Singer Chris Martin, who recently split from wife and actress Gwyneth Paltrow, says challenges are part of everyobody's life.

In a new interview with TV presenter Zane Lowe the singer spoke about the challenges he's going through in the wake of his and Paltrow's "conscious uncoupling", reports showbizspy.com.

`Everyone in their life goes through challenges. Whether it's love or money or kids or illness. There have been a lot of false headlines recently but this would be a real one," said Martin.

It was recently said that Martin believes Paltrow is trying to make him appear `less sympathetic`.

`Chris now believes that Gwyneth is leaking rumors about his alleged trysts in an effort to sully his image and make him look less sympathetic,` said a source.