Look! It’s Russell “Lonely” Brand roaming the streets of London again. As you can see, he’s wearing one of his oh-so-stylish scarves, but this one is different from the autoerotic-asphyxiation themed scarf that Kaiser so astutely pinpointed a few days ago. This one sends more of a somber, vanilla vibe. Perhaps Russell is just sad because TMZ is reporting that a couple of moving pods were spotted outside he and Katy Perry’s $6.5 million Hollywood Hills home, in which they probably only spent a handful of days together since purchasing it in June. So who’s moving out? I’d guess both of them are, but Katy’s probably the one on the scene right now. Russell is obviously cornering the “Lonely in London” market at present.

Of course, this isn’t really news. We’re really just seeing more of the same from this couple, who were never together for the last several months, and now it’s just official. So while Russell will likely continue to spread his skinny-trousered fashion through further solo walks, it has been announced that Katy will make her first post-divorce public appearance at the People’s Choice Awards on January 11. Surely, her outfit will be ridiculous too, and she’ll be spotted “canoodling” with a hot guy at an after party.

Meanwhile, this week’s tabloids must have been cursing themselves over Russell’s Dec. 30 divorce announcement, which was timed so that most of the dirt had already spilled before their next publication date. Naturally, we’ve heard from insiders on both sides and depending on who you believe, Russell either divorced Katy because she wouldn’t start a family or because she couldn’t satisfy his wheelchair fetishes. Now, the tabs are forced to make sh-t up just to have something to add to the story. This week’s In Touch has a story that frames Katy in a flattering light; that is, she’s the one who wanted to start popping out babies but couldn’t get over Russell’s friendships with other women:

When Katy Perry decided to marry Russell Brand after a whirlwind romance two years ago, many worried the self-professed drug and sex addict would eventually break her heart. “If you’re wild, like a wild animal, marriage won’t contain you,” Russell once even admitted. “I think that’s how a lot of people get into trouble.”

It appears obvious he’s a “wild animal,” unable to be tamed. And it seems the reason for the split was all too predictable: According to insiders, Russell’s infamous wandering eye doomed the relationship. “Katy was really upset with Russell’s behavior around certain women,” a pal says, adding that his close “friendship” with British songstress Jessie J “Left her in tears.” And In Touch can also reveal that Russell had a variety of other eyebrow-raising relationships. The actor, according to insiders, was getting very close to All Saints model Sophie Dickens, and as In Touch has previously reported, he was spending more and more time with comedian Sadie Turner. Regarding rumors that his brother-in-law was cheating, katy’s younger brother, David Hudson, tells In Touch, “Nobody’s perfect.”

Russell, 36, was far from perfect, but for a long time, Katy, 27, ignored the red flags about his questionable behavior. The singer — who spent much of 2011 on a grueling world tour — was even planning to put her career temporarily on hold to start a family. “She wanted to take a year off,” an insider says. “She was ready to be the perfect wife and mother.”

But with Russell filing for divorce, Katy’s baby dreams have officially come crashing down. Painful now, but in the long run, she’s better off starting a family with a man who only has eyes for her!

[From In Touch, print edition, January 16, 2012]

Right. So we’re supposed to believe that Miss Bait & Switch suddenly wanted to be Betty Draper? Not for a second, but I have no problem buying that Katy was jealous of Russell’s female BFF Sadie Turner (that blonde he was photographed hugging), and perhaps that caused a lot of friction within the marriage.

Meanwhile, Star is patting themselves on the back over calling the split in advance back in July. C’mon, everyone knew the divorce was coming even before the marriage happened, but sure, let’s humor this tabloid too because it contains the new angle of a “sexless” marriage:

Slightly more than a year after their Oct. 23, 2010 wedding in India, Russell filed for divorce from Katy on Dec. 30. And now Star can reveal how cheating accusations, parting, and sexless nights finally drove them apart.

The duo had already been living separate lives in recent months, as Star reported, and found it difficult to weather the stresses of a new marriage while separated for long stretches of time. “Neither of them thought about the crushing reality of their demanding careers and the effect it would have on their marriage,” one source says.

Katy, 27, has a party-hard attitude, while Russell, 36, struggles to stay sober, insiders explain — and Russell continued his womanizing habits, even after they wed following a whirlwind four-month courtship.

But still other sources insist that Katy was no angel either. “Katy was talking to her ex Travie McCoy the whole time she was married,” a source close to Katy tells Star. “Just like in her song, he was the one that got away. Russell couldn’t have been totally OK with that.”

What’s more, “Her relationship with Kanye West raised a lot of eyebrows too,” the source reveals. “He made it clear to everyone around him that he was really into her from the start, so everyone always thought they were going to hook up.”

As Katy and Russell began to look outside their marriage for intimacy, their love life cooled behind closed doors. “They haven’t slept together for weeks,” one source claims. “No sex and no sleeping in the same bed.”

In the end, an insider explains, “They just didn’t like each other that much anymore. They fought all the time. They were in love with being in love with each other, but hte reality ended up being different than the fairy tale.”

[From Star, print edition, January 16, 2012]

Star also gloats over a letter from Katy’s (unnamed) lawyers, who previously sent the tabloid a letter denying that the marriage was in danger of imminent collapse. Maybe Star really is saying something with this story though. Perhaps the marriage was bad from the very beginning, but sex (when they were both actually in the same city) could have held things together for about a year. Both parties probably assumed that sex was enough until Katy’s world tour ended, but then all of the sudden opportunities for togetherness didn’t seem so appealing. In other words, they had nothing else in common, so the sex just faded in response. Stranger things have happened.

Photos courtesy of Fame