Christina Aguilera announced she had split from her husband of four years Jorban Bratman last month, but she says it wasn't easy to decide to leave him.
She said: "Things were so unhealthy and unhappy for both Jordan and me, I knew I had to end it. I really didn't want to hurt Jordan, and I felt torn about splitting our family up."
Though she felt torn about ending her marriage to Jordan, Christina felt it would be the best for Max if his mother and father went their separate ways.
She explained to People magazine: "When you're unhappy in your marriage, your children are the ones who suffer. That's the last thing I wanted for my son."
The 29-year-old star is now dating Matthew Rutler, a set assistant on her new movie Burlesque, and she is amazed at how easy he is to speak to.
She said: "He's the kind of person you could spend hours with on the phone talking to and all of a sudden it's daylight."
