Darius and Hollywood star Natasha to divorce

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Natasha Henstridge and former Pop Idol contestant Darius Campbell are to divorce after just two years of marriage.

The 38-year-old Hollywood actress and the 32-year-old singer - formerly known as Darius Danesh - married in a secret ceremony in California on Valentine's Day 2011, accompanied only by the Species actress's two young sons.

Darius confirmed the split to the the Mail Online, saying: "We decided to file for divorce and we ask for privacy at this time. We filed the divorce papers today. It was a mutual decision."

Natasha addressed reports about whether or not she had moved out of the couple's home, writing on Twitter: "Stranded from my own house and yet apparently that's where I'm supposedly living right now... Truth always prevails."

The couple began dating in 2006 and became engaged a year later. They briefly called off the engagement in 2010.

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.