Kris Humphries officially retires, addresses marriage to Kim Kardashian

NBA journeyman Kris Humphries wrote candidly about his failed marriage to reality star Kim Kardashian and the "brutal" public backlash he faced afterward in a piece published Tuesday for The Players' Tribune.

Humphries began dating Kardashian in October 2010 and wed her the following year in a highly publicized ceremony. The couple split after just 72 days of marriage, though their divorce wasn't finalized until 2013.

"Look, I should have known what I was getting into. I was definitely naive about how much my life was going to change. But the one thing that really bothers me is whenever people say that my marriage was fake," Humphries wrote in his piece titled "I Never Wanted to Be That Guy."

"There's definitely a lot about that world that is not entirely real. But our actual relationship was 100 percent real," he continued. "When it was clear that it wasn't working ... what can I say? It sucked. It's never easy to go through the embarrassment of something like that - with your friends, with your family... But when it plays out so publicly, in front of the world, it's a whole other level. It was brutal.

Humphries announced in the piece his official retirement from the NBA and addressed the negative attention his relationship with Kardashian brought while he was in the league.

"I didn't know how to handle it, because I never thought I was going to be famous in that way. I remember having this moment when I was getting booed so hard in Philly, and I thought to myself, 'Why exactly are they booing me, though? Is it just because I'm That Guy from TV? Do they think I was trying to be famous? Is it because they think I disrespected the game of basketball?'

"The last one killed me because all I've ever wanted to be known for was basketball."

Kardashian is now married to rapper Kanye West.