Basketball star Tony Parker has said he wasn't surprised by his wife Eva Longoria's decision to file for divorce, reports Daily Mail, London.
'Eva and I have been discussing our situation privately,' he said in a statement. 'I was aware that she would be filing for divorce in Los Angeles.'
Speaking through his spokesman he told People magazine that he had not filed for divorce first, contrary to online reports.
The 28-year-old said: 'I did not file for divorce in Texas and did not hire divorce attorneys in either Texas or California. We plan to continue to keep our discussions of this matter private.'
It was the first statement from Parker since a joint tweet from the estranged couple announcing the divorce. Desperate Housewives star Longoria, 35, filed for divorce in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
She has since remained out of public view, cancelling her planned appearances. But she did confide in friend and television presenter Mario Lopez that she had discovered texts from another woman on her husband's phone.
The woman was named in reports as Erin Barry, 37, who is estranged from her husband, former NBA basketball star Brent Barry, Parker's former teammate.
Access Hollywood reported that Parker also sent the mother of two hundreds of 'sex texts' .Barry's father-in-law confirmed to TMZ that she filed for divorce from her husband of 12 years last month.
Ironically the sportsmen are seen posing together with their wives in an undated photo posted on the actress's own Facebook page.
They became friends when Parker and Barry played together for the San Antonio Spurs from 2004 to 2008.After initally posting a statement about the split on his Twitter page, Parker had remained tight-lipped about the split until today
Meanwhile his wife confided to her friend Lopez - host of U.S. entertainment show Extra - that Parker had previously cheated on her with another woman during their marriage.
Longoria told Lopez that her estranged husband cheated on her with yet another woman with whom he kept in touch via Facebook. Celebrity news blog E! Online reported that although Parker and Erin had exchanged 'naughty' messages there was 'no physical relationship.'
Longoria and Parker were engaged in November 2006 and married in July of 2007 in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Paris, France.They first met after a Spurs basketball game, when she and her father Enrique were invited back to the team's press room to meet the players.
Eva and Tony immediately hit it off, and he asked Eva and her father to join him for dinner.Eva is being represented in the divorce by high profile celebrity divorce lawyer Lance Spiegel, who has previously worked for Sandra Bullock in her divorce from Jesse James and Russell Simmons in his divorce from Kimora Lee.There is a prenuptial agreement between Parker and Longoria, according to U.S. reports.
