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\nBy Last updated at 2:44 PM on 31st December 2011<\/p>\n New reports claim that Katy Perry wanted her husband to file for divorce so that she didn’t have to be the one to end their marriage – and disappoint her evangelical Christan parents. Russell Brand’s lawyers filed papers in Los Angeles this week ending the A-list couple’s 14-month union.<\/span><\/p>\n According to celebrity website TMZ, the singer, 27, did not want to officially file for divorce herself as divorce goes against her religious upbringing.<\/span><\/p>\n Split: Katy Perry is claimed to have wanted estranged husband Russell Brand to file for divorce so she did not have to be the one to end their marriage<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Her parents, Keith and Mary Hudson, Keith, a pastor, said at the time: ‘We all have a past. I was in the Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin era, and I used to take LSD.’ TMZ Religious: The singer is believed to be fearful of disappointing her evangelical Christian parents, who raised her to believe divorce is wrong<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Brand, 36, is currently in England, while The One That Got Away singer Perry is on holiday in Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n Russell released a statement yesterday that said he still ‘adores’ his wife and hoped they would remain friends. The comedian stepped out looking downcast without his wedding ring on in London yesterday as the news went public.<\/span><\/p>\n ‘Irreconcilable differences’: 36-year-old Brand visited a friend in North London yesterday while his legal team filed court documents in Los Angeles <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Brand said in his His legal team filed court documents at the Superior Court in Los Angeles yesterday citing ‘irreconcilable differences.’<\/span><\/p>\n The divorce documents, which refer to It does not list a date of separation and <\/span>Perry is yet to comment on the split.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Signs of trouble: Katy Perry spent Christmas in Hawaii where she was pictured swimming in the sea<\/p>\n Holidays: Meanwhile, Russell Brand was across the Atlantic on Christmas Day where he was pictured here with charity swimmers on Coverack Beach in Cornwall<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It has also been said that Brand didn’t approve of her partying lifestyle and new claims suggest that he told her to ‘tone it down’.<\/span><\/p>\n The recovered drug and sex addict is said to have disapproved strongly He also never apparently liked her \nThe pair sparked rumours of trouble Official: The legal document refers to the singer by her given name, Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Perry was not wearing her wedding ring either when she was photographed frolicking in the surf on December 25. Last public appearance: The pair attended a benefit for the David Lynch Foundation in Los Angeles on December 3<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The couple’s split comes just four weeks after Brand declared his relationship was going strong. He told Ellen DeGeneres on December 2: ‘I’m really happily In November, Perry told the same TV host that that she ‘would love to have children’ with Brand. She Asked if she wanted a big family, Perry added: ‘If it doesn’t hurt the first time I’ll keep popping them out.’<\/span><\/p>\n But there was clearly trouble brewing when the pair <\/span>decided to spend Christmas apart, allegedly after a huge row. A source was quoted as telling Us Weekly magazine: ‘They had a massive fight. She was like, “F*** you. \nMeanwhile the insider said that Russell replied: ‘Fine, f*** you too.’<\/span><\/p>\n The In November, Brand’s mother Barbara She wrote on Twitter: ‘Spoke to Russell and Katy, they are so happy, it’s lovely. We will all be together for Christmas.’<\/span><\/p>\n The California-born star began dating He proposed just four months later on New Year’s Eve and they were married in October last year. <\/span><\/p>\n Lavish wedding: Katy flashed up pictures from her big day while performing Not Like The Movies at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February <\/p>\n Their lavish ceremony at a five-star resort in India included two elephants, acrobats and jugglers. <\/span><\/p>\n Brand was once notorious in England as a hard-partying bachelor and self-confessed sex addict.<\/span><\/p>\n He later had a spiritual awakening and got sober after years of heroin and alcohol abuse. He insisted he’d reformed his wild ways before settling down with Perry. ‘I think I was ready for it,’ he Brand will next appear in the Eighties musical film, Rock Of Ages, alongside Tom Cruise. Perry, who has spent much of the year on tour, recently released the new single The One That Got Away. The track is currently number three on the US charts. If it reaches number one, it will be her sixth chart-topping single from her Teenage Dream album, surpassing the record set by Michael Jackson’s Bad.<\/span><\/p>\n Just married: Katy Perry and Russell Brand days after their lavish wedding in India in October 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Summer 2008<\/span>: The couple are first introduced when Perry films a cameo appearance on Brand’s film, get Him to the Greek.<\/span><\/p>\n September 2009<\/span>: December 2009<\/span>: Brand proposes to Perry near the Ranthambhore tiger sanctuary in Rajasthan, India.<\/span><\/p>\n June 2010<\/span>: One way to annoy the missus! Brand posted a picture of his bare-faced wife on Twitter in December last year. It was swiftly removed <\/p>\n<\/div>\n September 2010<\/span>: October 2010<\/span>: The couple get married in a traditional Hindu ceremony at the same spot Brand proposed.<\/span><\/p>\n December 2010: <\/span>Brand tweets a rather unflattering picture of a make-up free Perry before swiftly removing it from the social networking site.