Katy Perry kissed her husband — for the last time!
Russell Brand asked a Los Angeles court yesterday to end his marriage to the sexy pop princess just 14 months after they got hitched in a massive Indian wedding.
“Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage,” the British comedian said in a statement.
“I’ll always adore her, and I know we’ll remain friends.”
Brand, 36, cited “irreconcilable differences” with Perry, 27, in divorce papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. He did not offer any more details.
SPLIT: Russell Brand and Katy Perry in April.
Reps for the “I Kissed a Girl” singer could not be immediately reached for comment.
Celebrity watchers had been keeping a close eye on the shaky marriage after Perry and Brand spent Christmas 7,000 miles apart — he in Cornwall, England, and she in Hawaii.
Both have been photographed in public without their wedding rings in recent days.
The high-powered entertainment duo had originally planned to spend the holidays with Brand’s mother in London, but they allegedly had huge fight, prompting Perry to jet off to Hawaii.
Us Weekly reported that the spat was over travel plans.
“She was like, ‘F--k you. I’m going to do my own thing,’ ” a source close to the couple told the magazine.
“Russell replied, ‘Fine, f--k you, too.’ ”
Earlier this month, Brand downplayed reports of his marriage being on the rocks.
He gushed to afternoon chatterbox Ellen DeGeneres: “I am really happily married. I’m married to Katy. Perpetually, until death do us part was the pledge. I’m still alive.”
Perry, previous dogged by pregnancy rumors, also mocked gossip of their rocky relationship, telling fans via Twitter on Nov. 30: “First I’m pregnant & then I’m divorced. What am I All My Children?!”
Perry and Brand made a huge splash when they tied the knot in an over-the-top, days-long party at a tiger reserve in India last October.
They got engaged shortly after meeting in 2009 at MTV’s Video Music Awards.
Each had rarely passed up a chance to praise the other.
“For a long while, what I did professionally was all that mattered to me really,” Brand said in March. “Now I think, well, whatever I do, I’ll just go back to her, and that’s incredibly comforting.”
Backstage at this year’s VMAs, Perry said her marriage to Brand was a nonstop blast.
“I’m proud of him, whatever comes out of his mouth, and sometimes it’s very colorful, right?” she said of Brand, who has talked of his struggles with sex and drug addiction. “That’s why I married him, because he’s smart, and I learn a lot.”
Their split comes as both are at the top of their games — with Brand set to star in this summer’s “Rock of Ages” and Perry named MTV’s Artist of the Year two weeks ago.
Via:NYpost
Via:NYpost
