Russell Brand will never be forgetting Katy Perry.
In fact, when the 49-year-old looks back at his two-year marriage to the “Dark Horse” singer, it is not with animosity.
“What can I tell you is, when I was married to Katy Perry, she’s like a—not entirely normal, because she’s an extraordinary, massive star—but she’s not weird or off key,” Russell said during his podcast Stay Free with Russell Brand April 3. “And wasn’t involved in anything nefarious, as far as I could tell.”
He continued, “The reasons that a marriage didn’t work are the normal human reasons marriages don’t work, and I have nothing but respect for her.”
The Get Him to the Greek star did also note they had their differences.
“I obviously disagree with her political views,” Russell added, “but I probably disagree with some of my wife’s political views, my beloved wife, Laura Brand’s political views. So, you know, you always disagree with people, don’t ya?”
Since their 2012 split, both Russell and Katy—who shares daughter Daisy Dove, 4, with fiancé Orlando Bloom—have made the rare comment about their brief time together.
For his part, Russell has previously addressed being married to someone whose fame eclipsed his own.
“Some aspects of it were amazing—she’s an amazing person,” Brand shared during his appearance on the Running Wild With Bear Grylls: The Challenge in 2023. “It was kind of incredible to live for a moment in that eye of a cyclone type aspect of fame.”
Yet, he also acknowledged the relationship was both hot and cold.
“Aside from my feelings of affection for Katy, it’s a time that I remember as being a little bit chaotic and a bit, for me, I’ll speak for myself, a little disconnected,” he added. “Life humbles us and teaches us and the journey is not always easy.”
Katy, meanwhile, has also alluded to a certain level of disarray during that period of her life.
“I was having great success at 23, 24 and 25 and then I met someone that was interesting and stimulating,” she shared on 60 Minutes Australia in 2020. “It was just like a tornado, it was everything happening at once.”
She noted she has “always resonated with friction and resistance and challenges.”
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