Since the marriage was declared officially annulled today, does this make this the shortest celebrity marriage ever? if not, does anyone know who got this honor?


Britney Spears' Quickie Marriage Annulled
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By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS - Britney Spears (news)' two-day-old marriage to a childhood friend was dissolved Monday shortly after the pop superstar filed for an annulment, claiming she didn't fully understand what she was doing when she got hitched on the spur of the moment.


Clark County Family Court Judge Lisa M. Brown signed the order at 12:24 p.m., said Las Vegas attorney David Chesnoff, who was cleaning up after a weekend frolic between Spears and Jason Allen Alexander.


"There is no marriage now," Chesnoff told The Associated Press. "Jason agreed to this completely. They've made a wise decision. I know they care about each other. They are friends."


It took the judge about two hours to act on the "complaint for annulment" filed in Family Court shortly after 10 a.m.


"Plaintiff Spears lacked understanding of her actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to the marriage," the annulment petition said.


The 22-year-old pop star married Alexander — who hails from Spears' hometown of Kentwood, La. — about 5:30 a.m. Saturday at a Las Vegas wedding chapel. Alexander said he and Spears hatched the idea to get hitched early Saturday morning.


"It was just crazy, man," the 22-year-old told "Access Hollywood" in an interview at his home Monday morning. "And we were just looking at each other and said, 'Let's do something wild, crazy. Let's go get married, just for the hell of it.'"


According to the petition, "Before entering into the marriage the plaintiff and defendant did not know each other's likes and dislikes, each other's desires to have or not have children, and each other's desires as to state of residency. Upon learning of each other's desires, they are so incompatible that there was a want of understanding of each other's actions in entering into this marriage."


Spears' record label, Jive Records, released a statement to "Entertainment Tonight" saying that Spears and Alexander "took a joke too far."


Calls to Spears' representatives were not returned.


Spears and Alexander, a junior at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La., traveled by limousine to the Little White Wedding Chapel on the Strip after a stop at the Ghostbar, a club in the Palms Casino Hotel. The chapel staff told the couple they couldn't get married without a license, so they were taken to get a license and driven back to the chapel, where they were married.


The bride wore a baseball cap and torn jeans down the aisle and was escorted by a Palms limousine driver, the source told the AP.


Employees at the chapel declined comment.


The singer released her fourth album, "In the Zone," in November. It debuted at the top of the album charts. She begins a concert tour March 2 in San Diego.

didn't Cher hold the previous record with 2 weeks to Allman?

madartista said:

hmmm...i think denis rodman and carmen electra had 9 days so no...

Well according to VH1. com here are some short ones..

Blink and They’re Gone - The Shortest Celebrity Marriages Ever

Robin Givens and Syetozar Marinkovic - 1 day, August 22, 1997 (they were separated the same day they got married!)

Robert Evans and Catherine Oxenberg - 12 days (they got married only 4 days after meeting in July 1998, annulled)

Darva Conger and Rick Rockwell - 3 weeks (they married on FOX’s TV show “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire” in February 2000)
Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas - 29 days (also in Serial Spouses)


and going a little further back...

Dennis Hopper and Michelle Philips - 8 days, in 1971

Zsa Zsa Gabor and Felipe De Alba - 1 day, 1982


So Zsa Zsa Still has it...SO close Britney, SO close.

""It was just crazy, man," the 22-year-old told "Access Hollywood" in an interview at his home Monday morning. "And we were just looking at each other and said, 'Let's do something wild, crazy. Let's go get married, just for the hell of it.'"


According to the petition, "Before entering into the marriage the plaintiff and defendant did not know each other's likes and dislikes, each other's desires to have or not have children, and each other's desires as to state of residency. Upon learning of each other's desires, they are so incompatible that there was a want of understanding of each other's actions in entering into this marriage."


Spears' record label, Jive Records, released a statement to "Entertainment Tonight" saying that Spears and Alexander "took a joke too far."

So, basically, she made a mockery of what's supposed to be a sacred bond between two people.

Annulments shouldn't be granted just because you're a stupid, drugged-out asshole who was just "joking".

Rudolph Valentino had the shortest marriage. It was 6 hours. His wife ran out of their Honeymoon suite before the marriage could be consumated

I thought Elizabeth Taylor once got divorced within an hour or something crazy?

theVelvetRoper said:

When you're rich, you get away with anything. If Jive Records wasn't on his ass and Britney was a poor white trash whore (well, she scores 2 out of 3), the judge would say something like "give it 6 months and see".
[This message was edited Mon Jan 5 18:29:31 PST 2004 by VoicesCarry]

madartista said:

Really? I thought she with him for a few years. Maybe it only really lasted a few weeks and they seperated and never bothered, which apparently Woody Harrelson did with some woman, according to an interview I saw tih George Wendt (Norm on "Cheers"). He said Willy and the girl only were going to get married for a day and then annul it (this almost makes Britney's drunking "dare" sound rational) but they couldn't get divorced/annuled on a weekend and were both busy so they let it for a few year and she apparently took him to the cleaners.