Singer Sinead O'Connor announced on her blog Monday that she has separated from her husband Barry Herridge after just 16 days of marriage.
O'Connor wrote the split was due in part to pressures from Herridge's family and friends. "These were people who had never met me but had formed opinions of me based on what they read about 'Sinead O'Connor' in the media, etc. Entitled as they are to their opinions about me, maybe perhaps well deserved, there was no righteousness on anyone's part to put my husband through what he was put through as a result of his desire to be with me and to marry me and as a result of his actually marrying me."
The two met when the outspoken songstress posted on her site in August that she was "desperate for sex," asking for applicants to come forward. Herridge, a children's addiction counselor, replied, and the pair impulsively wed in Las Vegas earlier this month.
At the time, the "Nothing Compares 2 U" singer called the entire experience "too glorious for words." And now she still has only kind words to say about Herridge.
"He is a wonderful man. I love him very much," she wrote. "I'm sorry I'm not a more regular woman. I truly believe though it is painful to admit, we made a mistake rushing into getting married, for altruistic reasons... He has been terribly unhappy and I have therefore ended the marriage. I think he is too nice to do so. And too nice to trap."
O'Connor split with longtime friend Steve Cooney this past April after eight months of marriage, and has four children from previous relationships.
The Shortest Celebrity Marriages
Jennifer Lopez and Cris Judd (9 months)
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Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman (5 months)
Rodman married Electra in November 1998 in Las Vegas. Electra filed for divorce in April 1999.
Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney (4 months)
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Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Esposito (4 months)
Cooper and Esposito married on December 30, 2006. In April 2007, she filed for divorce.
Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock (4 months)
In 2001 Kid Rock began his tumultuous relationship with Anderson, after the two met at a VH1 tribute to Aretha Franklin.By April 2002, he and Anderson were engaged, but the engagement was later called off. They later got married in a surprise wedding in July 2006. They divorced 4 months later.
Colin Farrell and Amelia Warner (3 months)
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Nic Cage and Lisa Marie Presley (3 months)
Cage and Presley were married on August 10, 2002, in an outdoor wedding in Hawaii. Cage had proposed just 10 days earlier.An avid Elvis fan, Cage is said to be the only person outside the immediate Presley family to have been allowed to see Elvis' bedroom at Graceland. He filed for divorce on November 25, 2002.
Chris Kattan and Sunshine Tutt (2 months)
Chris Kattan was married to Sunshine Tutt from June 28, 2008. They separated August 10, 2008.
Tara Reid and Zack Kehayov (2 months)
Tara Reid and Zack Kehayov tied the knot in August 2011 -- but Tara said the marriage was "bogus" in October.
Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas (32 days)
Drew was married to Welsh bartender-turned-bar owner Jeremy Thomas from March 20 to April 28, 1994.
Ethel Merman and Ernest Borgnine (32 days)
Borgnine and Merman married in 1964. Merman filed for divorce 32 days later. In her memoir "Merman," the chapter entitled "My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine" consists of one blank page.
Eddie Murphy and Tracey Edmonds (14 days)
Murphy married Tracey E. Edmonds in a private ceremony on an island off Bora Bora January 2008, but their nuptials were not legal in the U.S.They initially decided to renew their vows in America, but eventually separated two weeks after their island wedding.
Dennis Hopper and Michelle Phillips (8 days)
Hopper's 1970 marriage to Mamas and Papas singer Michelle Phillips lasted less than two weeks. It took place during a particularly troubled time in the actor's life.
Britney Spears and Jason Alexander (55 hours)
On January 3, 2004, Spears married childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander in Las Vegas. The marriage was annulled 55 hours later, stating that Spears "lacked understanding of her actions."
Zsa Zsa Gabor and Felipe de Alba (less than 1 day)
De Alba was briefly married to the Gabor in 1983, but the wedding was declared invalid, since the actress' prior marriage to Michael O'Hara had not been properly dissolved.The de Alba-Gabor union was annulled, and they did not stay together.
