Sheryl Misses Lance: "That Phantom Itch"

Sheryl Crow isn't angry with Lance Armstrong over their break-up, but she clearly misses him immensely, saying that losing Lance was like "having part of your life amputated."

In an exclusive interview following the very public end of her relationship with Armstrong and her battle with breast cancer, Crow told "Good Morning America's" Diane Sawyer that there was a growing divide between her and Armstrong over the last days of their time together, but that she absolutely didn't believe that Armstrong "bailed" on her when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

The singer-songwriter seemed calm and resolute when talking about the fight to save her life, but certainly made it clear that the seven-time Tour de France winner, to whom she was engaged for five months, still occupied a significant place in her heart.

"You still have that phantom itch, you know, where you wake up and I'll see something and think, 'Oh, I've got to make sure Lance is hip to this band. I've got to put it on his iPod.' And then I remember, 'Oh, wait, you know, that's not my life."

Part II of Sawyer's interview with Crow airs Friday morning.

Filed under: Break-Ups, Music


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1. And, Sheryl's people told me she wasn't doing interviews this tour! What, too big time for TMZ? Or, maybe just me....

However, I will be backstage at her show this Friday in Atlantic City interviewing the opening act. We'll see who snubs who... :)

Posted at 1:39PM on Jul 6th 2006 by JDfromEarvolution

2. Lance is a jerk! He dumped Sheryl because he wants more kids. When he hasn't been around much for his kids with his first wife! I guess I'm done bike riding let me go and be a father now.

Posted at 3:00PM on Jul 6th 2006 by ms

3. Huh! Gosh, it seems like it takes these biotches forever to get over their exes. It s all about getting the publics sumpathy. she s hoping people will feel bad enough to buy her next album

Posted at 4:36PM on Jul 6th 2006 by bull

4. She has way more class than he has. His drunken whines on his radio show were pathetic, considering how he treated her.

Posted at 6:24PM on Jul 6th 2006 by JayceeAustin

5. mean commenters we got here

Posted at 8:07PM on Jul 6th 2006 by david

6. Didn't Lance dump his wife for Cheryl? What do they say, "what comes around goes around".....

Posted at 8:11PM on Jul 6th 2006 by C

7. Now wait a minute, didn't Lance dump his Wife for Cheryl? As they say, "What comes around goes around"...

Posted at 8:13PM on Jul 6th 2006 by C

8. I think its good she admits her weaknesses. I don't think she's whining at all, or obsessing. There certainly have been loves in my life that have taken a while to get over. She's as human as the rest of us. And years later, having moved on, you wonder, I wonder where he is, what might have been. Imagine the girl, scared for her life and just when you thought it couldn't get worse -- it does. We need this kind of story, vs the Paris Hilton Kleenex man of the hour crap.

Posted at 8:18PM on Jul 6th 2006 by Carol

9. Celebs who speak of their broken hearts are not out to get sympathy or pity! I am certain that they just want to share the part of them that is not exhaulted by their celeb status. They hurt and bleed just like the rest of us. When you are broken in the heart and the spirit, money and fame don't mean a thing. The hardest part for them is having to face up to the camera and keep on trucking on tour, etc. Maybe they "share" to explain why they might be a little off their game.

Posted at 8:19PM on Jul 6th 2006 by Linda

10. It's difficult to speculate what transpired in their relationship....I guess that they're just people. More importantly, they are both cancer survivors. I hope many people receiving cancer treatment perceive the couple this way, as hope to cancer victims.

Posted at 8:24PM on Jul 6th 2006 by Jacqueline Lange

11. What an incredible lady!!! I have the utmost respect for Sheryl for her dignity and strength. This is truly Lance's loss. Best wishes to Sheryl!!!!

Posted at 8:26PM on Jul 6th 2006 by Robin Dalmiras

12. well i think if she still loves him she needs to get therapy because you shouldn't love some one that treats you like crap. i have great respeat for you so make your self happy and move one.

Posted at 8:34PM on Jul 6th 2006 by allison bowman

13. lance is a big jerk and if all he wants from you is kids then hes not good enough for you any ways ! girl heres some advice move one and worry about your life and not his . much love and respeat allison.

Posted at 8:39PM on Jul 6th 2006 by allison bowman

14. HEY CHERYL,FORGET THAT JERK,HE WAS,NT 4 YOU ANYWAY,LETS MEET,LETS GET TOGETHER,LETS HAVE CUTE BABYS TOGETHER N LIVE HAPPLY EVERAFTER N RIDE OFF IN THE SUNSET TOGETHER.

Posted at 8:40PM on Jul 6th 2006 by DA LOVE OF UR LIVE

15. When cancer seeps in and takes hold......frightening......very glad that she's going to be ok. However....I strongly believe she needs to work on those shitty vocals. She gives new meaning to "If she can make it, I can make it," and "If she can sing, I can sing." Unreal.

Posted at 9:30PM on Jul 6th 2006 by Rosalie

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