RUSSELL Brand’s friends say he is overjoyed at the prospect of being a dad
— with the happy news possibly signalling the end of his legendary
womanising.
Comic Russell, 40, and five months pregnant partner Laura Gallacher, 27,
looked happy and content yesterday as they took a boat trip.
A friend said: “Russell might have bedded many of the world’s most stunning
women but now it’s all about Laura and becoming a dad.”
“They have been living as a couple for the last six months and are determined
to make a go of their relationship.
“It feels like a new chapter in their lives and the couple are enjoying every
moment, including discussing baby names.
“Russell is absolutely made up. Most of his closest friends have children and
he was desperate to start a family.
“He and Laura are thrilled to bits at the prospect of becoming parents. They
have shared the happy news with close family and friends.”
Russell is said to have wanted to start a family for years and hoped to do so
with both ex-wife Katy Perry and previous girlfriend Jemima Khan.
The friend said: “It didn’t work out with Katy, who felt she was too young for
kids — and there were conversations with Jemima.
“But Russell is blissfully happy with Laura.”
Laura, younger sister of TV presenter Kirsty Gallacher, has had an on-off
relationship with Russell for years.
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Their first romance ended in 2007. They were spotted together again in 2009
and last year rekindled the relationship when they flew off for a weekend in
Rome.
The couple are now said to be planning a nursery at the £1million riverside
home they share near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Yesterday Russell and Laura enjoyed a spot of leisurely exercise in a boat on
the River Thames near their home.
He declined to comment when contacted by The Sun.
Loves? He’s had a few…
HERE are some of Brand’s many high-profile relationships:
KATE MOSS — supermodel had just split from junkie Pete Doherty.
IMOGEN THOMAS — he dated BB star and model briefly.
TERESA PALMER — met on set of Bedtime Stories in 2008.
COURTNEY LOVE — hooked up before he met Katy Perry.
KATY PERRY — married in 2010 but divorced two years later.
GERI HALLIWELL — dated after 2012 Olympics bash meet.
JEMIMA GOLDSMITH — year with billionaire’s daughter.
He also dated BB’s Makosi Musambasi, Playboy’s Holly
Madison and Anouska de Georgiou, MTV’s Kate Peck,
models Cassie Sumner and Nikolett Barabas, and hotel heiress Alessandra
Balazs.