Ne-Yo's estranged wife Crystal Smith found out about their divorce online

Speaking on the Tamron Hall show, she said: "We weren’t really talking at that time. I chose to leave the relationship because of issues, and at the time I felt like it was to get back at me or to hurt me, or whatever the case may be. He said that it wasn’t so I took his word for that.

"But it definitely didn’t feel good, it was embarrassing to say the least ... I chose to go to therapy and to start working on my pain and my issues and everything I was dealing with internally. I feel like that was the right step for me to get past it, so whether we were going to be together or not, I had to heal for myself so I could get up and perform for my kids."

Back in February, Ne-Yo confirmed he was divorcing his wife Crystal.

The ‘Miss Independent’ hitmaker said: "It's slowly but surely becoming public knowledge that myself and my wife have decided to go ahead and get a divorce. It’s not a sad thing, it's more of a us realising- long story short, I'm never gonna talk bad about her. I'm not that person.

"There's nothing bad to say about her. She's a fantastic woman. She's the mother of my children and she's always gonna be that and I will always respect her."

Ne-Yo and Crystal were married for four years before their split.