Russell Brand Files for Divorce from Katy Perry
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MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Russell Brand and Katy Perry are calling it quits.
Brand, 36, filed the petition for divorce from Perry Friday in Los Angeles, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
Rumors swirled recently that the couple’s marriage was in trouble after the two were spotted out separately without their wedding rings. The two also spent Christmas apart, with Perry travelling to Hawaii with friends and Brand celebrating the holiday in the UK.
Reps for Perry and Brand did not respond immediately to ABC News’ requests for comment. And their normally active Twitter pages have been unusually mum on the issue.
Earlier this month, Brand brushed off reports of problems, telling 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.”
Brand and Perry married on Oct. 23, 2010 in India. They have no children.
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