Leigh-Anne Pinnock's husband Andre Gray went to therapy to save their marriage after he "broke" her heart

During an appearance on the Mad Sad Bad podcast, Leigh-Anne explained: "I went through a bit of a weird time with my husband actually and I think that sort of not being totally honest and losing trust and that kind of betrayal.

"I think like heartbreak is wild, like it's awful and especially someone that you're so madly in love with and that they can hurt you."

Leigh-Anne went on to clarify the couple's problems started before Andre's move to Greece to play for Super league Greece club Aris Thessaloniki but being by himself in another country gave the sportsman time to reflect.

She said: "I think that person has to want to change and he did. And I think you can go through things in relationship, but if they aren't willing to change for you, forget it.

"They have to do the work and they have to turn it around because again it's not you, it's not on you. He went to therapy and I think for us what really helped for us, he started playing abroad and he had more time to himself to kind of look and realise that everything that he was doing was not how you make a relationship work, it's not. It's selfish."

When asked about her last "heartbreak", Leigh-Anne admitted her husband "broke" her heart but he changed his ways and they are now in a "beautiful place".

She said: "I learnt the power of forgiveness. I'm still with the person who broke my heart and he went out of his way to change for me.

"I think if you can actually get to the other side and make it through it, it makes it all worthwhile.

"Some people might say: 'Oh well why are you still with them?' or 'Why are you still giving them another chance?' I guess that can be seen as a weakness and not putting yourself first but I think only you know what is truly right for you ...

"If that person can really show that they want to change, you cannot change somebody but if they go out of their way to change themselves I really do think that kind of tells you everything you need to know.

"For me personally I had to go through these struggles and things in our relationship to get to the point where we are now, which is a really beautiful place."