Washington, Jan 24 : Kim Kardashian has revealed that she did a lot of "soul-searching" following her split from estranged husband Kris Humphries last October.

The 31-year-old beauty ended her 72-day marriage to the basketball player and went straight to her family to get some much-needed support.

"I really did some soul-searching, and I needed that. I needed to just be with the family," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

Kim - who reportedly made up to 18 million dollars for selling her rights to the wedding - also hit out at claims that she only married Humphries to help her career.

"If you really think about it, if [the marriage] was a business decision, and I really made all that money that everyone was claiming that we made off this wedding, and if the wedding was fake and just for TV ... I'm a smart business woman. I would have stayed married longer. This was a bad business decision. If you really think about it, it doesn't make sense," she said on `Live! With Kelly'.

The reality TV star, who still describes herself as a "hopeless romantic" said she was surprised at the amount of criticism she had faced since the divorce was announced.

"It's been a hard couple of months. I really didn't think that following my heart would create this much backlash," she added. (ANI)