Liza Morales Opens Up About ‘Trauma’ From Relationship With Lamar Odom In Forthcoming Book

Liza Morales is discussing her journey in a new book due out this spring. She will touch on her relationship with Lamar Odom, his overdose, and Khloe Kardashian in the book.

The book, titled Cutting Trauma Ties, is due out in May. Speaking with Page Six, the 42-year-old mother of two told the outlet how the book earned its title.

“Lamar was a pivotal point of my life,” the former Basketball Wives star explained. “I have not spoken to him in a year-and-a-half, and that’s why [the book is] called ‘Cutting Trauma Ties’ — that title is for a reason. I did experience a lot of trauma dealing with him … my kids, my family has experienced a lot of trauma dealing with Lamar in such a public way, but we dealt with his addiction privately for years.”

Morales met Odom during high school when they both attended Christ the King High in Queens. They started dating in 1996 and then became engaged in 2000. The two never married. 

Not only will she detail this period in her life, but she will also touch on what “really went down” when Odom overdosed in Las Vegas. 

​​“And when I say ‘what really went down,’ I’m talking about if the hospital walls could talk. I’m talking NDAs, hallway fistfights, business conflict of interest … I stayed really, really quiet, but again I felt like it wasn’t the right timing,” she said.

She will also address Odom’s relationship with Khloe Kardashian. The former NBA player and reality TV star were married from 2009 to 2016.

​​“I will talk about the experience [of] trying to get him to go to rehab,” Morales said. “This stuff didn’t just happen when he was with Khloé… It magnified when he married Khloé, but he’s had that problem for years. So I will talk about that because it impacted me and impacted our kids, so I have no choice not to talk about that.”

She said she’s been wanting to write a book for years, but the timing never felt quite right — until now. 

“Then 2020 comes, and the pandemic hits, and the whole world stops,” she explained. “I really just felt like, ‘OK, I got time on my hands,’ so I started taking notes.”

According to the outlet, a rep for Odom wished Morales “the best in her future endeavors.”

Adding, “Mr. Odom is living his life sober and without apology. He wishes to build a relationship with his now-adult children without the strain of having to engage with their mother. Mr. Odom hopes that her book proves to be cathartic for her, allowing her to move on. Life is too fleeting to be stuck in decades past.”