Paula Patton has been talking about life after splitting with Robin Thicke, saying she has really grown up.

The Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol actress broke up with her husband of nine years, who had also been her high school sweetheart, following cheating rumours after his track Blurred Lines became a hit.

According to Us Weekly, Paula told The Meredith Vieira Show: “I went from my parents’ house to moving in with Robin, and now I’m becoming an adult. I’m really, like, a real woman now.”

She added: “I’ve grown a lot. It’s been a long year and a lot of challenges. I live in a place of gratitude [and am] thankful for everything I have.”

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Paula Patton (Brian Dowling/Invision)

Paula also admitted that being a single working mother could be tough: “I took a lot of time off to be with him and then I had to pack for a trip because I had to go to work and he said, ‘Mommy I don’t want you to go to work.’

“It’s the challenge of being a working mother and it’s the first time he ever said that to me because I did work when he was a baby but now he is more aware of everything, so what are you going to do? It’s sort of the trials and tribulations of being a woman.”

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Robin Thicke and Paula Patton when they were still a couple (Jordan Strauss/Invision)

Robin famously tried to win back his wife by calling his latest album, which was a flop, after her and performing a song dedicated to her through tears at the 2014 BET Awards.

He was recently at the centre of a lawsuit when the late Marvin Gaye’s family accused him and Blurred Lines collaborator Pharrell Williams of copying the singer’s hit Got To Give It Up for their track. A judge ruled that they had copied the music and ordered the pair to pay 7.4 million dollars (over £5 million) to the family.