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trumad

(41,692 posts)
Tue Dec 27, 2011, 01:52 PM Dec 2011

Sinead O'Connor's reason for ending her 16 day marriage is a doozy.

Must have been great weed.

(PEOPLE.com) -- Sixteen days after her December 8 Las Vegas wedding to boyfriend Barry Herridge, Sinead O'Connor is ending the marriage, the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer announced Monday on her website.

"Dear friends," O'Connor 45, writes, "I had for reasons u will all understand, wished to keep this private but have been told today it is to be leaked in the next few days despite my best efforts. So I must now leak it myself so as the record is straight."

She blames pressures placed upon him by "certain people in his life" not to be with her based on press reports about her.

"Within 3 hours of the ceremony being over the marriage was kyboshed by the behaviour of certain people in my husband's life. 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," she writes. "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. It became apparent to me that if he were to stay with me he would be losing too much to bear."

She adds, "A woman wants to be a joy to her husband. So.. U love someone? Set them free."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/27/showbiz/celebrity-news-gossip/sinead-o-connor-ends-marriage-ppl/
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Sinead O'Connor's reason for ending her 16 day marriage is a doozy. (Original Post) trumad Dec 2011 OP
An Explanation That Explains Nothing ProfessorGAC Dec 2011 #1
It's as if she wrote it while smoking the weed she referred to. trumad Dec 2011 #2
Interesting... onpatrol98 Jan 2012 #3
She doesn't come across as particularly intelligent, does she? nt Codeine Jan 2012 #4
This is why you should date for a while first. jeepnstein Jan 2012 #5

jeepnstein

(2,631 posts)
5. This is why you should date for a while first.
Thu Jan 19, 2012, 01:39 PM
Jan 2012

I'm guessing that her husband was a bit surprised by the complete package as presented on her wedding night. In a manner of speaking. Who drives around looking for weed on their wedding night? And with a bunch of friends? I'm sure there's enough blame to go around and it's doesn't have a thing to do with her as an artist.

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