Jesse James forgives himself for affairs

Jesse James has forgiven himself for cheating on ex-wife Sandra Bullock.

The motorcycle entrepreneur had several affairs during his five-year marriage with the Oscar-winning actress - including a relationship with tattoo model Michelle 'Bombshell' McGee, which was exposed in March 2010 – but insists he no longer feels guilty because he has admitted to his mistakes and knows he isn't a bad person.

Speaking on the Kyle and Jackie O Show on Australian station 2Day FM, he said: "I never got one negative comment, not from anyone. The only people who said negative stuff to me were the paparazzi and they were being paid to. The media portrayed it as this huge negative thing but if anything, I got more support from everybody else, because, yes, I cheated on my wife but so do a lot of other people.

"Does that mean I'm the devil? Or that I'm Satan? I don't think so. I made a mistake and I'm sorry for it but I owned up to it. I didn't lie or do any kind of BS. I did it, I made a mistake and I owned up to it and took it like a man and took all the abuse for it, which nobody does."

When asked if he had forgiven himself, he replied: "Oh yeah. I'm cool."

However, Jesse – who is now engaged to tattoo artist Kat Von D – admits it was horrible telling Sandra about the affairs.

He said: “It's pretty painful to talk to someone and know that the next words coming out are going to devastate their life."