We first heard about Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner hooking up in February of 2010. They got matching lighting bolt tattoos for each other a few months later, we heard they were gunning for a reality show (that thankfully went nowhere) and then we even heard they were engaged last year. Well all that is over now, as Brody and Avril have split.

After dating for almost two years, Life & Style can exclusively reveal that the pop singer and reality star have called it quits.

“They decided to end their relationship,” a source tells Life & Style. “It wasn’t working out, and they wanted to go their separate ways.”

According to friends, the main reason is that they didn’t see eye to eye when it came to marriage.

“She wanted to settle down, but he wasn’t exactly ready,” another source tells Life & Style. “They had been having problems starting in the summer with her tour because she was on the road all the time.”

“It put a strain on their relationship,” the source adds.

Avril, 27, began dating Brody, 28, just months after she split from her then-husband, Sum 41 front man Deryck Whibley, 31. The two were married on July 15, 2006, but Avril filed for divorce three years later. It was finalized on November 16, 2010.

Before dating Avril, Brody was linked to model Jayde Nicole.

[From Life and Style]

These two lasted surprisingly long for a Kardashian (by marriage) and the queen of tween angst pop. It also surprises me to hear that Avril wanted to settle down. She doesn’t seem like the type at all. As mean as it sounds, at least she hasn’t had a kid yet. She’s generally insufferable and used to be known for being incredibly rude and bragging about it. Avril seemed to calm down quite a bit since she’s been dating Brody. It will only be a matter of time before we see photos of her stumbling drunk out of clubs and flipping off the paparazzi. After all, she’s got to find another dude to settle down with. Maybe she’s changed, though.

Most of these are file photos of Avril and Brody from 2010 and 2011. He shaved the “A” in his head for “Avril” in August, 2010. Credit: WENN and Fame. The last photo of Avril and Brody above was taken in Paris in September, 2011. It’s a beautiful photo! Credit: VPA, PacificCoastNews.com

I wanted to give props to Avril Lavige for ditching the raccoon makeup (I know it doesn’t look like she did, but just compare her here with one of the last times she was papped, below), wearing a very tasteful, if plain, dress, and actually designing it herself as part of her Abbey Dawn line. Ok, so maybe she didn’t design it herself, because it doesn’t have pink skulls, purple tiger print, black and yellow stripes and a hoodie on it. She had the sense to slap her label on this otherwise unremarkable black short dress with a sheer neckline, though, and that’s something for Avril.

I also really love her stars and stripes shoes. This is the way to rock the new stars trend instead of wearing a fug dress with them splashed all across the front like Fergie. The shoes are too big and she’s wearing that whiteout polish that’s inexplicably popular now, but those complaints are minor.

Here’s one of the last times Avril was papped (above), which was outside an interview with Extra on 7/12. I really hope she was crying, like I don’t want her to have been reduced to tears or anything but that’s the only excuse for this awful makeup.

And here she is promoting her fashion line in Berlin on 7/7/11. I live in Berlin and while we have a thriving punk scene here it’s authentic and gritty, not looking like a teen girl who cut up her jeggings to sneak out of her parents house and drink Jaeger with her girlfriends. Who am I kidding? There are just as many wannabe kids here and she’d fit right in.

This is Avril at the Much Music awards on 6/19. See what I mean? She was so much improved last night. I think she looked shyer in her big girl dress too.

photo credit: WENN.com

Avril Lavigne got frustrated when the sound system wouldn’t work during a recent concert after a baseball game in Tampa, Florida. When the crowd starting booing, she got frustrated and said that sort of sound problem “f’ing happens on a baseball field.” It was mid-level cursing and nothing terrible, but the concert organizers were not amused and issued a statement that they “demand profanity-free performances” and that Avril’s f-bomb was “not consistent with the atmosphere that Tropicana Field is known for.” Uh-oh. Here’s more, from E! Online:

The Tampa Bay Rays apologized to fans over the weekend after the singer, who was invited to perform at the team’s summer concert series, went on an expletive-filled tirade over a bum microphone.

Lavigne took the stage at Tropicana Field following the Ray’s 7-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians and when she faced a serious microphone glitch at the very beginning of her set, she was met with boos from the crowd.

She then went on a profanity-strewn rant to the crowd of 25,000, saying the sound problem “f–king happens on a baseball field.”

