Congratulations to Katy Perry & Russell Brand! (They’re officially divorced)

Katy Perry’s marriage to Russell Brand is officially over – their divorce was finalized today. They filed back in February, but had to wait six months for the process to be complete.

The slow as molasses court system must be even MORE brutal if you’re a couple who reportedly still have feelings for each other. Sadly, there is no happy movie ending to this love story—where Russell makes a grand gesture like surprising Katy on stage disguised in a purple wig—and they rekindle their love just moments before the judge swings his gavle (or whatever happens to make a divorce final).

Russell filed divorce papers in December citing “irreconcilable differences” just 14 months after their lavish wedding in India in October, 2010. Last week, US Weekly reported that disagreements over starting a family played a role in the split. “[Russell] feels there’s no point in being married if you don’t have kids,” an unnamed source told the magazine, adding that, at 37, the British comedian was “ready to move on.”

Katy turned the divorce into a #1 song ‘Wide Awake’ and opened up about the painful split in her documentary Katy Perry: Part Of Me documentary, revealing she was desperate to save the marriage but the couple’s busy schedules made the relationship too difficult. She said, “I’m a romantic and I believe in the whole fairy tale. Love is a dream but the reality is making it work. I did everything I could – but it’s still failed.”

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