Kimberly Stewart Ends 11 Day Engagement With Laguna Beach Star  11/28/05

Rod Stewart's socialite daughter Kimberly Stewart has ended her 11-day engagement to reality TV star Talan Torriero, after realizing it was "too soon"

to make such a serious commitment after less than two months of dating.

The 26-year-old blonde and the 19-year-old Laguna Beach star became engaged on 16 November (05), with Torriero presenting Kimberly with a five-carat, $300,000 (#166,600) Neil Lane ring, after they began dating in October (05).

However, the couple released a joint statement today (27NOV05), saying, "It was just too soon to enter into a lifelong commitment.

"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."

Kimberly's representative Eliot Mintz adds, "They remain friends. (They began dating) a relatively short period of time ago. It would be in the category of weeks as opposed to months."

The split marks the second broken engagement for Kimberly this year (05), who ended her long-term romance with musician fiancé Cisco Adler in May (05).