Avril Lavigne 'helped through divorce'

Avril Lavigne has revealed that she dealt with divorcing her husband Deryck Whibley by confiding in her girlfriends.

The singer, who is now dating The Hills star Brody Jenner, also said that writing songs helped her to move on.

She explained to TV Week: "They were there for me. It did me really good to be able to tell them everything.

"It helped me come to terms with the things that had happened."

She added: "It also helped put my feelings down in paper. It was comforting. It's always been like that for me. When I was a kid, I had my diary to confide everything in. Now I write songs. It really was a form of healing."