{"id":1882576,"date":"2026-04-14T22:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1882576"},"modified":"2026-04-14T22:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:45:01","slug":"lamar-odom-goes-on-africa-trip-with-gf-rachel-bradley-watch-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1882576","title":{"rendered":"Lamar Odom Goes on Africa Trip With GF Rachel Bradley, Watch Videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/46\/16by9\/2026\/04\/14\/46da69c2e6b9427597434e6dcbbaf284_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Lamar Odom Goes on Africa Trip With GF Rachel Bradley, Watch Videos<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Lamar Odom<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Goes Gorilla Trekking, Hippo Watching<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">During Africa Trip With GF<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-14T15:45:01-07:00\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/sitemaps\/article\/202604\"><br \/>\n                April 14, 2026<br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n                            3:45 PM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-04-14T16:40:22-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  April 14, 2026<br \/>\n                                4:40 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-d2c0ac17f1f6019a48814d6ffe17542c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-536c9576-6cd9-4f87-a3f7-26fa2a2358c3-2068475606-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ce\/16by9\/2026\/04\/14\/ce20afb1466d41c687aa60052308c5a9_md.png\" alt=\"041426_lamar_odom_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-536c9576-6cd9-4f87-a3f7-26fa2a2358c3-2068475606-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">AFRICA ADVENTURE<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-6a81a8f92b3cb4187c9f1060c62636d6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lamar-odom\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Lamar Odom<\/strong><\/a> spent time in Africa with his girlfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/rachel-bradley\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Rachel Bradley<\/strong><\/a> &#8230; and TMZ has video of their epic adventure involving watching gorillas and meeting with local politicians.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c8887ea7c351c728213441defba1692e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The athlete and his arm candy flew to Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, for the presidential election with friends, former NBA stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/dj-mbenga\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>D.J. Mbenga<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/trevor-ariza\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Trevor Ariza<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0bb62336307188c4cf2ba7694b6d1f55\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Lamar and his pals hung out with <strong>Rodrigue Nguesso<\/strong>, who works with high-ranking officials, and they stayed for the election on March 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4501110a6419246937ea7c5b5f5a1e46\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Lamar tells TMZ he took the trip to have meetings on bringing basketball to Brazzaville, along with importing other business ventures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-693f4b0051012ee1fa6710ff034f5501\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-47a81166-0f57-4104-827f-38d2d4691df1-1371981211-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a1\/16by9\/2026\/04\/14\/a1ffa710eb1f45c19bf4c261b2844e6c_md.png\" alt=\"041426_lamar_odom_vacation_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-47a81166-0f57-4104-827f-38d2d4691df1-1371981211-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">VACATION MODE \ud83c\udf34<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4792f41c134b1e3c76b4f6ae539021dd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The former L.A. Laker told TMZ he enjoyed the home-cooked meals, gorilla trekking, and hippo watching.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-db0a59cc6a6f5367a078e9ab9a7fb6ec\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>&#8220;A week with two of my championship brothers &#8212; always love creating memories together,\u201d Lamar raved to TMZ. \u201cHonored to pour into the Congo basketball team, the next generation of basketball talent &#8212; so much hunger.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4b362833b9fb5e21b2ef33ae8eea9397\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Lamar said during the trip, he also took a moment \u201cto honor the millions of lives lost in the ongoing crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I am extremely grateful &amp; inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-179eaefc44382c80205f0930b0d8dd4a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The Democratic Republic of the Congo lies just across the Congo River from the Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<ul class=\"social social--permalink\">\n<li class=\"social__item social__item--3items\"><a class=\"btn social__btn social__btn--facebook js-track-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/14\/lamar-odom-and-girlfriend-visit-congo-africa\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:article:ca431676-bdce-40be-86f4-cb306e69ccea\" data-context='{\"section\":\"main\",\"name\":\"facebook-footer\",\"pos\":1}'><br \/>\n                Share<span class=\"social__hide-sm\"> on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li 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