Melissa Etheridge tells Winfrey breakup was mutual

CHICAGO (AP) - Musician Melissa Etheridge says her subdivision from her partner, actress Tammy Lynn Michaels Etheridge, was mutual.

On Friday's part of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," Etheridge told Winfrey the subdivision was "as mutual as those things can be." She also called the breakup "sad."

The 48-year-old singer calls 35-year-old Tammy Etheridge "a wonderful woman and an incredible mother" and pronounced "she'll regularly be in my life."

The integrate announced their subdivision Apr 15. They had hold the commitment ceremony in Malibu, Calif., in 2003. Tammy Etheridge gave birth to twins - the son, Miller, and the daughter, Johnnie Rose - in 2006. The integrate used an unknown donor from the spermatazoa bank.




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