Breaking his silence for the first time since his split from wife Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony sat down with ABC News to talk about his marriage and what really went wrong.

Opening up, the 42-year-old singer told ABC that he will “always love Jennifer” when asked about his former wife of seven years.

  This outpouring of love comes on the heels of JLo’s Vanity Fair interview where she said she will “always respect” Anthony as a professional. And because the two of them share two kids together, she said he will “always be in our lives,” holding a “special place” in her heart.

Marc’s interview will air in part on Thursday’s Good Morning America, with the “full exclusive” playing later on Nightline.