Kat Von D, Jesse James Break Up Again!

And, they're off -- this time for good?


After ending their six-month engagement in July and reconciling one month later, Kat Von D and Jesse James have called it quits yet again.

L.A. Ink star and tattoo artist Von D made the point crystal clear in a note to fans on her Facebook page just past midnight on Saturday.

"I am not in a relationship," Von D, 29, wrote. "And I apologize for all the "back and forth" if it's caused any confusion."

To dispel other apparent misunderstandings, she also noted: "I am not in any way moving to Texas," where motorcycle mogul James, 43, keeps a home in Austin. " I am not opening up another tattoo shop. And I am not leaving my shop here in Los Angeles, High Voltage Tattoo."

The single-again star (real name: Katherine von Drachenberg) is also without a reality show to call her own. TLC canceled L.A. Ink after four seasons in August.

"As hard as it is to sometimes let go of the things you are so accustomed to doing, I am happy to have done LA Ink, but am even more excited about new upcoming ventures," she added.

James first stepped out with Von D in August of 2010, about two months after his messy divorce from Sandra Bullock was finalized. They announced their engagement in January 2011. Von D would have been his fourth wife.[usmagazine.com ]

Lindsay Lohan Gets A Billy Joel Lyric Tattooed on Her Rib Cage

Lindsay Lohan Gets A Billy Joel Lyric Tattooed on Her Rib Cage


We're not sure what exactly Lindsay Lohan does these days to fill her time other than tweet at celebrities and (presumably) attend her required community service classes.

So it makes sense she'd have time last week to stop by her "favorite" Los Angeles tattoo shop (called Shamrock Tattoos) and get some new ink.

Lohan's new tattoo, etched on the right side of her rib cage, is a lyric from Billy Joel's 1989 song "I Go to Extremes," a song title that does, we'll admit, seem appropriate for Lohan.

The lyric: "Clear as a crystal, sharp as a knife / I feel like I'm in the prime of my life."

TMZ -- which somehow got their hands on a photo as well (now that we think about, Lohan probably e-mailed it to them herself) -- says that Lohan felt the lyric captured her current state of mind.

"It represented where she is in life and everything she's been through ... it signifies that she's focused," TMZ was told.[omg.yahoo.com]

Kat Von D : Why I Got Jesse James' Face Tattooed on My Ribcage

Long before she and Jesse James called off their engagement, Kat Von D surprised her bad boy beau with the ultimate grand gesture: a tattoo in his likeness.

"He had a rough childhood, so to see what he's become from there, it's amazing. That's why I wanted the picture of him as a child, to capture that certain innocence," Von D (real name: Katherine Drachenberg) said on Thursday's L.A. Ink premiere. "It was good having him beside me while we finished. The tattoo is a way of him recognizing somebody loves him."

The reality star also explained how she and James, 41, first became a couple. "We were friends forever so I thought dating would be weird," she said. "I never saw him like that. and once you're in my friend zone, that's usually it. But one day something in my heart said, 'How's your friend Jesse?' so I texted him a joke and he came right back saying he hadn't laughed in weeks."

The pair stepped out as a couple in August 2010 and announced their engagement five months later. After splitting with James in July 2011, Von D, 29, pulled out of several pre-scheduled TV appearances.

"Today felt pretty impossible," she explained on Facebook Thursday. "Most of the time, regardless of what's going on around me, I'm usually strong enough not to get things get to me like this. But today there seems to be no way of escaping my thoughts. 'What have I done? I sure made a mess of things.'"

"Although my intentions were never to offend or hurt anyone's feelings, this isn't an apology for walking out on a silly morning show interview this morning -- and this isn't an attempt at justifying anything either," Von D said of bailing on her Good Day L.A. appearance. (She also canceled an E! News interview that afternoon.)

"I don't expect people to understand, just like I can't expect myself to be able to please everyone at all times," she added. "As much as I'd like to picture [myself] being this strong, independent woman, the truth is most of the time I'm not as strong as I'd like to be -- but I'm still trying."[omg.yahoo.com]