The Irish singer tied the knot with her short-time boyfriend on her 45th birthday in Las Vegas -- and 16 days later, she and Herridge were calling it quits. In a blog post on her official site, O’Connor announced the split ahead of an impending media leak of the info. “From the moment myself and my husband got together not long ago, there was intense pressure placed upon him by certain people in his life, not to be involved with me,” she wrote 18 days after her Dec. 8, 2011 wedding. Story(Matt Sayles / Associated Press)
Kim Kardashian and New Jersey Nets forward Kris Humphries arrive on the red carpet of the Kardashian Kollection launch party in Hollywood. They married Aug. 20; Kardashian filed for divorce Oct. 31. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
The union between Renée Zellweger and Kenny Chesney sent shock waves from Nashville to Hollywood. They announced their plans for an annulment four months after their May 9, 2005, wedding. (Associated Press)
Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley were married on Aug. 10, 2002, and filed for divorce three months later on Nov. 25, 2002. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)
Britney Spears married childhood friend Jason Alexander in Las Vegas in 2004. The marriage was annulled 55 hours later. (Los Angeles Times, Associated Press)
Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman wed in Las Vegas in November 1998. Electra filed for divorce the following April. (Los Angeles Times)
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married Jan. 14, 1954, in San Francisco. Monroe filed for divorce nine months later. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Elizabeth Taylor and Conrad Hilton Jr. were married in 1950. Taylor filed for divorce six months later. (UPI)
“One Tree Hill” co-stars Sophia Bush and Chad Michael Murray married on April 16, 2005. Five months after the wedding, Bush filed papers to have their marriage annulled. (Associated Press, Getty Images)
