Nothing stings fairly like a breakup text. Especially when it comes moments earlier than you step on stage in entrance of 1000’s of adoring followers.
Pop princess Katy Perry’s first marriage ended precisely like this.
The Firework singer tied the knot with comic Russell Brand in 2010 after assembly only a yr earlier. After a little bit over a yr, the pair exchanged vows in India and remained married for simply 14 months.
Their marriage infamously ended with a brutal text message Brand despatched Perry on New Year’s Eve in 2011. In it, he reportedly knowledgeable the singer he was submitting for divorce.
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In the eventual 2012 submitting, the previous couple cited “irreconcilable differences.”
Perry was in the midst of her California Dreams tour when her marriage to Brand went up in flames. Having been on the street for a lot of the yr, she was reportedly blindsided by the information.
The heart-wrenching second was documented within the singer’s documentary, Katy Perry: Part of Me.
Perry was filmed collapsing in tears simply earlier than she was on account of arrive on stage. She was seen mendacity on a chair crying backstage as her staff watched on in horror.
After only some minutes, although, the devastated pop star wiped away her tears, placed on a smile and carried out for her followers.
According to a report in ENews!, Brand and Perry had been “drifting apart” for a while and hadn’t even spent Christmas collectively that yr.
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The Hot N Cold singer had additionally spoken overtly concerning the 10-year age distinction between them and the actual fact that, whereas Brand wished kids throughout their relationship, she wasn’t prepared.
Two years later in 2013, Perry recalled the breakdown of her marriage and re-affirmed that it ended with a text – which Brand has by no means publicly spoken about.
“He’s a very smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him,” she mentioned.
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“Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011.”
Brand would additionally later blame the demise of their relationship on Perry’s gruelling tour schedule.
“Katy was obviously very, very occupied and busy,” he advised W Channel. “I was occupied and busy but not to the same degree.”
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Following the tip of her California Dreams tour, which noticed Perry cancel her New Year’s Day efficiency a day after the divorce information, the singer mentioned she was crushed.
She spoke about how she coped within the aftermath of their break up in an interview with Sunday Times.
“I was in bed for about two weeks. I was pretty f—ed, yes. It hurt a lot,” she admitted.
“My self-worth was in someone else’s hands which is never a good idea because it can be taken from you at any time.”
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During promotional interviews for her documentary in 2012, Perry did not shrink back from the actual fact her divorce can be an enormous a part of the narrative.
She admitted it could have been “strange” if she prevented the subject throughout the film, which was a uncooked and trustworthy account of her expertise touring.
“Sometimes, you know, when there’s a problem, it’s not about the problem, it’s how you solve it,” she advised ABC News within the US.
“And you can’t avoid an elephant in the room, of course.”
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“But I wanted to be very diligent and respectful about it. And hopefully, you know, people see that problem and they see me having that problem, they’re like, ‘Oh. Well, even she can’t dodge life’s curve balls. Even at that level.’
“And they’ll relate to me higher. That’s what I would like is, I would like that human connection, particularly with my followers.”
In the 12 years since Brand and Perry parted, they each have launched into remarkably completely different trajectories.
Brand, who had since all however light from the primary Hollywood highlight, married spouse Lauren and the pair have two kids.
In September 2023, Brand was accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse primarily based on allegations aired in The Sunday Times, The Times of London and Channel 4’s Dispatches. Brand has denied the allegations.
Perry, in the meantime, has continued to launch best-selling music, is engaged to actor Orlando Bloom and welcomed a daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom, in 2020.
The singer is open about her relationship with Bloom and usually presents candid insights into the more durable moments of their romance.
“It’s uncommon to search out somebody that will undergo the mud, you hear concerning the folks that keep in it for a very long time and you are like, ‘what is the secret’?” she told People TV in 2020.
“Some of the key is simply staying in it and going like, ‘I do not such as you proper now however I’ll all the time love you’.”
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