As Lamar Odom fights to improve, the basketball star’s father claims his famous daughter-in-law, Khloe Kardashian, has prevented him from visiting his sick son.
Odom’s father, Joe, recently spoke to TMZ about his inability to see the basketball star over the past few days. According to the elder Odom, others with no familial relation are the ones with permitted access to the former Laker.
“They let other people see my son that is not even related to him,” he said.
Although Joe Odom claims it is Kardashian who is keeping him from his son, the basketball star has reportedly decided to keep his father at bay as he is now able to speak and make his own decisions.
Reportedly, the father of three has improved so much that he communicates with doctors about his medical treatment. On Tuesday (Oct. 27), Odom’s former teammate, Kobe Bryant, called the 35-year-old’s progress “remarkable.”
The Odoms, however, have had a long-documented rocky relationship as the elder was addicted to heroin throughout much of his son’s young life. The former NBA “Sixth Man of the Year” was vocal about his father’s drug use on his reality series, Khloe & Lamar.
The 2011 show often featured Joe Odom calling Lamar for money and tickets to basketball games. According to a tweet Odom sent out in September 2013, his father did not “raise” him and the Kardashians were his “only family.”
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