TMZ is reporting that Katy Perry was the one who asked Russell Brand to file the couple’s divorce papers. The couple had been on rocky grounds for the past few months and failed at trying to work things out. Katy didn’t want to disappoint her very religious parents by filing the papers so she asked Brand to do it. Read more after the jump.
Katy Perry WANTED Russell Brand to file the court papers in their divorce … because she didn’t want to upset her religious parents … sources connected to the former couple tell TMZ.
We’re told … Katy and Russell knew the relationship was on the rocks a couple of months ago — but didn’t want to give up on the marriage without making a concerted effort to work things out.
But the effort fell flat … with both sides feeling “it just wasn’t there.”
We’re told both Katy and Russell were on board with the divorce a few weeks ago — but they didn’t want to be in town when the papers were filed … so he went back to England and she booked it to Hawaii.
Since Katy’s parents are evangelical Christians, we’re told she didn’t want to be the one to “officially” end the marriage by filing the docs … since she was raised to believe divorce is wrong.
After he filed the docs, Russell released a statement Friday insisting the two will “remain friends.”
