Liv Tyler Peeled Off the Leech

According to the dictionary, a common but 'medically inadvisable technique' to remove a leech is to apply a flame, lit cigarette, salt, soap, or caustic chemical such as alcohol, vinegar, lemon juice, insect repellent, heat rub or certain carbonated drinks.

On the other hand, you could just divorce it.

Liv Tyler's publicist announced her split with her rocker husband Royston Langdon today, two weeks after the Aerosmith offpsring was heard complaining about her husband's blood-sucking ways. 

'In the conversation, she complained about her husband being a 'leech' on her assets, and she said she got married too young,' the eavesdropping source told Us Magazine. 

Royston is so parasitic that Liv has apparently re-evaluated the anti-divorce stance she proclaimed in 2004...even in spite of the three-year-old son she and her husband share.

Her publicist gave the usual schpeel about them remaining good friends, devoted parents, give them their privacy, yada yada.

But why do you think they split??

Liv hasn't been out in public much with her failed marriage partner (no surprise there), but check out some shots of her with little Milo in London last month...