 Just two days after his divorce from Katy Perry was finalized , comedian Russell Brand went on Howard Stern's Sirius/XM radio show on Wednesday (July 18) morning thinking he was going to promote his new FX show "Brand X." "I loved her so much, it just seemed like the sensible thing to do [when we got married] ... Brand acknowledged that they had discussed having children, but he refused to say anything more for Perry's sake. "I don't want anything to hurt her," he reportedly told Stern. "She's younger than me, she's a young woman and she's beautiful and she's sensitive and I care about her deeply ... I don't want to be too glib," he said about fears that Perry would read second-hand tabloid accounts of his Stern interview that will twist his words around. Brand would not, however, give a completely straight answer about reports that he is dating actress Jordana Brewster's younger sister, Isabella, with whom he was spotted hanging out over the weekend. "Some things in the newspaper aren't true ... that's true, actually," he said, adding that he was enjoying the "freedom" of being single again and reaffirming his commitment to hedonism.
– Russell Brand has been talking about Katy Perry quite a bit this week, the Huffington Post observes: On Tuesday, Brand took his first shot at Perry since they split. While filming his new show, Brand X, the comedian started bantering with an audience member also named Katy. Eventually he said, "Enough of you, I’ve had enough arse-ache from people called Katy in the last year," according to the Sun. Then, Tuesday night, he sat down for an interview with Piers Morgan and went a different way. "Of course I still feel great feelings of compassion and warmth for Katy," he said, "but like, I'm very happy with my life." Finally, yesterday, he was interviewed by Howard Stern—and even Stern couldn't get him to say anything mean. "When we got married, I just thought, 'I’ve got to marry her, I just love her so much.' And then we got married and I thought, 'OK, this isn’t really working out,'" he said. He later refused to dish any more details on why they split, MTV reports: "I don't want anything to hurt her," he told Stern. "She's younger than me, she's a young woman and she's beautiful and she's sensitive and I care about her deeply ... I don't want to be too glib. She'll read it and she'll be sad and I don't want that." Click for more, including Brand confessing to having a new girlfriend.