The 26-year-old “Complicated” singer had apologized that night (check out the video above), changing her tune to chipper and thanking the team for inviting her to perform.

“We just had so much fun tonight and we want to take the tirade out and say thank you to the Tampa Bay Rays!” she told the crowd. “I’m truly sorry if anyone was offended by my language.”

A team spokesperson later apologized for Lavigne’s behavior.

“The Rays demand profanity-free performances from all of our concert performers, and we are extremely disappointed by the language used in last night’s show,” he said in a statement. “It is not consistent with the atmosphere that Tropicana Field is known for.”

Lavigne, who also threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the game, got it together after the malfunction and performed the rest of her set curse-free.

[From E! Online]

At least she apologized, but it was one of those apologies were the blame is half-placed on the other party for taking it the wrong way. “Sorry if you were offended” is such a half-assed apology and makes it sound like it’s your fault for taking offense in the first place. It’s not like an official statement though, it’s just something she blurted out later during the show, just like she blurted out the f word at the beginning. Avril has been relatively quietly and presumably sort-of mature lately, especially compared to the period of time when she was regularly spitting on paparazzi and bragging in interviews about beating people up.

Avril is shown on 2/20/11 performing in Italy and on 3/18/11 at her CD release party. Credit: WENN and Fame

We haven’t paid much attention to Avril Lavigne in a while. There was that period of time when she was regularly going to paparazzi-friendly clubs and spitting on anyone who tried to photograph her, but that was back in 2006. She’s since calmed down under douche Brody Jenner’s influence, whose stepmom taught him to kiss paparazzi ass for the sake of their family’s bank account. Avril has given a lot of obnoxious interviews, here’s a link to one that has a recap of several others, but the last glaringly bad interview that I can find from her is from 2008. I think she’s still a little tw*t, (you can substitute an a or an i there, your call) but she’s probably learned to keep her mouth shut.

Anyway, John Legend’s girlfriend, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Chrissy Teigen, is passing the time lately by talking smack on Twitter. She recently used a Seinfeld quote to say how insufferable Avril Lavigne is. It probably takes one to know one, but she strikes me as funny, unlike Avril:

John Legend’s super sexy (but totally brash), Sports Illustrated model girlfriend, Chrissy Teigen, has some fightin’ words for Avril Lavigne.

The bikini-clad Thai and Norwegian model must think she’s LeAnn Rimes or something ‘cause she’s very vocal on her Twitter account, and she recently took to it to express her disdain for the punk rock pop star…

“If u told me I could have 1 kid, but it would be exactly like avril, I would choose to have a barren, sterile existence that ends when I die,” Teigen tweeted Sunday afternoon.

We smell a catfight a brewin’! But what gave Teigen, whose Twitter bio reads “i like food a lot and i like modeling a little and i like my dog and boyfriend somewhere in between,” such a visceral reaction to Lavigne?

The model tweeted, “Watching an avril lavigne interview. The second most painful thing I have watched today after ‘the goods.’ ”

Looks like Teigen has a problem with both Avril and The Goods star Jeremy Piven!

The latter we understand. But listen up, those aren’t the only celebs Teigen is twicking (Twitter plus picking) on!

“Kind of feeling bad for gwyneth paltrow. Her fancy butt just can’t win. I do want her cookbook. For the recipes. No stories will be read.”

[From E! Online]

I doubt Avril will respond to her. She doesn’t seem to run her own Twitter account and lets her PR people take care of it. That’s a good strategy for someone like Avril. I could easily see her picking fights with people on Twitter.

Let’s consider this question, though. It’s the Mildred Pierce question – would you rather have a child that treated you with contempt or not have one at all? That’s assuming that Avril is a snot bag to everyone, though. She could be nice to people when they have something to offer her. Plus moms usually love their kids no matter what. That’s the Mildred Pierce curse. You realize your child has turned into an ungrateful person who takes your love and throws it back in your face, but you can’t stop offering it and getting your heart broken.

Avril is a singer too, just like the little wretch that Evan Rachel Wood played on Mildred Pierce. Did any of you watch that series on HBO? I felt like it had a non-ending, like there needed to be more of a conclusion to the relationship between Veda and Mildred. The part where we finally got to see Wood’s merkin was awesome though, and without revealing any spoilers that was just a riveting scene. (Here’s a link to a recap of parts 4 and 5 if you want to get a refresher.)

