Myleene Klass opens up about husband leaving her

Myleene Klass was the centre of headlines in April this year when her husband of seven months (and partner for 11 years) Graham Quinn left her. The couple, who have two young daughters together, became the source of speculation surrounding their relationship and TV presenter and classical pianist Myleene has waited until now to talk about the harrowing experience.

"I thought Gray [Graham] and I were so happy," she told You magazine.

"I had just walked down the aisle, so of course I didn't see it coming - I hadn't even got my wedding dress back from the cleaners.

"When it first happened and I was in the middle of the storm I was just so very, very hurt. I felt I would sooner have taken a bullet. Actually, at the beginning, every morning when I woke up, I thought I had taken a bullet to my heart."

Myleene and Gray married in October last year in a secret ceremony with fewer than 20 guests and, having been together for over a decade previously, it seemed like a perfect match made in heaven.

The couple met in 2001 when he was a bodyguard for Hear'Say, the pop group that made Myleene famous. They became engaged in 2005 and have two daughters together, Ava and Hero.

Myleene, who has also starred in the famous Marks & Spencers adverts, also admitted that she 'grieved' the end of her relationship.

"Your love for someone isn't a tap - you can't switch it on and off. It hurts. There were days when I didn't want to get out of bed and my mum would say to me, 'It's OK, you are just grieving.' And she was right - it is a kind of grief, a grief that you have to work through."

She has also explained how she got over those initial difficult days - in the sanctity of her friends and her daughters.

"I remember [Lauren Laverne] knocking on my door one day and walking in and putting a big tub of ice cream with two spoons on the table and saying to me "Talk and eat!" My friends were like my backbone when I didn't feel I had one. I am so appreciative that they all let me talk, talk, talk," she explained.

And, despite everything she's been through - the end of a long-term relationship, her daughters' father leaving the family home and having it all played out under the media spotlight - Myleene remains positive for the future.

"I don't want to sound like Oprah but no person should be able to take away your ability to love and trust," she said. "I will always love but I don't think I will ever again give anyone the power to destroy my trust."

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