Bush 'helped Kardashian cope with sex tape'

Kim Kardashian has said that former boyfriend Reggie Bush helped her cope with the release of her sex tape.

The Kourtney & Kim Take New York! star previously said that she had been "devastated" when a home video of herself and an ex-boyfriend was leaked online.

"There is an embarrassment and shame and so much that comes along with it," she told Piers Morgan on his new CNN show Piers Morgan Tonight.

"I was so lucky to find a boyfriend at that time in Reggie. We were together for four years. That was something that he really helped me through. He picked me up when I couldn't pick myself up. That's what my family was for as well."

She added: "I feel like I've dealt with it and moved on from it, and I don't really go there."

Kardashian and Bush separated last year, and the reality star is now dating New Jersey Nets player Kris Humphries. When asked about her new relationship, she told Morgan that she was hoping to keep her romance "a little bit more private than [she has] in the past".

She has remained mostly coy on her relationship with Humphries, although she recently described him as a "really good guy" and also posted one of his childhood photographs on her Twitter account.

Piers Morgan Tonight airs on weeknights at 9pm ET on CNN in the US and at 8pm on CNN International in the UK