I’ve been dying to talk about that show, obviously, and it’s more interesting than this little twitter dramz between a model and a singer. From what little I know about Teigen, she may run the real risk of having a kid that’s a piece of work so it’s something she should consider. Like mother like daughter.

Photo credit: WENN.com

In case you were worried that Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner might not last after getting tattoos for each other and solidifying their love during drunken nights at Hollywood clubs, you can rest easy. These two crazy kids are reportedly engaged to be married. They’ve been together a whole year and only broke up once, so it’s time:

On Feb. 9, during the duo’s whirlwind trip to Europe, the divorced singer, 26, e-mailed a bandmate a picture of her left hand with what appears to be an engagement ring on it – with the subject line “ha ha.” And insiders tell Star that Brody, 27, did indeed pop the question to his girlfrien of about a year. “Avril has hinted to pals that she thought Brody was planning a big surprise during their trip to France,” says an insider. “It’s just her style to be coy rather than coming out with an announcement right away.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, March 17, 2011]

I’m hoping that this is just some joke e-mail Avril sent and that Star is reading too much into it. I checked both Avril and Brody’s Twitter accounts, and neither of them have tweeted anything about this and they don’t send tweets to each other either as far as I could tell. (I just skimmed it honestly and didn’t go that far back.)

Last summer, we heard that Brody was “begging” Avril to do a reality show with him. He’s sort-of a Kardashian, after all. (His dad is Bruce Jenner.) Maybe they are engaged and soon we’ll be treated to the Avril and Brody show. Spare us, but you know that some TV exec would sign off on that.

Avril and Brody are shown on 2/16/11, 2/13/11 and 12/7/10. You can see her left hand on 2/13 and there’s no engagement ring. Credit: WENN.com

I want to say on the onset that I am in no way hating on small, petite women. You petite bitches are beautiful, and God bless. My compliant is Avril Lavigne-specific. Are there really lots and lots of men out there who look at Avril and think “Oh, yeah, I wish I could see that girl topless.” It’s not that she’s very small, it’s the way she acts, the “drunk child” way she’s styled, the general “not sexy” vibe I get from her. But maybe that’s just me – I can’t stand her and I don’t understand why any man would find her attractive. She seems like one of those petite girls who thinks it’s “fun” to climb on people like a little monkey. The kind of girl who thinks she can get away with anything because she’s “forever cute.” Eh. Beyond that, the styling on this Maxim photo shoot sucks balls too. Here’s Maxim’s behind-the-scenes clip:

She may not dress the part, but punk princess Avril Lavigne is really an old-fashioned girl – when it comes to relationships.

Does beau, Brody Jenner fit that bill? Lavigne tells the November issue of Maxim, on sale Oct. 12, “I like a classy man, a gentleman who opens the door and gives flowers and always puts the lady first. I’m a little old-fashioned like that.”

The singer, 26, who recently divorced Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley, 30, is ready to release a new album, which she admits is inspired by her personal life but, “is the first that is not boy bashing.”

Not that her life is drama-free. A regular target of the paparazzi, Lavigne has been snapped leaving nightclubs with Jenner, something she says she rarely does.

“The only time I really ever get photographed is if I decide to go out with my friends to a bar or club, so … it kind of looks like I do that more than I do, ” she says, “The majority of the time I stay in.”

Lavigne does take tabloid reporting in stride saying, “You can only laugh at it and roll your eyes because it’s like, “Really?” They usually just pull that stuff out of their ass, but I think people know that.”

When asked how she stays out of trouble amidst some of the notable teen star meltdowns, the Canadian native credits her roots, “I got here on my own. I came from a small town and grew up in a regular home. I know what I’ve worked hard for. I’ve seen a lot of people who have gone a little crazy and who are really into the Hollywood scene. I don’t really like to hang out with people like that.”

[From People]

Um… remember when Avril spent like a year of her marriage getting absolutely wasted out in public? Yes, she’s such a lady. So old-fashioned. Her idea of “classy” is the dude holding back her hair while she vomits in a driveway.

Photos courtesy of The Superior Pics Forums.

I mean, I’m assuming it’s for Avril Lavigne, Brody Jenner’s beloved, right? And it’s not for “a–hole” or some other A-word. Airplane? Aardvark? That must be it. Aardvark, bitches. Now I want an “A (to the ‘vark)” shaved into my hair. Anyway, it must be true love, because Brody is now wearing his punk-as-hell A, bitches! And that’s FOR LIFE. Or until the hair grows out, whatever.

