Lamar Odom’s father, Joe Odom, has been banned from visiting his son in the hospital, and he is not happy about it.
TMZ caught up with Joe Odom Wednesday night outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and the elder Odom ranted about not being on the list of visitors who are allowed to see Lamar.
“I’m upset because this is the second time I came to see my son and they won’t let me see my son,” Odom said. “It’s a lot of sabotage things going on. Why can’t I see my son? I brought him in the world. I’m highly upset right now.”
Odom said NBA free agent Danny Granger’s father brought him to the hospital earlier in the week and he was turned away then, too.
“They’re saying I’m not on the visiting list. … They let other people see my son that aren’t even related to him,” he said.
Odom went on to say that Khloe Kardashian is in charge of making the visitor’s list for Lamar. Joe claims he saw Lamar “every other day” in Las Vegas before Lamar was admitted to the hospital.
Lamar has had some disturbing things to say about his relationship with his father in the past, so it’s hard to take Joe at his word. When Joe spoke out against the Kardashians two years ago, Lamar blasted him on Twitter and said his father was never there for him growing up.
“Won’t continue 2 speak on this but I have got 2 let this out real quick. I have let this man and many others get away with a lot of (expletive),” Odom wrote, via The Huffington Post. “He wasn’t there 2 raise me. He was absent ALL of my life due to his own demons. My mother and grandmother raised me. Queens raised me.”
Joe Odom has struggled with his own drug addiction. Lamar’s mother, Cathy Mercer, died of colon cancer when the former NBA star was 12.
We don’t doubt that Khloe is preventing Lamar’s father from visiting, but that doesn’t mean she is doing it against Lamar’s wishes. Given what we know about the relationship between Odom and his father and some of the medical complications Lamar is still having, it wouldn’t be surprising if he does not want to be around his dad.
You can see the full exchange TMZ had with Joe Odom below:
