'I was crushed': Shawn King surprised to learn from reporter Larry King filed for divorce

Shawn King says she was completely thrown by Larry King filing for divorce last month.

She revealed in an interview with Daily Mail TV that she learned her husband wanted a divorce from an unexpected source: a journalist.

"I woke up to a phone call from a reporter, and he said, 'Hi Shawn, I'm sorry about the divorce filing, would you like to comment?' " she said.

"I was crushed. I had no idea that this was coming," she recalled, adding the news made her feel "confused" and "hurt."

King spoke candidly about the pain resulting from the split from her husband of 22 years.

"There was a moment when I thought that my heart was going to physically burst out of my chest," she said, as tears began to fill her eyes.

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After the television host's filing, reports popped up about possible reasons for their breakup. King denied that the pair's sons – Chance, 20, and Cannon, 19 – pushed their father to file. She also wrote off reports that she was attempting to get at their inheritance as "ludicrous."

"It was very upsetting to them to have things attributed to them that were not true," said King.

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Cannon himself denied any involvement in the demise of his parents' relationship in an August Instagram post.

"I CAN say that what was said about my 'begging/urging my dad to do something' is completely false," he wrote in the Aug. 21 post. "It hurts my heart to think that anyone might think that about me or my brother. All I want is eternal happiness for each of them. They both deserve it."

Though Cannon did not name the outlet(s) he was referring to, TMZ reported: "Larry filed for divorce (Aug. 20) because we're told their 2 kids came to him and urged him to divorce her. A source on Shawn's side says only one of their children urged him to divorce her."

As for the future, King told Daily Mail TV she was uncertain where the estranged pair would end up. After all, they both filed for divorce in 2010, citing "irreconcilable differences," but ultimately reconciled.

"We're not sure where we're going, but we're always gonna be a family," she said. "And that's it. And I hope it works out."

The Kings wed in a hospital room in 1997, just three days before the "Larry King Now" host had surgery to clear a clogged blood vessel.

He has been married eight times to seven different women, including Alene Akins, whom he married and divorced twice.

USA TODAY has reached out to a rep for Larry King for comment.

Contributing: Cydney Henderson

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