LeAnn Rimes Talks About Affair With Eddie Cibrian

By PopEater Staff Posted Sep 15th 2010 08:05PM

LeAnn Rimes knows she didn't handle the end of her marriage to Dean Sheremet very well--and she reveals why in the October issue of Shape magazine. Rimes, who graces the Shape cover in a red string bikini, opens up about the end of her marriage and what she's learned.

"I understand why people are disappointed in me, especially since I grew up as America's sweetheart. I think any relationship is hard to get out of, and I don't think the way I did it was right," she reveals.

"It wasn't a fulfilling marriage for either of us," she tells the magazine. "As we got older, we grew apart."

Rimes and Sheremet's marriage began to fully unravel amidst rumors she was secretly dating actor Eddie Cibrian, who was also married.

Back in 2009, Cibrian tried to fight back against claims that he was having an affair with Rimes after they were caught on film from the restaurant's security cameras. The images show the pair kissing during a date at a Laguna Beach, California restaurant.

Later Rimes admitted she and Cibrian became friends while shooting the made-for-TV movie 'Northern Lights,' and it wasn't until many months later that their relationship "tipped over."

"It was very emotionally driven," Rimes told PEOPLE in June. "I never once thought what I was doing was okay."

Sheremet and Rimes attempted to fix their marriage after news of her affair broke, but the pair finally concluded, "It wasn't a marriage that fulfilled either one of us." Rimes and Sheremet ended their 7-year marriage and the divorce was finalized in December 2009.

Cibrian was also married at the time; he and model Brandi Glanville married in 2002 and have two sons together. They too filed for divorce last year.

"I take responsibility for everything I've done," LeAnn told PEOPLE. "I hate that people got hurt. But I don't regret the outcome.

Rimes and Cibrian are currently in a committed relationship and currently live together in Los Angeles.

"I feel like I'm just now finding myself," Rimes continued. "I've always been one of those people who takes care of everyone else--and their needs--first. This past year, for the first time ever, I put me first. I'm sure some people are thinking that I was totally selfish, but the truth is, there are times in your life when you have to be selfish in order to find out what truly makes you happy."

Though the infidelity drama is in her past, she realizes "there are lessons in it for me to learn" and that the "most important thing" is "cultivating strength from rough situations." As she tells Shape, "After going through this, I know I can face anything."

Tags: eddie cibrian, LeAnn Rimes

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Wednesday 15 September

By Tracy

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She is wrong no matter what her excuse is... I cant stand her .. WOMEN stay away from other womens men!! it just makes us all look like cheap desperate humans who will treat our own like SH*T just to have a boyfriend!!

Thursday 16 September

By Barbara

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I am really sorry that you have been hurt before.

Friday 17 September

By Lynn Broussard

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Always had the hots for LeAnn, No one should be called Trash for wanting to be loved. Just wish I was the one she had cheated with.

By sherlane

I don't think you should be so hard on her. It takes two to tangle and he knew he was married her marraige was practically over i mean she did not put a gun to his head. But i see ur point too. But they r humans and humans do make mistakes

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Tuesday 28 December

By jyc62727

are you kidding me? there is a site for this? OMFG

By Wade Bell

She looks good in that bikini......doesn't care what any of ya sez......%-)

By Emily

She's sucking it in.

By brian

Wade- You might care to have such a skank. Most of us would not.

By ajschrod

I don't agree! Where is the beautiful, sexy shapely girl I remember from ten years ago? Now she looks like Wynona Judd!

By CHRISTNA

yUCK! sQUINTY EYES KNOW WHY THIS GUY IS W/ HER...SHE IS U G L Y

By dragonflyandsun

And don't forget those horrendous porcelain veneers on her teeth. Makes her look like the Cryptkeeper from Tales from the Crypt.

By Carol

She looks like something you would find in the backwoods trailer park that hollywood just dolled up.

By Connie

All I got to say, is "she is a very lucky gal to have someone like Eddie".

By may

Lucky to have Eddie who betrayed his wife with this tramp??? Whats wrong with you that you'd settle for such a dog.

By georgie

Oh yeah, real lucky to have a father and husband, who is a cheater and didn't give a damn about his family. Why, because he was busy getting it on with and equal low life. Real lucky! No matter how she try's to justify things, she's still trash.

By anonymous lady

LeAnn, You are not facing the fact that there isn't anything right about selfishness, especially when you take a married man away from his wife and/or family. That can't be right! Get a reality check and the same thing may just happen to you down the road!

By Gabby

I Agree Anonymous Lady. In the words of Dr Phil."If he does it with you he'll do it to you" That's pretty much what she has to look forward to. I read that she went of on a vacation with him and is already whining about his kids and how she doesn't have time to do anything with having kiddos around.Hmmmm? what did she think getting involved with a married man with children was about? Plus he's getting the Ax from CSI Miami. I guess she'll have topay his bills now. Give them a while. They'll end up breaking up anwyay. He's a cheater and so is she.

By sassycassie

What is this chick thinking??? She already went through her selfish phase when she cheated. How do you get any more selfish than that? And it will catch up with you, whatever the reasons...And no excuse is a good excuse!

By MISS SWEET D

NO MATTER WHAT SHE IS STILL A SKANK AND HE IS A PIG, AND BOTH ARE LOSERS, NO MATTTER HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE, OR HOW MUCH THEY SO CALL LOVE EACH OTHER.

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