That’s one way to show someone how much you care! Hills alum Brody Jenner — who debuted a mohawk just last week — was spotted in L.A. Saturday with the letter ‘A’ shaved into the right side of his head.

Perhaps the 26-year-old did it for his rocker girlfriend Avril Lavigne, who he’s been dating since the spring.

This isn’t the first time Brody has altered his appearance to prove his love for Lavigne. In early July, he reportedly got a tattoo of the 25-year-old singer’s name on his left forearm.
So what does Brody’s dad Bruce Jenner think of his son’s new rocker look?

“It seems like in today’s society, getting tattoos and piercings, changing the hairstyles, going pink and purple and all that, it seems to be their generation,” Bruce, 60, tells UsMagazine.com. “But hair can grow back! He’ll be fine.”

[From Us Weekly]

I have to admit something: I’m starting to think Avril might be really awesome in bed. I would offer the theory that she might secretly have a great personality, but I’m positive she doesn’t, so it must be the sex. Men (boys, really) are always all over her – she had a strange hold on her now ex-husband Deryck WhatHisGuts, and guys always seem to be all over her. It could just be immaturity on everybody’s part. But it could be that she’s just really, really amazing at faking orgasms. Just a thought!

Avril and Brody on August 8, 2010. Credit: Fame.

I think I forgot that Avril Lavigne made her choice for the eternal question, “Which loser-douche do I bone after my divorce?” She’s already been through Brandon Davis, Wilmer Valderrama, some other heir (to the Dole fortune) and now she’s with Brody Jenner. Can I just say – even though I totally hate Avril, I kind of admire that she goes through men like tissues. It’s interesting, because you wouldn’t think she had that much going on just to look at her. Maybe she’s great in bed. If that’s the case, and she’s really cool in person or something (HA), then she could do way better than Brody Jenner. Just sayin’. But, whatever, they’re in love. And now Brody is trying to talk her into doing a reality show about their love.

Brody Jenner has been pitching a reality show about his new romance — now he’s just got to convince his girlfriend, Avril Lavigne, to co-star! According to an insider, Brody, 26, is determined to increase his C-list level of fame, and he thinks dating Avril, 25 — in front of America — is the way to do it.

“Brody came up with the idea for a reality show, and he’s begging Avril to do it,” her pal tells In Touch. “She’s in love with him, but isn’t sure about it, yet she doesn’t want to tell him no.”

Brody and Avril have been seen together since February — soon after his split with Playboy model Jayde Nicole and her separation from husband Deryck Whibley.

[From In Touch Weekly]

Would you like to see Avril do a reality show? It might be funny for a second. I’ve seen Avril in interviews and stuff, and she’s pretty full of herself and obsessed with her own bad-assness. Brody just seems like… meh. Is that a good combo for reality television? It would only be funny if Avril kept banging every dude she met and we actually got to see her scrap with people like Lindsay Lohan. And even then, I would only watch a couple of episodes.

Don’t Avril Lavigne and Lindsay Lohan have some kind of historic beef with each other? It seems like they would have, right? I’m not just imagining that. But from the way Page Six is reporting this Lohan-on-Avril feud, it seems new. Strange. Perhaps I was thinking of a girlfight over Wilmer Valderrama – that never actually happened? Anyway, Page Six claims that Avril and Lindsay got into some kind of screaming match at the center of the crackhead universe, the Chateau Marmont. At first, it seems like Avril started it by screaming at Lindsay when Linds approached Avril and Brody Jenner. But the backstory involves Lindsay ignoring Avril days before:

Lindsay Lohan is locked in a bitter feud with rival starlet Avril Lavigne after the pop star publicly branded Lohan a “loser.”

Lohan and Lavigne had a huge fight in front of fellow guests at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont. It ended with Lohan desperately trying to get her rival thrown out.

An eyewitness told Page Six: “Avril was at a table with friends just over a week ago including her boyfriend, Brody Jenner, when Lindsay came over to say hi. But as soon as she approached, Avril launched at her and said: ‘Get the hell out of my face, you are fake, you are a loser. I don’t like false people. Stay away from me and my friends.’ Lindsay was furious and screamed back: ‘Don’t threaten me!’ She then stormed off to security and tried to get them to kick Avril out. They refused to force Avril to leave. Lindsay eventually stormed off.”

