About two weeks ago, Katy Perry and Russell Brand filed for divorce. Rumors were circulating about the reason behind the divorce and reports surfaced that Katy asked Russell to file the papers. Katy’s parents are very religious and she feared they would be disappointed in her if she ended the marriage. Well now Katy’s mom is saying that the divorce is ‘a gift from God.’Â I wonder how Katy’s mom feels about the singer’s friendship with Rihanna. Read more after the jump.
Katy Perry’s evangelist parents have an unusual take on the pop star’s recent split from Russell Brand — that the divorce was God’s way of getting people to church.
“I’m sure Katy is trending on the internet just to get you to church tonight,” Perry’s mom Mary Hudson jokingly told worshippers at the Church On The Rise congregation in Ohio Wednesday. “I mean all over the world, who knows how God is bringing them in? The most important thing is you are here and God wants to put the fire in you in 2012.”
According to Britain’s The Sun, the church promoted the Hudsons’ appearance on a board outside the building that read, “Katy Perry s Parents Jan 4 & 5” (sic).
Brand filed for divorce last week, citing “irreconcilable differences.” He said in a statement: “Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage. I’ll always adore her and I know we’ll remain friends.”
The Sun reports that Brand — a Buddhist — was at odds with Perry’s religious parents and mocked their beliefs. Perry has also spoken out against her evangelist upbringing, though she and her parents are on good terms.
“I didn’t have a childhood,” she told Vanity Fair in May 2011.
Perry and Brand married in India in October 2011. They split after 14 months of marriage.
There have been many reports as to what went wrong; some claim Perry couldn’t satisfy Brand’s sexual needs, others suggest Brand wasn’t a supportive husband, and still others insist the couple simply couldn’t get along.
They reportedly have no prenup, which means Brand may be entitled to some of Perry’s estimated $44 million fortune.
