Former NBA star Lamar Odom was booed and heckled Thursday night when he arrived for an ethically dubious dinner President Donald Trump hosted for the top investors in his $TRUMP meme coin.
“Lamar, you’re better than this,” someone shouted outside the dinner venue at Trump’s luxury golf club in Northern Virginia as Odom moved through a crowd of booing protesters. “Lamar, what are you doing? Shame on you, Lamar.”
Odom, who played in the NBA from 1999 to 2014 and won championships with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2010, was among the 220 people deemed a top holder of Trump’s meme coin ― a type of cryptocurrency based on an internet joke or public figure ― from April 23 to May 12, earning him an invite to the event billed as “the most EXCLUSIVE INVITATION in the World.”
Odom has been promoting his efforts to get into the event on social media and using his attendance as a platform to boost his own meme coin.
“Thanks to President Trump for supporting the meme philosophy,” Odom posted on social media after the event.
