The Real Reason Lamar Odom's Kids Skipped Khloe Kardashian's Wedding

Netflix has a new Untold entry about Lamar Odom, and it is not just rehab montages and box scores. His kids, Destiny Odom (27) and Lamar 'LJ' Odom Jr. (23), finally say out loud what their relationship with their dad has actually been like — including the Khloe Kardashian years, the overdose, and the long, messy in-between.

The quick rewind: a 30-day courtship, a TV wedding, and two kids left out

When Odom (46) talks about marrying Khloe Kardashian (41) back in 2009, the doc that dropped Tuesday, March 31, makes it clear not everyone was cheering.

Odom says the kids did not attend because, in his words, 'My babies' mother didn't let them come to my wedding.' LJ adds he 'never even met' Khloe and was not told the wedding was happening. Destiny says she opted out because she did not want to be a 'show pony' for a ceremony being filmed for Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Liza Morales (46) — Odom's ex and the kids' mom, who dated him from 1996 to 2008 — does not sugarcoat how fast it all went: get engaged in about a month, get married in front of cameras, and, yeah, that stings when you are the family on the sidelines.

Odom's aunt chimes in that he actually did not invite any family, with one exception: his childhood best friend, Pumpkin. Pumpkin remembers a last-minute conversation at the venue where Odom pitched the marriage as a strategic move for his future. The guest list, he says, skewed toward older power players — think a room heavy on 60- and 70-year-olds who could open doors. It is a strangely transactional snapshot of a wedding that was already on TV.

Not that LJ hated all of it. He admits those Kardashian Christmases hit different: 'I know Kris Jenner and Khloe, they are going to give me some good presents.'

Then the distance grew — and not because of reality TV

As Odom's addiction got worse, so did the space between him and his kids. They remember planning to go to a parade with him — big deal for a Lakers star dad — and getting stood up. Destiny spells out what that kind of thing does to a kid: it sticks. Only later did she piece together that he had been out partying and using.

Odom does not remember that incident. In the doc, he talks about the specific shame of addiction and how, for some people, drugs flip a switch you cannot switch back. It is one of the few moments where he is clear on how far gone he was.

The 2015 overdose: chaos at the door and a family locked out

The documentary also re-litigates the worst day of his life. In 2015, Odom overdosed at a legal brothel in Crystal, Nevada, was left comatose, and suffered six heart attacks and 12 strokes. He had to relearn how to walk and talk. That is the headline.

What the cameras are still arguing about: access. Odom's family says Khloe kept them from his hospital room and made them sign NDAs. Khloe's side is that, after drug dealers tried to get in, she had to put strict filters on who was allowed through the door. It is one of those impossible situations where everyone thinks they were the only adult in the room — and nobody looks great.

Recovery without rehab, apologies without visits

Post-coma, Destiny says she watched her dad ping around Los Angeles like he was on a redemption tour — events, appearances, the works — but never actually checked into rehab and, more importantly, never came to see her. To her, it felt like he wanted the comeback without doing the work.

Where it lands in the doc

The film closes with Odom spending time with LJ. Destiny is not in those scenes, and the doc leaves their current status vague — maybe on purpose, maybe because it is still complicated.

'As much as he has grown over the past couple of years, I feel like sometimes you always got to put him back on track. It seems like you're the parrot and he's the son. We all got a lot of growing up to do but I feel like he has got a lot of growing up to do.'

Untold: The Death & Life of Lamar Odom is streaming now on Netflix.