Highs and lows. Former basketball player Lamar Odom’s passionate romances are integral to his life story, from his whirlwind marriage to Khloé Kardashian to his in-case-you-missed-it moment with Taraji P.
Henson.Odom, who was born in Queens, New York, first dated one of his teenage sweethearts, Liza Morales, for over 10 years.
The pair’s daughter, Destiny, was born in 1998 while their son, Lamar Jr., in 2002. They became engaged in 2000, but never married.In 2006, their relationship fell apart after their infant son, Jayden, passed away at 6 months old to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Morales told Page Six in March 2021 that their infant son’s death was the straw that broke the camel’s back in their relationship as Odom descended into drug use and partying as a way of grieving. “I realized I lost Lamar when our son Jayden passed away,” she told the outlet. “We grieved so differently.”The exes stayed relatively friendly after going their separate ways — until July 2021 when the Basketball Wives alum sued the former Los Angeles Lakers player, claiming he allegedly stopped honoring a 2015 child support agreement for their two kids.
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