Heidi Klum, Seal Divorce: Seal Says People Are Owed An 'Explanation' For Split

Seal is opening up about why he spoke publicly about the end of his eight-year marriage to Heidi Klum almost immediately after the split.

In an interview on Australian radio station 2Day FM Thursday, the 48-year-old singer said he simply felt he owed people -- many of whom were "generally saddened" by the split -- an explanation.

''While they don't really have the right to know details of our private life, I felt that those people at least had a right to some kind of explanation," he said. "When you publicize your marriage as much as our marriage was publicized, when you renew wedding vows, when you do all those things you are giving them a picture of an ideal relationship, of a relationship that people aspire towards, so when it goes south you can't all of a sudden take the philosophy of Celestine monk and decide to go for a vow of silence, it doesn't really work like that."

And while appearances on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "Piers Morgan Tonight" served as forums to offer an explanation -- Seal told DeGeneres that he and Klum simply "grew apart after a while" -- the singer said both appearances were booked months in advance to promote his new album, "Soul 2."

Comparatively, Klum has remained tightlipped since she and Seal announced their split on January 23, thanking her fans for their support on Twitter, but granting no interviews.

Seal said he respected his "wife's decision not to talk about it," but ultimately "felt that people at least deserved some kind of explanation.''

The star couple married in May 2005. They have four children, 7-year-old Leni, 6-year-old Henry, 5-year-old Johan and Lou, 2.

Listen to the interview below:

Comments

[The Advocate]

01:00 AM on 04/11/2012

It's wrong to delve into other people’s affair and become judgmental. Every relationship is different. Some try to work it out even after a cheating , hang in there just for the kids and learn to love each other again, while others split for what you may consider a flimsy excuse hoping that they will be happier by so doing . Many marriage counselors advise that it’s better to split that fight to the hearing of the kids. What a baloney. Your kids will prefer you work out your differences because kids need both parents. The bottom line is, try as much as possible to work out your difference before considering a divorce as the very last resort.

[Edogg62]

10:07 AM on 02/29/2012

I had this hope that after the Lady Diana tragedy it would chill out the paparazzi. Oh well...

[ILoveGreatDanes]

02:54 PM on 02/27/2012

Seal didn't give any explanation for the split in that interview. He just said He and Heidi Klum were splitting up, which everybody already knows. Also, I think it is actually pretty classy for celebrity couples not to reveal why they're divorcing. The urge to spill all the dirty secrets about one another is probably pretty strong once the relationship goes sour. I've always wondered why Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman split up, though. . .

[vaeho]

02:49 PM on 02/27/2012

Heidi;
there are more fish in the sea.

[Rebecca Carey]

01:12 PM on 02/27/2012

Heidi Klum, Seal Divorce: Seal Says People Are Owed An 'Explanation' For Split
Please, Who Cares?

[one1byke]

08:51 AM on 02/26/2012

They have terms for this guy in the clink:
Rat. Ibnformer. Snitch.
Stool Pigeon. Squealer. Tipster. .. weasel...

[Terris Linenbach]

11:45 PM on 02/25/2012

After four children they simply realized they hated each other. Right.

[Troy Hunter]

07:40 PM on 02/25/2012

I could tell they weren't going to last 'cause the picture above looks like Seal lives in the Matrix.

[butter51nut]

12:16 PM on 02/25/2012

Seal looks like he was attacked by a Great White Shark

[Teresa Bone]

11:35 PM on 02/25/2012

Narrow-minded "B". Thankfully that is not how or why people get into relationships. They get married for LOVE, mutual interests,ect., ect.

[brucekeller]

09:25 AM on 02/25/2012

I am my town's Santa Claus at the annual tree lighting ceremony and the saddest thing ever happened this year. A little girl,after being asked what she would like for Christmas, leaned into my ear and whispered that she wanted her parents to stop fighting. Kids are sensitive and smarter that you think. Being apart is better than being angry in front of children.

[lyg1216]

07:20 AM on 02/25/2012

It just goes to show you that renewing one's vows every year does not mean squat. If your marriage is truly strong then you don't have to make an announcement about it every year by renewing your vows.

[bmitche]

12:17 AM on 02/25/2012

Get over it Seal SHE DOESN'T WANT YOU !!

[time2talk]

11:58 PM on 02/24/2012

I think that when he stayed home with the kids while she pursued a successful career things were fine. When he made his recent album and was on the road with concerts and promotions, everything changed. It changed the balance and the dynamics of the everybody's relationship. I think that was when they began to grow apart. Change causes a lot of divorces.

[rickredoll]

09:59 PM on 02/24/2012

You don't grow apart when you have kids!!!!!! There's more to this story. You have kids to think about. Or they aren't thinking about them, adults are so stupid sometime.

[griffmama6]

10:46 PM on 02/24/2012

you should never stay married for kids. I have 7 children with my husband whom I love but if we were to grow apart. I would file for divorce too. It makes for a better enviroment for the children and will remove the need for either person to cheat.

[time2talk]

12:03 AM on 02/25/2012

I got married in the mid 1950s. I stayed for 28 years for my kids. When the youngest graduated from college and got his first job, I filed for divorce. I wish I could have done it sooner, but I didn't feel I could support them on my own. Both of the kids turned out wonderfully. Life for me has been hard. I didn't work during the marriage. He cheated on me, lived in the bars, and didn't come home nights. He did support us. I have now been divorced for 30 years. I haven't dated by choice. I find that the thought of it makes my knees shake and I hyperventilate. I'm finally getting better. I have had a lot of therapy and it helped. Mostly I think it took introspection and time. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I can handle life.

[ILoveGreatDanes]

02:58 PM on 02/27/2012

That "growing apart" thing is the lamest excuse I ever heard. If you're "growing apart" as a couple, you grow back together. You tough it out, and spend more time together. You get a hobby together, you take more vacations together, whatever it takes. You make sacrifices to save the marriage. You don't just let it crumble. What a bunch of hooey.

[time2talk]

12:20 AM on 02/25/2012

You do if only one of the parents gives a damn about the kids.

[henryzheng0306]

08:29 PM on 02/24/2012

That‘s right.We have no right to interfere their private life.They were spilt by some reasons they know by themselves.If they divorced,they should start their new life as soon as they can.