Sources tell us that the feud kicked off when Lohan snubbed Lavigne at an event — but sidled up to her acting friendly once Lavigne was sitting with a group at the Chateau Marmont days later.

The source added: “It seemed like she was just being friendly to Avril because she was with people Lindsay wanted to impress. Avril is avoiding going to the Chateau Marmont when she knows Linsday will be there. She doesn’t want any more drama.”

Back in New York Sunday, Lohan was up to her old tricks, turning up hours late for a photo shoot with Markus Klinko and Indrani.

Lohan and her entire family — except estranged dad Michael — went for a Mother’s Day dinner at Meatpacking eaterie Abe & Arthur’s. “They came in around 9 p.m. and all looked very happy,” says a spy.

Lohan then headed onto the shoot, having kept the photographers and crew waiting until well after midnight. A rep for Lavigne and Lohan’s lawyer didn’t get back to us last night.

[From Page Six]

I think they’re both pretty gross people, but I’m Team Avril on this one. I can just imagine Lindsay stumbling up to Avril and Brody’s table, thinking she was going to be greeted warmly by the cool kids, only to be shut down. And Lindsay’s response? “Don’t threaten me!” WTF? Maybe Lindsay thought Avril was one of her hallucinations yelling at her.

By the way, I mentioned this yesterday - E*TRADE is trying to get Lohan’s “milkaholic” lawsuit thrown out. Well, now sources have gotten their hands on E*TRADE’s 100-page dismissal filing, and it’s kind of funny/scary. Basically, E*TRADE compiled a list of Lindsay’s crack shenanigans, pulling material from blogs and Lindsay’s own interviews and crack tweets. It’s like 100 pages of documentation that she’s a crackhead.

Avril Lavigne and reality star Brody Jenner have sealed their new love with matching lightning bolt tattoos. At least they didn’t get each other’s names tattooed on their bodies, but they’re sure to reach a point in the next few weeks when they look at those things with disdain and wonder what the hell they were thinking. Avril just got a tattoo three weeks ago with her ex husband, Deryck Whibley, but there’s no word whether they opted for matching symbols or a bible verse to commemorate their breakup sex. Avril and Brody, well, they’re officially branded as the lightning twins. Wonder douche power, activate!

Brody Jenner and Avril Lavigne are making their recently rumored romance VERY official.

So official, in fact, that they put it in ink: We hear that the lovebirds got matching tattoos over the weekend.

“They showed up to the opening of Mario Barth King Ink and requested the same tats,” says an insider at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. The reality TV star and the rock princess both requested lightning bolts, she on her forearm and he behind his ear.

“They were really excited about it,” says the spy, adding that the two spent the rest of the evening cozied up to each other. “They held hands openly and were kissing in a corner. Brody didn’t leave Avril’s side all night.”

Although they refused to pose together on the red carpet at the posh event, a photographer had indeed snapped the first pic of them smooching outside the Chateau Marmont in L.A. on Friday. Later that night, the duo left for their rather romantic trip to Sin City.

And if the matching tats aren’t proof positive that the former playboy may be turning into a one-gal man, a source says Brody just brought the songstress home to meet mom.

“He introduced Avril to his mother last weekend,” says a West Coast insider, who’s close to the new couple. “He’s really head over heels for her and wanted to let her know how serious he was, so he took her to [his mom] Linda’s home. It went really well.”

And it’s not only Brody’s mama who’s s giving the lovebirds her blessing: Avril’s ex-hubby, Deryck Whibley, has apparently approved of the twosome as well.

“Avril and Deryck are just friends now,” insists the pal, despite recent rumors that the two are still hooking up. “He thinks Brody is a good guy and that it’s great the two of them are doing well.”

[From The NY Daily News]

You know that Deryck is grateful to Brody for taking that pain in the ass off his hands. Deryck is also dating again and was spotted out with another woman just like week. (Photo below.) When I first reported that Avril and Brody were an item I wrote “This won’t last, but at least we won’t be subjected to photos of the two posing at Las Vegas events.” Given that they’ve already got matching tattoos, it’s probably just a matter of time.

Header image of Avril Lavigne is from 2/25/10. Brody Jenner is shown on 11/5/09. Credit: WENN.com