Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

Giving him what was probably the greatest Christmas present of his life, Olympic great Bruce Jenner was allowed to sit away from his wife, stepdaughters and Kanye West during the Los Angeles Clippers game on Tuesday.

ABC cameras showed Jenner sitting one row behind his wife, Kris Jenner, stepdaughters Kim and Khloe Kardashian and Kim's boyfriend, rap superstar Kanye West. This afforded him the opportunity to miss out on scintillating conversation like Kim wondering aloud why Lamar Odom wasn't wearing a Lakers uniform, Khloe asking the courtside waitress if the Staples Center had Christmas-themed funnel cakes and Kanye talking about that one time he beat Lil' Romeo and Master P in a 1-on-2 game at Snoop Dogg's house.

Why would they have shunned him? Did he not wear the Kardashian-mandated black, leather pants?

We make fun of the Kardashians ... because they're the Kardashians. But, in their defense, there were far worse places to be at a Christmas game than in between Kris and Kim.

UPDATE: TMZ noted that Jenner gave up his seat so Kanye could sit with Kim, further proof that Bruce is too good a man to still be keeping up with the Kardashians.

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