<\/span><\/p>\n February 2011<\/span>: Perry denies reports she and Brand are undergoing couples therapy. ‘Happily married’: The comedian told Ellen DeGeneres his marriage was in good shape on December 2<\/p>\n<\/div>\n November 2011<\/span>: Perry tells talkshow host Ellen DeGeneres that she would \u2018love to have children\u2019 with Brand.<\/span><\/p>\n December 1, 2011<\/span>: December 2<\/span>: Mocking her man: Perry impersonated her husband during a sketch on Saturday Night Live on December 7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n December 3, 2011<\/span>: The couple are pictured together for the last time, at a benefit for the David Lynch Foundation in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n December 7, 2011<\/span>: December 25, 2011<\/span>: December 29<\/span>: Brand is seen out in London, not wearing his wedding ring as he poses for photos with fans.<\/span><\/p>\n December 30, 2011<\/span>: After another day out without his wedding ring, Brand announces he is divorcing Perry, citing \u2018irreconcilable differences\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nalleges that, contrary to earlier reports, the couple agreed to split a
\nfew weeks ago, but waited to file papers until they were both out of
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\nstatement: ‘Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I’ll always
\nadore her and I know we’ll remain friends.’<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPerry by her give name Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, show there are
\n‘community property assets,’ suggesting there may not be a pre-nuptial
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\nfriends such as the fun-loving singer Rihanna.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nafter celebrating Christmas 7,000 miles apart – he spent the festive day
\nin Cornwall while the Teenage Dream singer, 27, was with friends in
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\nmarried. I\u2019m married to Katy. Perpetually, until death do us part was
\nthe pledge. I\u2019m still alive.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nsaid: ‘I think that’s one of the reasons you get married, especially to
\nthe person that you marry. You think: “That person is going to be a
\ngood partner, a good parent.”’
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\nI’m going to do my own thing.”
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\ncouple had planned Christmas together and Perry was expected to jet her family in a private plane over to the UK to
\ncelebrate.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nhad tweeted she was looking forward to spending the festive season with
\nher son and daughter-in-law.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthe British comedian in 2009 after she famously threw a bottle at his
\nhead at an MTV Music Awards party.
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\nsaid. ‘If you’re wild, like a wild animal, marriage won’t contain you. I
\nthink that’s how a lot of people get into trouble.’
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\nThey begin dating after meeting again at the MTV Music Awards in LA.
\nPerry famously threw a bottle at the comedian\u2019s head during rehearsals.
\nBrand joked on stage: \u2018Katy Perry didn’t win an award and she’s staying
\nat the same hotel as me, so she’s gonna need a shoulder to cry on. So in
\na way, I’m the real winner tonight.\u2019 He took her on a date the next
\nday.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThey reveal their matching tattoos, a Sanskrit phrase, in honour of the
\nplace they became engaged. The inking on the underside of their right
\nbiceps, means ‘Go with the flow’.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"One](\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/30\/article-2080449-0F4D7D4800000578-408_306x340.jpg\")
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\nIn the second instalment of his autobiography, My Booky Wook 2, former
\nsex addict Brand says he fell in love with Perry the moment he met her. <\/span>\u2018I knew I’d marry her on that first date.,\u2019 he wrote. \u2018The truth is I
\nfell in love with her when she hit me with that bottle. From the first
\ndate, I changed. No more women. Well, actually, thousands of women. I
\nwake up to a different one each day, they’re all her.\u00a0 She chose me,
\nbottled me and cuffed me. And now this is my life, my girl, this
\nbeautiful woman.’<\/span><\/p>\n
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\nPerry denies divorce rumours, tweeting: ‘First I’m pregnant, then I’m
\ndivorced. #ifihadadollarforeverytime’. The pair get tattoos after her
\nStaples Center concert – Perry going for a smiling peppermint, and Brand
\nopting for the West Ham United team badge.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nBrand tells Ellen DeGeneres: I am really happily married\u2026 I\u2019m married
\nto Katy. Perpetually, until death do us part was the pledge.’ He adds
\nthat he wants children with the singer.<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Mocking](\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/30\/article-2080449-0F4D80C500000578-141_306x309.jpg\")
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\nPerry impersonates her husband during a sketch on Saturday Night Live,
\nmocking his accent when asked by show favourite Kenan Thompson if he had
\ngiven her any hosting tips. <\/span>Speaking about the show, she told MTV: ‘I’m
\nup for a challenge, for something new. I love to be challenged … I
\nmarried Russell Brand.’<\/span><\/p>\n
\nRumours the couple are divorcing start circulating after they spend
\nChristmas 7,000 miles apart – Brand in Cornwall and Perry in Hawaii.<\/span><\/p>\n
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