The Wanted star Siva Kaneswaran has reacted to comments made by bandmate Max George concerning their hiatus.

Over the weekend, Max told The Sun that rows about their private life were to blame for the band's split, particularly singling out tension between himself and Siva's fiancée Nareesha.

George revealed to the tabloid: "Me and Siva's girlfriend don't get on. But I respect her and am happy that she makes Siva happy because he's like one of my brothers."

During an interview with The Daily Mail, Kaneswaran said of Max's comments: "We had no idea, literally because we had all released a statement and that was what we had agreed on. It was a shock and uncalled for.

"The statement is what we all agreed on, so it was quite a shock to have that recent article come out from Max, for me and the fans, because we found out at the same time."

He went on to address George's accusations that their private lives are to blame for their break-up, adding: "I think it's untrue and very unfair.

"I think from doing the TV show we all kind of knew where we stood and from that I felt like there was some sense of... I felt like it was every man for himself looking back on when the show aired."

He continued: "I've never been that way and I'd never actually seen it before until I looked back at the show. I think that is where we lost the team element and from there it kind of just went.

"I think on the show a lot was playing up for the camera and with regards to our personal life, and my personal life, I think the camera dramatised a lot of things and stereotyped us, which I think was unfair and I think people's true colours came out."

On his future with Max and The Wanted, Siva concluded: "I'm going to have to talk to him and find a way forward and be adults about it.

"All of us boys are like brothers, it's all I've ever known and we're going on tour together and I think we're just going to be professional with each other and give the fans a good show because it's all about the fans at the end of the day.

"I wouldn't say he betrayed us but he didn't communicate enough with us. There was a major lack of communication. It was disappointing, that's all it was."

The Wanted's last show is at The Arena in Shawnee, Oklahoma on May 17, while their last UK date will be on April 1 at the Nottingham Arena.