Kim Kardashian to divorce after just 72 days of marriage to Kris Humphries

• Ryan Seacrest, producer of her E! reality show, says reports are true
  
• Official statement expected imminently confirming news
• Couple made a reported $ 18m from August wedding

Kim Kardashian is filing for divorce from Kris Humphries this morning, according to U.S. reports.

The 31-year-old reality star has been married for just 72 days after saying 'I do' to the 26-year-old NBA star on August 20 at a lavish ceremony in Montecito, California.

TMZ reports the TV personality will be seeking a divorce on the grounds of 'irreconcilable differences'.

Ryan Seacrest, the producer of her E! reality show, just tweeted: 'Yes @KimKardashian is filing for divorce this morning. I touched base with her, getting a statement in just a few mins.'

It's over: Kim Kardashian is reported to be filing for divorce from husband Kris Humphries after just 72 days of marriage

'It's true': Ryan Seacrest, the producer of her E! reality show, just tweeted: 'Yes @KimKardashian is filing for divorce this morning. I touched base with her, getting a statement in just a few mins'

The date of separation is listed as today (October 31), according to the website.

She has hired top divorce lawyer Laura Wasser, who has dealt with the likes of Britney Spears, Maria Shriver, Angelina Jolie and Ryan Reynolds.

MailOnline reported earlier this month how Kim and Kris's marriage had hit the rocks.

A source close to the couple told us just two weeks ago: 'I don't know when they'll announce the split or why they got married in the first place but they are done.'

'They are divorcing. Kim has been staying in a New York hotel which Kris has failed to visit.'

The couple have been dogged by persistent reports that all is not well between them for several weeks now.

Trouble in paradise: Kim pictured with Humphries on October 19 in New York. MailOnline reported around the time this picture was taken how the couple's marriage was in crisis

Earlier this month Star magazine claimed Humphries has been spotted partying in both Miami and New York without Kim, getting flirty with multiple women and 'acting like a single man.'

U.S. magazine Life & Style alleges that on a recent trip to Toronto, Humphries contacted his ex-girlfriend, Bianka Kamber.

The magazine also spoke to a Kourtney & Kim Take New York producer who said: 'Kim's mapping out 2012, including holidays, and Kris isn't a part of it. Any itineraries for the future don't include Kris very much.'

Going solo: Kim went to the Midori Green Halloween Party at Lavo in New York City on Friday without Kris

Kim ensured they both signed a prenuptial agreement before the marriage, which netted the couple a reported $ 18m from magazine deals, TV coverage and endorsements.

News of their divorce will no doubt add fuel to the fire that the wedding was merely a cynical manoeuvre to cash in at a time when Kim's star had reached its zenith.

Over the weekend Kim attended a Halloween party in New York - but tellingly did not bring Kris along.

She instead made a red carpet appearance with her PR friend Jonathan Cheban at the Midori Green event.

Over recent weeks the reality star has often been spotted alone and without Humphries.

Following their wedding, the couple shared a brief honeymoon together in Italy.

Showing the strain: Kim and Kris, pictured last Wednesday, leaving Izakaya Restaurant. Soon after this picture was taken they were spotted having what appeared to be a heated discussion in their car by videographers

Frosty: Kim and Kris pictured together just a week ago leaving the Dancing With The Stars studios where the reality star supported her brother Rob from the audience

But they quickly returned to New York to begin filming on her spin-off reality show Kourtney & Kim Take New York, where they lived in a plush NYC hotel suite along with Kourtney and her boyfriend Scott Disick.

Kim and Kris started dating last December soon after Kim ended her brief dalliance with Canadian model Gabriel Aubry - Halle Berry's ex - and announced their engagement in May.

This will mark the second failed marriage for Kim, she eloped to Las Vegas with music producer Damon Thomas - 10 years her senior - when she was just 19, but divorced in 2004 after four years together.

She has also had high-profile relationships with RnB singer Ray J, who she filmed a sex tape with, and NFL star Reggie Bush.

Lavish affair: Kim and Kris raked in a reported $ 18m from their wedding in Montecito, California on August 20

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Drew Barrymore and Jeremy Thomas: Nineteen days. Her second marriage, to comedian Tom Green, lasted a little over a year.

Humphrey Bogart and Helen Menken: Married for approximately seventeen months, it was the first marriage for both.

Nicolas Cage and Lisa Marie Presley: Married for less than four months, but the divorce took over a year to be finalized.

Jim Carrey and Lauren Holly: Married for ten months when divorce proceedings started.

Jackie Coogan and Betty Grable: Married for about two years. The marriage after that, to Flower Parry, was even shorter.

Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe: Marriage lasted 274 days or roughly nine months.

Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman: Ten days after a marriage in Las Vegas divorce plans began.

Ava Gardner and Mickey Rooney: A little over a year.

Kelsey Grammer and Leigh-Anne Csuhany: The marriage lasted a year. He alleged she was violent and hid her mental illness. She denied that.

Hank Azaria: Married for seventeen months, but had been a couple for about five years before that.

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Eva Longoria and Tyler Christopher: Married for two years before divorce.

Joan Rivers and James Sanger: Annulled in six months due to different views on having children.

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Charlie Sheen and Donna Peele: Less than a year. He indicated she was "suffocating him" and around this time he was soliciting Heidi Fleiss's call-girls.

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SOURCE: Wikipedia

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