quinones. >> wish me luck. ♪ >> reporter: marc anthony is hitting the road as often as he can these days. the highway and his new bike are a kind of escape. this is a new bike? >> yeah. >> reporter: it's beautiful. >> thank you. i love it. really good to me. >> reporter: an interesting choice of words, given his recent separation from jennifer lopez. ♪ the sexy, high voltage superstar and the king of salsa announced six weeks ago they're splitting up. and marc has refused to talk about it until now. do you want this divorce? >> y you know, it's -- it's a decision that we made jointly. and that's how i'll answer that. >> reporter: what can you tell us about what went wrong in the marriage? >> i'll tell you that it wasn't some sensationalistic happening. >> reporter: infidelity. >> no, absolutely not. nothing sensational allistic happening. >> reporter: he's baffled and angry, he says, at the tabloid reports that he broke up the marriage with affairs. it was a flight attendant. >> it was the pilot, i heard. it was this guy sitting next to me in a rehab in houston and -- i've heard i

he sat down with john quinones for an exclusive interview on "nightline." >> this is an intensely private man and doesn't like to talk about his personal life, his family, his children. but he sat down with me because he says he's fed up with all the lies and misinformation about what's led to his breakup with jennifer lopez. what can you tell us about what went wrong in the marriage? >> i'll tell you that it wasn't -- you know, some sensationalistic happening. >> indy felt? >> no, absolutely not. nothing sensationistic. >> reporter: marc anthony is baffled and angry, he says, at the tabloid report that he broke up his marriage to jennifer lopez with affairs. there was a flight attendant. >> there was a flight attendant. it was the pilot, i heard. it was this guy sitting next to me in a rehab in houston and i've heard it all. celebrity watching and speculation, it's almost like a sport. >> reporter: but the real reason for the breakup, he says was much simpler. their marriage jusus no longer worked. >> it was a realization on both our parts, so, you know, it wasn't shocking. these things

john quinones sat down with him. >> you know, it was a realization on both our parts. so, you know, it wasn't shocking. these things happen. these things happen. >> do you want this divorce? >> you know, it's -- it's a decision that we made jointly. and that's how i'll answer that. >> now there were some rumors he was pepeaps having affairs. quinones asked about that and he said, absolutely not, the reason their marriage broke up, it was just not working. >> his name was the reason floated will and jada broke up, there are rumors about that. >> put that to rest. >> he'll be on "good morning america" i believe coming up this morning, another interview on "nightline." so check that out. >>> and also ahead, bravo. the whole suicide saga continues, the network made it official, they are going to go ahead with "the real housewives of beverly hills" season premiere on september the 5th, the premiere is going to be preceded by that suicide special we told you about earlier. and that's how they're going to handle this. and the remaining episodes of the season will be edited a