Kimberly Stewart Calls Off Wedding Plans

Kimberly Stewart and Laguna Beach star Talan Torriero say their wedding plans are off. “It was just too soon to enter into a lifelong commitment,” their representatives said in a joint statement. “It is better to have a brief engagement than a short marriage. The couple continue to share their time together and remain open to whatever the future may hold.” Stewart, the 26-year-old daughter of singer Rod Stewart, and Torriero, a 19-year-old star of the MTV reality show, announced their engagement earlier this month. Torriero’s publicist, Jack Ketsoyan, said early today that the two were no longer romantically involved. Stewart’s representative, Elliot Mintz, said they “remain friends,” before adding that they began dating “a relatively short period of time” ago. “It would be in the category of weeks as opposed to months.” Stewart and Torriero were recently in the news as backseat passengers in Paris Hilton's car when she was involved in a minor accident on November 9th. Luckily, no-one was hurt. Stewart is a close friend of Hilton’s and was at one time reported to be a possible replacement of Nicole Richie on the cancelled Fox reality show “The Simple Life”. Torriero has said he’s attempting to start a music career. [photo: Corbis - taken: October 27, 2004]