Moment Katy Perry was dumped by Russell Brand via text message is revealed as it emerges she will ‘share secrets about her “dark marriage” to the convicted rapist in a new book and docuseries’

Video of the moment Russell Brand told his wife Katy Perry he wanted a divorce has emerged, as it’s revealed the popstar is planning to share secrets about their ‘dark marriage’.

Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault on four women after a month-long trial at Southwark Crown Court last week. 

Perry has not spoken on her ex husband’s conviction but The Mail on Sunday has learned that the pop singer is planning to talk about her marriage in a book and docuseries. 

Brand filed for divorce from Perry in December 2011 after just 14 months of marriage. 

The distressing moment the singer read the message just minutes before she was due to perform to thousands, was captured in her documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me.

The film, shot between 2011 and 2012, also showed footage of Perry struggling to be apart from her husband during the world tour.

Receiving the message, Perry was shown clutching a necklace from her husband whilst sobbing uncontrollably shortly before she was about to perform a concert in Brazil.

The film showed Perry being comforted by her team backstage, unable to communicate whether or not the show would go ahead, although it eventually did.

Additional footage from the film showed tension in the marriage in the weeks before the divorce message, with Perry admitting in one scene that she was fighting to ‘keep the marriage alive’.

Another scene showed Perry looking exhausted on a plane asking one of her entourage when her next break in the tour was so she could go and see Brand.

She looked distressed when she was informed she would not be able to see him for another 18 days.

In another shot, a crewmember asked Perry if Brand was coming to visit her. The popstar responded: ‘He should but he’s not.’ 

Perry and Brand’s romance came something of a surprise when it first became public in 2009.

The pair met on the set of Get Him to the Greek, the Hollywood movie in which Brand had a starring role and in which Perry had a cameo, which was ultimately cut.

The couple held a lavish wedding in India at the Ranthambore Tiger Sanctuary in Rajasthan in 2010.

Speaking in a Vogue interview, the California Gurls singer said she had initially taken ‘a lot of responsibility’ for the split until she ‘found out the real truth.’

She said at the time: ‘He’s a very smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him.’

‘Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011.’

Perry added: ‘I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can’t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day.

‘I let go and I was like: This isn’t because of me; this is beyond me. So I have moved on from that.’

In the 15 years since her divorce, Perry has largely maintained what fans have called a ‘dignified silence’.

She has yet to comment on his conviction for rape and sexual assault, but The Mail on Sunday has learned that the pop singer is planning to tell all about her ‘dark marriage’ in a book and docuseries.

Sources close to the star claim she was waiting for the outcome of Brand’s trial before finalising a deal but has been in ‘active discussions’ to tell her side of their 14-month marriage.

The source claimed her team have been in touch with streaming giants including Netflix and Hulu.