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    Sinead O'Connor Ends 18-Day Marriage

    Rolling Stone – Tue, Dec 27, 2011 11:10 AM EST

    Sinead O'Connor has ended her marriage to Barry Herridge after only 18 days. The singer announced the split on her website yesterday in a post explaining that "within three hours of the ceremony being over the marriage was kyboshed by the behavior of certain people in my husband's life."

    Issues with her husband's family were only part of the problem, apparently. "[There was] a wild ride I took us on looking for a bit of a smoke of weed for my wedding night as I don't drink," she wrote. "My husband was enormously wounded and very badly affected by that experience and also by the attitude of those close to him toward our marriage. It became apparent to me that if he were to stay with me he would be losing too much to bear."

    "A woman wants to be a joy to her husband," O'Connor added. "So you love someone? Set them free." Despite the sudden ending to their relationship, the singer says that Herridge is a "wonderful man" and that she still loves him. "He has been terribly unhappy and I have therefore ended the marriage," she wrote. "I think he is too nice to do so. And too nice to trap."

    O'Connor married Herridge, her fourth husband, after a whirlwind romance. They wed on her 45th birthday at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Earlier this year, the singer went about a public search for a new man on her website, wrote a series of suicidal tweets that alarmed her fans and revealed plans to release a new album next year.

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    • Dan from SC
      Dan from SC  •  5 months ago
      He didn't know you smoked weed before he married you? How long did you two date, ten minutes?
      • Jeff
        Jeff 5 months ago
        Humprhies didn't know that Kim Ho-Bag was previously married. Same situation.
      • Man
        Man 5 months ago
        I've known Sinéad smoked weed for decades, and I've never even met her!
      • Spawn32f
        Spawn32f 5 months ago
        oh dude all of those 80s and 90s singers and bands they all did friggin weed heck even the 70s and 60s and 50s come on it's nothing new but at least she was smart enuff to get out of that marriage before it went any further
    • Icu
      Icu  •  4 months ago
      when you are on your 4th marriage, its not them..Its YOU
      • TheRoyalwii
        TheRoyalwii 4 months ago
        ha. Good one.
      • Aaron
        Aaron 4 months ago
        Whats sad is the people we listen to as far as marrage advice are the people who failed 5 times before
      • Viet Vet
        Viet Vet 4 months ago
        Ahh Piper I am on my fourth marriage. I feel fortunate to have been married to two great women. I married one twiceso two women in three marriages! . Now my third wife as in fourth marriage has made me the happiest guy in the entire world and I know how fortunate I am. We just grew apart in the other two relationships. I should have never remarried that first wife..but we remain great friends. I even like her hubby! No reason to hate anybody. Just keep the stinking lawyers out of it. They get rich by making you hate each other!! This #$%$ above ?? Anybody that married that got exactly what they deserved!
    • BARK BARK
      BARK BARK  •  5 months ago
      surprised it lasted longer than a 3 day drunk
      • A Yahoo! User 5 months ago
        She didn't know she was supposed to rinse-out the fluoride toothpaste after brushing!
      • JukeBoxHero
        JukeBoxHero 5 months ago
        Nah, she doesn't drink, remember?
    • tim19620
      tim19620  •  5 months ago
      Wow someone beat Kim Kardashian...
      • Tizy
        Tizy 4 months ago
        Britney Spears was married for only 55hrs once
      • Mark Murphy
        Mark Murphy 4 months ago
        wow ; lots of someones beat Kim Kardashian.. Only Kim Kardashians was made public for everybody to haunt her for.
    • Trish
      Trish  •  Altoona, Pennsylvania  •  5 months ago
      I thought she was dead, and I also thought she was gay, oh well, turns out she is just stupid!!
    • mister boy
      mister boy  •  5 months ago
      i smell publicity stunt..only my opinion.
    • DeeBee
      DeeBee  •  Monroe, Louisiana  •  5 months ago
      Sinead=Crazy
    • Scott
      Scott  •  Santa Clara, California  •  5 months ago
      Sound's like she wanted to upstage Kim K's fiasco marriage!
    • CAK813
      CAK813  •  New York, New York  •  5 months ago
      Surprise, surprise, surprise....yawn......
    • Nicole M
      Nicole M  •  5 months ago
      she married a man??? i thought she played for the other team.
    • Richard
      Richard  •  Traverse City, Michigan  •  5 months ago
      Who would marry this goofy broad in the first place? The only reason she gained any notice at all is because she's so daffy. She needs to eat another bail of hay and go back to obscurity.
    • Jeff
      Jeff  •  5 months ago
      #$%$ that was Quick!!! Marriage is Such a Joke Nowadays... whatever happened to working it out Rather than just Calling it quits... Now Kim K doesnt have to feel like a complete idiot anymore
    • eaglebend
      eaglebend  •  Clancy, Montana  •  5 months ago
      The problem is with the press. They cover this crap constantly, and the public is bombarded with it. I realize the mentality of the public is just a little less than a head of lettuce, but for the press to feed the frenzy is nonsense.
    • James
      James  •  Rochester, New York  •  5 months ago
      On her own site at the time of the wedding, this POS told her 'fans' not to expect any new updates for a while, as she would be busy the #$%$ in mouth". She is a real class act, no?
    • Harry C. Word
      Harry C. Word  •  Strongsville, Ohio  •  5 months ago
      Who is this man?
    • Cliff
      Cliff  •  5 months ago
      I just can't understand it. Such a desirable woman who shaved her head, insulted the pope, "came out" as a lesbian and has been married for four times. Just bad luck, I guess.
    • Byron
      Byron  •  Lexington, North Carolina  •  5 months ago
      sounds to me like an attempt to become relevant again.
    • Tori
      Tori  •  Tampa, Florida  •  5 months ago
      Sinead Who??????
    • free2rhyme
      free2rhyme  •  Biloxi, Mississippi  •  5 months ago
      She is ridiculous! Isn't this her fourth marraige or something? Set her free . . . she's a nutty bird.
    • Alastar
      Alastar  •  Denver, Colorado  •  5 months ago
      How can anyone defend that for a marriage?
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