Actor laments divorce, but can't regret being married to “beautiful” Katy

May 18, 2012 15:34 GMT  ·  By

Earlier reports claimed that Russel Brand was starting to have seconds thoughts about divorcing Katy Perry because he still loved her. Well, at least that last part has turned out to be true.

The British comedian was on The Ellen DeGeneres show the other day to promote his role on the upcoming musical dramedy “Rock of Ages” and, among other things, he also talked about his short-lived marriage and surprising divorce from Katy Perry.

They're not an item anymore, but he has nothing but love and positivity for her, he says in a beautifully worded statement.

“I still love her as a human being. But, sometimes when you’re in a relationship I suppose it doesn’t work out, does it? But that doesn’t mean I regret it or anything. I was very happy to be married with her. She’s such a beautiful human being and I just have only love and positivity for her,” Russell says.

“You can’t absolutely make everything the way you want it to be in life. Just remain beautiful. That is still a person I still consider to be beautiful and I have nothing but positivity for her,” he adds.

He also talks a bit about the TIME breastfeeding mom controversy – check out the video above to see what he had to say about that.