Understanding Sinead O'Connor's Bizarre Wedding in Las Vegas
Sinead O'Connor, the Irish singer who died at 56 years old, made a glaring error when she tied the knot with Barry Herridge in 2011. The pair's nuptials in Las Vegas were doomed from the start, according to an announcement on O'Connor's website. She blamed certain individuals in Herridge's life and her own quest for marijuana on the short-lived marriage.
“The marriage ended within three hours of the ceremony due to the behavior of some people in my husband's life and my own pursuit of drugs for our wedding night,” she revealed.
Herridge, a drug counselor, was affected by O'Connor's drug-related actions and decided to set her free.
O'Connor's History of Emotional Pledges
Three months before meeting Herridge, the singer posted an online message lamenting her lack of sexual satisfaction. She encouraged people interested in becoming her boyfriend to approach her. It was then that she received an email from Herridge, which she deemed "wonderful."
“Barry sent me this email that just took my breath away. I had no plans of marrying again, but Barry was very convincing. He asked me to marry him on every single date we went on. He is quite persuasive, to say the least and then some,” she recalled to the Irish Independent.
The marriage lasted only 16 days. O'Connor's choices reflect a pattern of emotional decisions in her life. Recalling one of her most infamous acts, she shredded a photo of Pope John Paul II on “Saturday Night Live” in 1992 right after she sang Bob Marley's “War” and expressed her anger at sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, which was just coming to light.
"The photo shredding scene on 'Saturday Night Live' was a mistake and I repent it. I also apologise for saying 'Child abuse, yeah!' during 'War'. That was totally out of order," she wrote in a message posted to her website in 2021.
O'Connor ignited fury at Madison Square Garden by performing just before Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary show. Her performance had been kept secret from the 18,000-strong audience, who were only interested in seeing Dylan. Following Kristofferson's introduction of O'Connor as a "courageous and upright" artist, she was greeted with a chorus of boos from the audience.
The audience's reactions were likely due to O'Connor wading into the Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal some years before it fully came to light. “[Between] 3,000 and 4,000 [priests] have been accused of abuse in the last 50 years, with it all being systemically covered-up. The shocking truth would not be revealed until the pope himself apologised for the scandal. This came 10 years after my appearance on Bob Dylan's 30th anniversary concert,” she detailed on her website.
Even though O'Connor was proven right, her name was erased from Dylan's memory as the performance was deleted from the CD of the concert. By then, O'Connor had fallen out of the spotlight of pop culture. Tragically, she was preceded in death by her 17-year-old son Shane, who took his life in January 2022.
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