Katy Perry, Russell Brand Divorce: "Roar" Singer Opens Up About "Intense" Separation and "Genius" Boyfriend John Mayer [Video]

In a recent interview with Marie Claire's January issue, Katy Perry opened up about her "intense" divorce with outspoken comedian Russell Brand back in 2011. In the magazine, the "Roar" singer explains how she worked herself to exhaustion just to keep from thinking of the separation.

"There were two weeks of my life after I found out the truth of my marriage where I was like, 'OK. All right. I can't feel this. This is too intense right now.' I was, like, just eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos and drinking, and that's it,"

Shortly after her breakup, Perry reportedly started dating her current boyfriend John Mayer. The two took a brief hiatus from their relationship after only a few months of being together. The "Prism" singer says it was less out of choice but more out of necessity.

"I took a break from my boyfriend [Mayer], not one that I wanted. It was like a splash of cold water to search inward on what was going on with me," she said.

She soon realized that if she didn't take some time off to love herself then she would never fully be able to love another.

"That is what led me to this new awakening, this realizing, 'If I don't do some self-love, I'm not going to be able to keep the love that I want.'"

Mayer, whom Perry referred to as a "genius" writer to Barbara Walters back in September, just recently released "Who You Love," a duet with his current beau off his last album Paradise Valley.

Listen to the full track here: