The British actor-and-comedian - who tied the knot with Katy Perry in India last October - claims at the height of his womanising he would have sex up to 20 times a week, but since settling down he has turned his attention to tending to flower beds instead of messing up real beds.

He explained: "I can`t believe I used to have sex 20 times a week, especially now I`m married. But now I`m a bloody good gardener. It`s difficult getting used to one person and being in the same house every day.

"See, if she leaves stuff lying around I have to deal with it. And if I leave stuff on the floor I have to pick it up. That confuses me. And she takes ages to get ready. It`s unbelievable. I had no idea what went on, I was never normally around for that bit."

Russell - who claims to have bedded up to five women a day at the "peak" of his sex addiction - explained that like his former drug and alcohol habits, he takes his marriage to the 26-year-old beauty "one step at a time".

Speaking to Piers Morgan on his `Life Stories` British TV series, he said: "I take it one step at a time - like with drugs, like with alcohol. Don`t look at things as in `rest of life`. Of course marriage is for life and that`s what I wanted, but anything for the rest of life can be daunting.

"We do spend quite a lot of time together. I see her a lot, that`s what marriage is, you like it or lump it. She`s always around. I`ve never been in love before Katy, as now I rate love as being willing to change for someone."

The 35-year-old star also confessed he is keen to start a family with Katy in the near future.

He added: "Yeah children, that`d be good, wouldn`t it? We haven`t been married very long, we`re both working very hard and I`m still excited and enchanted by her but when we do I`m going to focus on it."
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