# Katy Perry marries Russell Brand: Divorce pool

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 27, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464 "2010-10-27T00:32:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/21 "2010-10-27T13:08:41Z")

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November 25, 2011. Thirteen months.

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**Author:** ![KennerTheGreat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a8b319/32.png) [@KennerTheGreat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KennerTheGreat)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/22 "2010-10-27T14:09:00Z")

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July 23rd, 2013.

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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/23 "2010-10-27T15:06:22Z")

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August 24th 10:32 AM 2011.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/24 "2010-10-27T17:11:18Z")

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Oh, what the hell.

January 5, 2011.

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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/25 "2010-10-27T17:20:18Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> He’ll cheat, she’ll forgive him, he’ll cheat, she’ll forgive him, he’ll cheat, she’ll take him to the effing cleaners.
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> April 2013.

Agreed, but I’ll be less optimistic.

July 2012.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/26 "2010-10-27T17:31:29Z")

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August 17, 2013

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/27 "2010-10-27T20:27:48Z")

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What the hell…I’ll grab the under.

December 4, 2010.

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**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/28 "2010-10-27T20:57:28Z")

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One dollar Bob!  
Uh, I mean Dec 5, 2010. 😃

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/29 "2010-10-27T22:51:18Z")

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> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#):
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> an amicable split, or at least portrayed as such.

Every celebrity divorce will be an “amicable split” from now own. It has become part of the Hollywood narrative.

She’s a complete airhead. He seems reasonably intelligent but completely dysfunctional. I’ll give them 364 days.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/30 "2010-10-27T23:07:09Z")

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I’ll say Jaunuary 2012, just over a year.

He’ll find her in bed with Elmo and that’ll be that.

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**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/31 "2010-10-28T01:44:49Z")

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March 15th, 2015.

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**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/32 "2010-10-28T02:03:40Z")

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I’ve never heard of Russell Brand, but I googled him and he looks like he needs a shower. Nevertheless, I want to play.

September 28, 2012.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/33 "2010-10-28T02:37:43Z")

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> [@Kyla](#):
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> I’ve never heard of Russell Brand, but I googled him and he looks like he needs a shower.

I only know him from the Howard Stern show. His mouth goes a mile a minute, with sometimes clever, sometimes funny, but often annoying things. He apparently used to be a drug addict and a legendary cocksman, and he’s about 10 years older than Katy. That’s all I know.

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**Author:** ![PopeJewish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/34 "2010-10-29T02:19:56Z")

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December 21, 2012, cause that’s when the world will end =P

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/35 "2010-10-29T06:20:00Z")

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This marriage will either be dead in the water before a year or they’ll stay together until death do they part.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/36 "2010-10-29T12:54:11Z")

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Feb 30, 2012

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/37 "2010-10-29T12:55:59Z")

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November 1, 2011.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/38 "2010-10-29T16:27:43Z")

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March 3, 2011.

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**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/39 "2010-10-29T16:51:49Z")

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> [@PopeJewish](#):
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> December 21, 2012, cause that’s when the world will end =P

I was going to say that the marriage would last until the end of time\*.

- Mayan time

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-marries-russell-brand-divorce-pool/558464/40 "2010-10-30T02:54:36Z")

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**Hal Briston** : December 4, 2010  
**Darth Sensitive** : December 5, 2010  
**Elendil’s Heir** : January 5, 2011  
**Larry Borgia** : March 3, 2011  
**Uncle Brother Walker** : May \_\_\_, 2011  
**Jimmy Flair** : August \_\_\_, 2011  
**Tahssa** : August 24, 2011  
**kunilou** : September \_\_\_, 2011  
**Cisco** : October 23, 2011  
**Hamlet** : November 1, 2011  
**Skammer** : November 25, 2011  
**Attack from the 3rd Dimension** : November 28, 2011  
**Intergalactic Gladiator** : January \_\_\_, 2012  
**Revtim** : February 30, 2012  
**twickster** : April 24, 2012  
**Revenant Threshold** : May \_\_\_, 2012  
**Maus Magill** : July \_\_\_, 2012  
**Sternvogel** : August 30, 2012  
**Kyla** : September 28, 2012  
**PopeJewish** : December 21, 2012  
**Gyrate** : April \_\_\_, 2013  
**KennerTheGreat** : July 23, 2013  
**RickJay** : September 16, 2013  
**Pundit Lisa** : December 24, 2013  
**Mahaloth** : August 17, 2013  
**VarlosZ** : March 15, 2015

People who did not give a specific date in the month, you have a week to do so or your entry will be disqualified. Everyone, please double check that I got both your username and your date right, I was doing a mix of typing and cuttting-and-pasting.

The date will be when it is announced that the papers have been filed, not the final date of the decree.

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