Sinead O'Connor: Marriage Was Like 'A Coffin,' Estranged Hubby 'Frightened' On Vegas Drug Hunt
Dec. 29 2011, Published 11:30 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Sinead O'Connor has broken her silence about her 18-day marriage to Barry Herridge, saying she felt like she was "living in a coffin" and that their marriage quickly crumbled when she took the drug counselor on a post-wedding search for marijuana on the mean streets on Las Vegas.
The Nothing Compares 2 U singer told the UK Sun, "It felt like I was living in a coffin -- it was going to be a coffin for both of us, and I saw him crushed ... the whole reason I ended it was out of respect and love for the man."
The Irish vocalist said things got uncomfortable with Herridge when, following their December 8 wedding, she took him on a search for marijuana through the seedier parts of Sin City.
"We ended up in a cab in some place that was quite dangerous," O'Connor told the Sun. "I wasn't scared – but he's a drugs counselor.