In a two-minute IG video, the 41-year-old pro athlete, who was also named as 2011 NBA Sixth Man of the Year, revealed that 2020 taught him a great lesson. In the video, he shared that he is "grateful for the life experiences" he had in the past year. In the caption of the post, he wrote: "She bitter, I'm better. Toxic people and relationships ending is a GREAT thing. It's almost like the trash taking itself out Thank God for personal and professional growth." Meanwhile, Odom vowed to make his inner circle as "loyal and honest" as possible and to choose people carefully: "Clearly I need to make sure that all individuals that i choose to have in my inner circle are loyal and honest."