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"Alexandra Burke has spoken about the heartbreak she went through after her split from footballer Jermain Defoe. The X Factor winner dumped the Tottenham Hotspur striker following reports that he had cheated on her with a 23-year-old model.  Speaking a few days after the split was announced, Burke told The Mirror: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m quite naive. I think that comes from me wearing my heart on my sleeve. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m such a loyal person. That&amp;#039;s what I give out and I expect to get it back. Sometimes you don&amp;#039;t and it does hurt. But that&amp;#039;s just the way I am. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t know how to cope with it sometimes, if I&amp;#039;m completely honest. All I can do is get on with it day by day.&amp;quot; Defoe&amp;#039;s previous girlfriend Chantelle Houghton recently called him a &amp;quot;cheat&amp;quot; and a &amp;quot;nasty little rat&amp;quot;.  The singer&amp;#039;s split from Simon Cowell&amp;#039;s record label Syco caused the release of her second album Heartbreak On Hold to be delayed. Following the completion of the LP, Burke explained: &amp;quot;It was challenging making it because I don&amp;#039;t like being open.&amp;quot; She said that she had to reveal more to her fans through her music because she felt the need to apologise for the album&amp;#039;s delayed release. The singer also admitted that she&amp;#039;d &amp;quot;love to be settled&amp;quot;, claiming she is the sort of person who believes in fairy tales and hopes to marry and have children one day.  Burke&amp;#039;s new single &amp;#039;Let It Go&amp;#039; is out on Monday (May 28). Heartbreak On Hold is released on June 4. Watch the video for Alexandra Burke&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Let It Go&amp;#039; below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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