Myleene Klass felt "betrayed and crushed" when she split from Graham Quinn.
The 37-year-old beauty has admitted she was left "broken" after she divorced the bodyguard, with whom she has Ava, seven, and Hero, four, in 2013.
She shared: "I thought I’d never smile or trust anyone ever again. I felt so betrayed and so crushed.
"You imagine other people have the same values as you. I wouldn’t walk out on my family. I’ve got so much pride – I wouldn’t take anything from anyone. I certainly wouldn’t take a family home."
And despite having a tough time dealing with the separation, Myleene has insisted she tried to stay strong for the sake of her children.
She told The Sun newspaper: "But I couldn’t wallow in it and sob. I said to my mum and dad, ‘I’m broken, but I will not sink.’ I just had to keep going, because my girls would be up every morning asking me to make breakfast or fetch their recorders. My girls saved me.
"It’s taken a long time to get here, and a lot of soul-searching … But no one will ever put me through that again, so help me God. My girlfriends told me to turn up that little voice inside my head again and I did question certain things, but I put it aside because I wanted it to work for my family.
"Now I look back and think it was the best thing that could have happened to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll never speak to him again, and I’m not thankful that it happened to me, but I’m not a grudge-bearer. It was a very quick ‘culling session’ that could have potentially happened in my 50s. But it happened in my 30s and knocked me into the real world."
Myleene Klass ‘betrayed’ by ex
