SHERYL CROW - CROW TOLD ARMSTRONG TO STAY AWAY

CROW TOLD ARMSTRONG TO STAY AWAY

SHERYL CROW told her ex-fiance LANCE ARMSTRONG to support her from a distance when she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year (06). The ALL I WANNA DO singer, 44, learned she had the illness just two weeks after the couple ended their engagement. Crow tells Vanity Fair magazine, "It was difficult, you know. I know he wanted to be there. "I do think about Lance every day. And I think about his kids every day." Cycling champion and cancer survivor Armstrong was driving from California to Oregon when his ex phoned to break the bad news. He says, "When I got that news, I can't even describe it. It was the cruellest twist. I actually turned around to make the drive to LA. We talked along the way and she said, 'You know, I just don't think that's a great idea.' "(Sheryl told me) it would be hard on her in trying to manage the break up and the diagnosis. And I totally understood."