There's Not Enough Kleenex In The World To Dry These Eyes

[He kissed a girl, and she liked it: Katy Perry and Russell Brand are engaged, sources confirm exclusively to UsMagazine.com. The wacky pair -- who've been dating since September 2009 -- became betrothed five days ago while on holiday in Jaipur, India. A pal says that Brand, 34, proposed with a ring, and that Perry, 25, happily accepted. On Twitter Dec. 29, the pop singer shared a sweet snapshot of her and the British comedian in front of India's famed Taj Mahal. "He built this for me," she wrote beneath the photo. The exotic trip, a Perry insider tells Us, "was his Christmas gift.  She told him how much she loved Indian culture while they were eating curry in England, so he surprised her." On New Year's Day, she shared another tourist photo: her hand being painted with a traditional Henna tattoo. ("Isn't it lovely?" she wrote.) The day before, she perhaps hinted at spontaneous decisions to come later that week: "In India, the motto...you gotta go with the flow..."

At November's MTV Europe Music Awards, Perry paid tribute to Brand via her on-stage underpants, emblazoned with his nickname, "Rusty." Of their romance, a friend tells Us that Perry has "never connected with anybody like this." As for Brand, the Forgetting Sarah Marshall star "is super into her. She says he makes her laugh like nobody else in the world," an insider says.]

Meanwhile, just as a reminder, this is what Russell Brand recently said regarding the qualities a future bride of his would have to have in order to nab him - via The Mirror UK:

["I'm fed up with having fling after fling - I'm looking for The One," he said. "I haven't found love yet because I've been looking in the wrong places all these years. Now I'm desperately seeking her. I'm a bit worried, as it will be difficult for them. They will have to tolerate my insanity and madness. I want someone who will take care of me. They will have to be a nice down-to-earth girl who will look after me. It will be a tough job for her but I'm looking hard now."]

Well, there's a hot offer if I've ever heard one! Certainly stranger things have happened, but a suddenly reformed bad boy and a proposal after a four-month dating period don't exactly smack of commitment or reform. Just because Russell has found someone he enjoys repeatedly sleeping with over the (inter)course of a few consecutive months does not a marriage make. I actually think they make a cute, albeit odd, couple. I do predict that Katy will break his heart, leaving Brand a changed man. I mean aren't there drama filled rom-coms about crap like this? The player finally gets his heart broken, which enables him to come to terms with his previously selfish existence. I'm waiting for the E! True Hollywood Story: The Deepening of Russell Brand. In the meantime, congrats!

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