Khloe Kardashian admits it's a bit odd to be doing a book tour at the moment.
The reality star appeared on Friday's "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" to discuss her new memoir, "Strong Looks Better Naked," but admitted that her priorities may have shifted since her estranged husband Lamar Odom was hospitalized last month.
"It's really awkward to be promoting a book," the 31-year-old said, explaining that her "press time" had been scheduled before Lamar's medical troubles started.
"My heart and mind are in the hospital with somebody else," she added.
Khloe has spent much of her time at Lamar's bedside since he was found unresponsive at a legal Nevada brothel on Oct. 13. The former NBA superstar was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles a few days later and has been making steady progress, but Khloe said he still "has such a long way to go."
While the basketball icon is "off all machines that help his organs," Khloe told Ellen he's also "learning how to walk again and feed himself again."
In addition, Khloe said, Lamar is also reformulating his speech patterns and memories.
"Every day is different. Sometimes he knows who the President is, or his birthday," she told Ellen, joking, "And then other times, he thinks he's 26 and I said, 'I bet you wish you were 26!'"
Despite his struggles to communicate, Khloe said she believes Lamar is able to process his situation.
"He couldn't put a lot of words together today. But he understands," she said.
Ellen then turned the conversation toward the unconventional circumstances surrounding Khloe and Lamar's current status.
The pair filed for divorce in 2013 and signed papers this past July, but then halted proceedings in the midst of Lamar's recovery. Khloe said the decision was purely out of respect and doesn't affect other aspects of their lives.
"I'm there helping him and I love him and I've always loved him. And that will never change and I just feel like it's a really insensitive thing to fast forward a divorce," Khloe said.
"He's a fantastic person who deserves support and love and for someone to be by his side and for me I'm that to him," she continued, expressing gratitude for her own support system, including boyfriend and Houston Rockets player James Harden.
"Thank God I have a fantastic family who loves me and loves [Lamar] just as much. And they're so supportive and they're with me and I have a great boyfriend who's understanding," Khloe said.
As for how James has dealt with Khloe's focus on Lamar, she told Ellen that they've both had to work on staying open-minded and compassionate.
"It's definitely a very unique situation, to say the least. Yeah he's fine with it," Khloe said. "I mean we have to communicate a lot. And he's really supportive and great."
The "Kocktails With Khloe" host then pointed out a potentially simpler way to consider the situation.
"I'm just going to say I'm like part of Polygamy now. I have a husband. I have a boyfriend. That's a way easier thing to say, right?" she asked.
Ellen then reminded Khloe that she'd have to "marry her boyfriend first" before being able to officially consider herself a polygamist, a notion which Khloe jokingly mulled over.
"Oh, I'm not there yet," she mused.
Catch Khloe's full appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" on Monday, Nov. 16.
