Russell Brand's Shocking Confession: Why He Really Married Katy Perry

Russell Brand's ex Jordan Martin has alleged that the disgraced comedian once told her he "always wanted" to marry someone famous before dating his future wife Katy Perry.

"[Russell was] doing exactly what he always wanted to do [with Perry] and be married to someone famous, which he always said he would be," Martin claimed in the new Netflix documentary Russell Brand: Open Secret.

Martin reportedly dated Brand, 51, for several months in 2007 while he was filming his breakthrough movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. In the documentary, Martin recalled that Brand summoned her to the movie's set in Hawaii because he "wanted someone there to stop him from ‘trying it on’ with people on set," per Page Six.