Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx has ended his two-year relationship with tattooist Kat Von D.

Says Sixx: “I want to wish Katherine nothing but the best in her life. She has loved and inspired the hell outta me and I know I have done the same for her in these almost two years we ruled the earth together.

“We are taking a break from our relationship for reasons that we will choose to keep personal.

“You won’t find me saying a bad word about her and I don’t believe vice versa… We have too much wonderful history together to ever deface that.”