You're banned, Brand! Russell 'uninvited from People's Choice Awards' to avoid fireworks with estranged wife Katy Perry

By IONA KIRBY

Uninvited: Russell Brand's invitation to the People's Choice Awards has been revoked

After a messy break-up it is usually up to the couple involved to decide if and when they are ready to come face to face.
But in the case of newly split Katy Perry and Russell Brand, organisers of the People's Choice Awards have intervened.
The comedian, 36, has been unceremoniously uninvited from the ceremony, which will take place next week.

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Katy, 27, is receiving a gong at the awards show, and those in charge of the event wanted to make sure there was no bitter confrontation between the Firework singer and her soon to be ex-husband.
A source told The Mirrror: 'It will be Katy’s big night, a prelude to the Grammys, and now Russell has been strangely left off the list of attendees for the high-profile event.
'It was always going to be awkward for organisers in any case after their shock decision to split.

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'But in order to avoid any awkwardness or confrontation Russ is no longer on the list.'
The event will be Katy's first official outing since the split.
She is up for seven awards, including Favourite Female Artist.

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Russell was photographed taking an afternoon stroll in London this afternoon.
He then visited his manager at his home in Primrose Hill.
The Get Him to the Greek star wore an all-grey outfit and covered up his face with a pair of sunglasses.
He filed from divorce from Katy on December 30, after the couple had scotched rumours of a split for several months.
It has been claimed that Katy refused to settle down and didn't want to become a 'Hollywood housewife' while Russell was eager to start a family.

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They had spent Christmas thousands of miles apart and were then both pictured without their wedding rings.
Russell was in Cornwall for Christmas Day while Katy spent the holiday in Hawaii.
The couple were married in India in October 2010.

source: dailymail