Lea Delaria Announces Split From Fiance In Hilarious Instagram

Dont cry for Orange Is the New Black star Lea DeLaria.On Wednesday, the 58-year-old actress announced that she and her fiance, Chelsea Fairless, have called it quits. The couple had originally planned to tie the knot Jan. 8, which is also DeLarias parents wedding anniversary, People magazine reported.DeLaria, who also appeared on Will & Grace and Californication, confirmed the news in a Jan. 11 Instagram photo. The cheeky post is a take on David Gest and Liza Minnellis legendary 2002 nuptials, with DeLaria and Fairlesss faces superimposed on Gest and Minnellis bodies alongside Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor.In the background, Roxettes 80s hit, It Must Have Been Love, which was featured on the soundtrack to Pretty Woman, plays. Apparently this was an eerily prophetic choice of engagement photo as our relationship has since gone the way of David and Liza, with one small exception: our split is amicable. Please exclude us from the tragic and basic celebrity breakup narrative. We were happy together for four years and will remain in each other's lives. In fact, we look forward to finding new ways to torture each other. We would like to thank our incredible friends and families for their love and support ' xoxo Lea & @female_trouble A video posted by Lea DeLaria (@realleadelaria) on Jan 11, 2017 at 10:11am PST Minnelli and Gest split in 2007 in whats since been described as Hollywoods dirtiest divorce, but DeLaria explained in the post that she wanted the comparisons between the two relationships to stop there.Our split is amicable. Please exclude us from the tragic and basic celebrity breakup narrative, she wrote in the caption below. We were happy together for four years and will remain in each others lives. In fact, we look forward to finding new ways to torture each other.Last year, DeLaria toldOut magazinehow shed met Fairless, a fashion editor, through co-star,Emma Myles, during the first season of Orange is The New Black in 2012. We set up a date, and within 10 minutes, we pretty much knew. I tend to push relationships away, but this was magical, she said. We were screaming with laughter and finishing each others sentences. The pair got engaged in February 2015. If only all celebrity break-ups could be this harmonious and good-humored! -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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