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Katy Perry Divorce: Parents Want To 'Save' Media

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First Posted: 01/09/12 09:03 AM ET Updated: 01/09/12 10:02 AM ET

Just after Katy Perry took to Twitter to blast gossip surrounding her divorce from Russell Brand with a fiery "NO ONE speaks for me," Perry's parents are responding via sermon.

In a video posted to TMZ, Perry's father Keith Hudson can be seen saying he wants to "save" the media so that it can "write good stuff, Amen!" during a sermon in Fort Valley, GA -- the only time he mentions his daughter's divorce.

It was rumored that Katy, 27, requested Brand, 36, to file for divorce in order to appease her religious parents, who are both evangelical ministers -- and with whom the famously outlandish, publicly Buddhist comedian may have clashed.

Shortly after news broke of the divorce, Keith and Mary Hudson, 63, also sparked controversy when they administered a sermon that suggested their daughter's divorce had been sent by God.

"I'm sure Katy is trending on the internet just to get you to church tonight... 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," Mary told the audience at the Church on Rise congregation in Ohio on January 4.

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Just after Katy Perry took to Twitter to blast gossip surrounding her divorce from Russell Brand with a fiery "NO ONE speaks for me," Perry's parents are responding via sermon. In a video posted t...
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Jesus Germanotta
Dissecting Pop Culture
08:36 PM on 01/09/2012
"Blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke" -Katy Perry.
She definitely has the parents that she deserves!
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msperry1123
01:24 PM on 01/09/2012
Very strange that Katy Perry's parents keep releasing nonsensical statements to the press.
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sherrala1
et alors
11:42 AM on 01/09/2012
Why are these people even being quoted here? They're religious nuts without anything of value to say, and it would be an honor to be hated by them.
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11:01 AM on 01/09/2012
The guy was a freak in the bedroom, good for her for not doing things she didn't want to do. Dirt bags like him are happiest when they destroy somebodyelse by making them sell their souls, it strangely makes them feel better about themselves.
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CabinAgue
We are ALL in this together.
11:22 AM on 01/09/2012
Why did she marry him in the first place?  Sorry, but I think that says something about her, too.
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sherrala1
et alors
11:41 AM on 01/09/2012
And you know about their most intimate details how? Did they share them with you, or are you just a judgmental idiot? Don't bother to answer, it was a rhetorical question.
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12:11 PM on 01/09/2012
Yes, I am in their inner circle of friends.
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12:13 PM on 01/09/2012
In addition, yes I am judging him. Didn't you judge me?
10:29 AM on 01/09/2012
Whole family is cracked....
09:48 AM on 01/09/2012
Her Father is totally Gay, They use that church just to get money,,,,
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walkerhds
09:27 AM on 01/09/2012
somehow, I think Mom and Dad are more than a bit out there; and if this story is true, Katie is letting them "speak for her" by bowing to their pressure.

Oh well; not like anyone had them celebrating a silver together.
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CabinAgue
We are ALL in this together.
11:25 AM on 01/09/2012
What?  I was SHOCKED!  I mean, it seemed like such an appropriate pairing -- well-considered and approached with seriousness, humility and maturity.

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walkerhds
12:24 PM on 01/09/2012
for what it was worth, I took 20 in the pool... :D