A happy looking Katy Perry celebrated New Year’s Eve by partying with friends and flirting with a mystery man at Soho House in West Hollywood.
The superstar didn’t let husband Russell Brand’s divorce filing stop her from celebrating, and she spent the night dancing and laughing with friends.
One spy told Page Six, “Katy was in a private room with a group and she seemed to be in a great mood. She spent most of the night dancing and laughing with friends.
The spy added that Perry looked so carefree that, “One wouldn’t have ever even known that her husband had just filed for divorce. At one point, she was talking to a guy with long hair down to his shoulders in the hallway. They were talking for a while. She was smiling and leaning up against wall.
“During the evening a guest went up to her and thanked her for her song after the DJ played ‘Friday Night,’ and she said, ‘Wow, thank you — that makes me so happy.’
“After midnight Katy and a male friend got on the dance floor, twirling each other around and dancing holding hands. She looked like she was having a great time.”
Brand, meanwhile, was spotted in London leaving the Savoy Hotel on New Year’s Eve with friends including singer Florence Welch. He said, “I’m doing good. Everything is going to be better next year.”
Brand filed divorce papers in Los Angeles last Friday after just 14 months of marriage, citing “irreconcilable differences.” They spent the holidays thousands of miles apart and were both photographed without wedding rings.
It was reported that their split came after a series of rows and over Brand’s frustration at 27-year-old Perry’s refusal to put motherhood ahead of her career. The Daily Mail reported that Brand, 36, wanted to start a family, while Perry, who has just completed a yearlong tour, was not “prepared to give that (her career) up and give time to the marriage.”