Melissa Etheridge Opens Up About Split

Melissa Etheridge recently announced that she is calling it quits with her wife of 7 years, Tammy Lynn. The singer opened up about the difficulties, raising her kids and what’s coming next.

Here are some HIGHlights:

On the break-up:
“It’s been a long time coming. It’s hard, as any of these things are. It’s hard to do it in public because there’s no easy sound bite to say, this is what happened and so this is what’s going on. And even if I did, the perspectives would always be different so there’s a lot of sadness. And yet, she’ll always be in my life because we have two children.”

On coping with being single again:
“That’s a lot of work, that’s a lot of figuring out.”

On the kids:
“They’re wonderful. There’s a lot of interaction because of the kids and we keep that going and that’s good. Being a mom takes up most of my time and most of my energy.”

On the next step:
├óΓé¼┼ôI├óΓé¼Γäóm going to be touring all summer and the kids will come with me.”

She’s doing as well as can be expected!

One step at a time, bb.

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