Bruce and Lamar Odom were notably absent, but Lamar says he was on the guestlist

Oct 25, 2013 05:14 GMT  ·  By
Bruce and Kris Jenner announced they were living separately before Kim Kardashian’s engagement to Kanye West
   Bruce and Kris Jenner announced they were living separately before Kim Kardashian’s engagement to Kanye West

There were a lot of people invited to Kim Kardashian’s birthday party / surprise engagement party, but her stepdad Bruce Jenner wasn’t one of them. Lamar Odom, Khloe Kardashian’s husband, was also absent, but at least he says he was on the guestlist – he just chose not to come.

Rapper Kanye West proposed to Kim on her 33rd birthday at the AT&T Park in San Francisco, in what is being described in the media as one of the most romantic proposals in celebrity world, which reportedly set him back about $6 million (€4.3 million), 15-carat diamond ring included.

After the proposal, the people he’d invited for the party, his friends and Kim’s family and friends, along with the camera crews always following her around to shoot for the Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality series, came out to congratulate the happy couple.

Bruce Jenner wasn’t there and, given his and Kris Jenner’s recent separation announcement, this makes it a bit odd because both claim they’re still very much together in every other way.

TMZ reports that Bruce found out about the engagement later, and points out that his omission could also be explained by the fact that he and Kanye never really hit it off.

“Family sources tell us Bruce and Kanye have never had a ‘real conversation.’ As we previously reported, Bruce was not happy when Kim hooked up with Kanye so quickly after she left Kris Humphries,” the celebrity publication says.

“We're told Kanye is the one who planned every detail of the surprise proposal. We do not know exactly why Bruce was not invited – whether it was because of Kanye or because of Bruce's separation from Kris,” adds the same media outlet.

Even though Bruce wasn’t there, he found out the happy news from Kim herself, who called him after the party. She considers him her father, and she wanted him to find out from her.

As for why Lamar wasn’t at the party either, he told paparazzi the other day that he simply had other, more personal things to do.