Sometimes a little jealousy can be a good thing.

During an appearance on "The Meredith Vieira Show," "State of Affairs" actress Katherine Heigl admitted that before she married her husband, singer/songwriter Josh Kelley, she used her friendship with another famous musician, John Mayer, to get Josh to commit.

"At the same time that I met Josh, around the same time, I also met John Mayer," Heigl told Vieira on the episode that is scheduled to air on Monday (via E! News). "And John Mayer and I are from neighboring towns, knew some of the same people. And my Josh had gone off on tour and was playing... hard to get. So I didn't know. Are we a thing? Are we a couple? Is he out on the road dating other girls? What about these groupies?"

"So, John and I would hang out on occasion... nothing inappropriate," explained the actress. "Like we'd go an have dinner. Or we'd share a glass of wine or something. Not share a glass of wine."

Heigl got hilariously flustered as she made it clear to the audience that she meant to say that she and Mayer had split a bottle of wine.

"I'm digging a terrible terrible hole," she said with a laugh. "Anyway, John Mayer's going to be like 'What?'"

"So, we were just hanging out a little bit but I completely used John to get Josh to commit," Heigl confessed. "Because these musicians, they are competitive and jealous of each other. Whatever, over the phone, because he was on tour, I was like, 'Josh, I've got to be honest. I just want to know where we stand because if not, I might try to pursue something with John.'"

The former "Grey's Anatomy" star couldn't help but blush at the idea of telling her love triangle story on television.

"I've never ever told anyone that story and now I'm so embarrassed because I just told the whole world," she admitted.

Hey, when it comes to love, go to do what you got to do!