Heather Swan finds modern way of parting with husband

If Hollywood films are to be believed, married couples only split up while driving in the rain, or when angrily throwing crockery around the kitchen as a child weeps in the next room. Michael Chopra and wife Heather Swan, however, have defied cinematic convention by using a social networking site to part with one another.

The couple - who have a son named Rocky - had a lavish £250,000 wedding last June. They are said to have bickered throughout their honeymoon, and Chopra moved into rented accommodation shortly after. The Mirror says Heather delivered the final blow to the on-loan Cardiff star by changing her relationship status on Facebook:

Reality TV star Heather Swan, 24, changed her status to single on the social website after just seven months of marriage and let others tell Michael.

The £30,000-a-week Sunderland striker, 25, hit back by axing her mobile phone contract, declaring on his own Facebook page: “Heather will have a new number tomorrow, ha ha.”

We had no idea divorces were this easy. If only Paul McCartney had been a Facebook member…

The newlywed who could become a newlydivorced very soon

Late last year, Sunderland striker Rocky Michael Chopra (yes, that is his first name) announced that he had become engaged to girlfriend Heather Swan. Their relationship was cemented by the birth of their first son Sebastian Rocco Thomas Chopra in February of this year, and they enjoyed a lavish £250,000 wedding ceremony last month.

Instead of heading off on their Barbados honeymoon to begin a life of wedded bliss, however, they publicly fought like cat and dog, and Chopra stormed home leaving Heather alone in paradise. Since then, the one-month marriage has taken a turn for the worse, and Chopra is reported to be living in rented accommodation.