Lamar Odom's Dad Says He Has Spoken To His Son

Amid the allegations that his son, Lamar Odom, is a crack addict Joe Odom  is coming to his son's defense  via Celebuzz not saying much but that he spoke with his son

“I spoke with my son last night,” Joe Odom told Celebuzz. “I know where he is at, he’s around."

Any news to the contrary he adds is “a bunch of bulls**t.”

“I told him I want him to resume his basketball career and that this s**t is not good, it’s a bad look,” he said.

“I love my son.”

I heard the reports, I’m his father,” he said when asked about reports that the former L.A. Clippers star's four-year marriage is crumbling due to his supposed drug addiction.

The constant negative attention is a reason his son has kept a lower profile, he says.

“They’re always around and it’s probably depressing him, the poor fellow. It’s terrible," said Joe.

“That’s why I don’t want to talk to anybody because of this negative s**t… because of the bulls**t they’re saying.

“It’s probably making him depressed, that’s maybe one reason.”

Joe specifically pointed out the recent run-in with paps inside Lamar’s gated community when he allegedly destroyed a paparazzo’s camera (which the D.A. has decided not to prosecute.)

In the past Joe Odom has battled with his addictions as well so he may be the best and/or worst person for Lamar Odom to be speaking with at this time.