Sinead O’Connor’s Marriage Ends After 16 Days
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Sinead O’Connor‘s fourth marriage lasted about as long as the honeymoon.
The Irish singer announced her split from Barry Herridge on Monday. In a heartfelt message on her blog, she revealed that she and Herridge lived together as man and wife for seven days before ending their relationship for good on Christmas Eve – 16 days after they wed in Las Vegas.
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O’Connor blamed “intense pressure” placed on her husband by members of his inner circle, and her “wild” journey to find marijuana on the night of their nuptials. Herridge, an addiction counselor for children, apparently frowned on the latter.
“Within three hours of the ceremony being over the marriage was kyboshed by the behaviour of certain people in my husband’s life,” the “Nothing Compares 2 U” singer wrote. “And also by a bit of a wild ride I took us on looking for a bit of a smoke of weed for me wedding night, as I don’t drink. My husband was enormously wounded and very badly effected by that experience and also by the attitude of those close to him toward our marriage.”
Though she still loves her husband “very much,” O’Connor said she realized he would be sacrificing too much to stay with her and was ending the marriage because ”he is too nice to do so. And too nice to trap.”
While admitting that she “rushed into getting married,” the singer said she planned to “get on with being fully me. With never an apology for ANY part if being FULLY ME. No matter what.”
O’Connor married Herridge on Dec. 8, her 45th birthday, three months after they’d met. Herridge responded to the Irish singer’s public plea for love.
In a bizarre blog titled ‘Is Sinead About to H**p Her Truck?’ O’Connor bemoaned her lack of partnership, writing, “I am in the peak of my sexual prime and way too lovely to be living like a nun. and it’s VERY depressing.”
Her criteria for a “very sweet sex-starved man” included:
- He must be no younger than 44. He must also have a job!
- “Must be living in Ireland but I don’t care if he is from the planet Zog.”
- “Must not be named Brian or Nigel.”
- “Must be blind enough to think I’m gorgeous.”
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Don’t know about the other qualifications, but he certainly must have been “blind enough”. What a freakshow.
Posted by: robert | December 27, 2011, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm
Why in the world would ANYONE marry someone they know nothing about? It’s beyond me.
Posted by: George | December 27, 2011, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm
Maybe she should have married a Nigel or a Brian!
Posted by: Jack | December 27, 2011, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm
Ah, this must be that “sanctity of heterosexual marriage” the Religious Wrong keep going on and on about.
Posted by: thomas | December 27, 2011, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm
And the quest for true love continues…
Posted by: Citizen | December 27, 2011, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm
hmmm – OK. What can I say, okey doke then.
Posted by: RoboBobo | December 27, 2011, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm
p.s. the theory about sexual prime was based on the outdated thought that women in their 20′s are shy about sex, and because of societal pressures don’t feel their best until later in life.
In reality women are in their sexual prime at a much younger age – same as men.
It couldn’t be more obvious, but for political reasons, some people aren’t ready to accept the truth yet.
Better just to say, you can be in your 40′s and still be not far off from your sexual prime.
Posted by: RoboBobo | December 27, 2011, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm
All of you, leave Sinead O’Connor alone….all of you who bash her are self-righteous, sanctimonious pricks who care more about fitting in with the losers around you than you do about being original and real..like Sinead. She has produced thoughtful music for over 20 years, has spoken in ways to make us all think, and doesn’t apologize for being who she is, mistakes and all. What do you all do? Stare in your freaking phones all day, play Angry Birds, and take the time to bash celebrities. Are you all without wrong and sin? No? Then shut up.
Posted by: Verona | December 27, 2011, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm
Guess he didn’t have a clue she was a pot head? How immature can a couple be? How old is she 8? and him 9? They’re both idiots…
Posted by: RalphF | December 27, 2011, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm
So stay friends.
Posted by: newcountryman | December 27, 2011, 6:11 pm 6:11 pm
Just come out of the closet and get it over with already … and why should we be so concerned with such an anti-American “has been” anyway?
Posted by: yeah.i.said.it | December 27, 2011, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm
I’ve listened to her music for 20 years. Good stuff. I’m surprised she married a man.
Posted by: Chris | December 27, 2011, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm
Methinks he failed the test on the last of those criteria…
Posted by: Andy | December 28, 2011, 8:05 am 8:05 am