Liza Morales, Lamar Odom’s high school sweetheart, has finally spoken out about the moment she found out her ex was marrying reality star Khloé Kardashian.
“It was shocking. I couldn’t escape it,” Morales said PEOPLE.
She opened up just days before Netflix comes out Untold: The Death and Life of Lamar Odoma documentary about the basketball star’s life, fame, struggles and relationships.
Much of the film looks back on his early romance with Morales.
The couple met in high school and Odom proposed to her when they were just 20 and they delayed marriage but had three children together.
But tragedy struck in 2006 when their six-month-old son Jayden died of sudden fright syndrome.
However, the loss left a big impact on their relationship and slowly they went their separate ways.
The fashion designer went on to add that she was blindsided when Odom’s relationship with Khloé Kardashian became public in 2009.
“It was a text and then a phone call from Lamar: ‘By the way, I’m getting married,'” she recalled.
“Then it was all over the place. It wasn’t just that he got married – that’s how it happened. It was rushed and it hurt.”
Still, Morales said she and Odom have gotten to a better place now. “It took years. I had to work on myself and heal.”
