Country singer Mindy McCready said she broke off with Roger Clemens because the New York Yankees baseball player wouldn’t marry her. She gave details about the state of her relationship with Clemens in an interview broadcast last night by the syndicated show “Inside Edition.”

"Carrying on a relationship with him is not something I'm proud of," the country singer told "Inside Edition." She added that her affair with the baseball player, who is married, was one of her biggest mistakes.

She also said that Clemens was one of the “most wonderful men I've ever known” and that he treated her like a princess, according to the transcript released by the show.

Clemens’ attorney, Rusty Hardin, denied the fact that his client had a relationship with McCready.

"I repeat again that it is simply not true. That is all I intend to say about the matter," was Clemens’ statement about this matter.

McCready told the TV show that she met Clemens when she was 16 (not 15) in a karaoke bar and that their relationship did not involved sex until several years later. They were together for about a decade.

However, McCready has also reportedly told the New York Daily News that she did not want to get married to the Yankees pitcher, and she apologized for the harm she might have caused to Clemens’ wife, Debbie.

McCready served 30 days in jail for violating probation on a 2004 drug charge. She was released from the Tennessee jail on October 31. In 2004, she was convicted for fraudulently obtaining prescription painkillers. She was on probation for that offense when she was charged with driving under the influence in 2005.