't want anybody in that situation, especially someone I love and care about."
On why she stopped the divorce proceedings: "I pulled back on the divorce because there is no rush for it. For medical reasons and a ton of other things, it’s just smarter that it’s put on hold. It's not even in our brains thinking about us as a couple or having a relationship right now."
SIDEBAR - Lamar is on the Kardashian's health insurance plan so this all makes sense.
On standing by Lamar's side: "I loved him always, and I will always love him. I don't believe love is fickle. I believe when you love someone, you are allowed to love from afar. You don't have to be with that person in order to love him."
On Lamar's progress: "The fact that he woke up was definitely a sigh of relief for everybody," she says. "Every hour is different. It goes up and it goes down but he's awake. He's alive and that's all I wanted, was for him to be okay."
On supporting Lamar through it all: "There is a very long road ahead of [Lamar].  He has to walk that road by himself, and, most importantly, he has to want to walk that road. I will be there supporting him every step of the way."

Remember how we said Lamar's illness would be good for Khloe's business?  We forgot to tell you that her book Strong Looks Better Naked (where she explains why their marriage collapsed) will hit stores on November 3rd.  We also hear from the tabloids that Kris Jenner is busy brokering deals to get Lamar his first post-coma interview and is allegedly trying to make this a storyline for the next season of the family's reality show.

Ugh.

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The magazine hits newsstands on Friday and inside, Khloe also says the tragic event has really impacted Rob Kardashian who looks up to Lamar as a father figure.