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Russell Brand-Katy Perry: A celebrity breakup to make us go ‘aww’

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Among this year’s celebrity breakups, the Katy Perry-Russell Brand split could be the most ‘aww’-inducing, with the kooky couple seeking a divorce after a romantic whirlwind courtship and only 14 months of marriage. But how did Russell wind up being the ‘bad guy’ who actually filed the court papers?

Could be that he did it for her sake.

Perry’s parents are evangelical Christians, according to TMZ, which heard from sources connected to the two that Katy was raised to believe divorce is wrong, and didn’t want to upset her folks. So after trying to work things out and agreeing ‘it just wasn’t there,’ Brand allegedly took one for the team.

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‘Sadly, Katy and I are ending our marriage,’ Brand said in Friday a statement. ‘I’ll always adore her and I know we’ll remain friends.’

It doesn’t appear as if religion was the reason for the split, though we can’t imagine bits like his ‘I Am Jesus’ music video , featuring lyrics such as ‘I wear a funny crown / I live in honey town / Somebody cut me down,’ going over great with evangelical in-laws. (That’s one of five music videos Brand did in character as Aldous Snow for ‘Get Him to the Greek.’) And there’s always the reality that in-laws and family traditions are among married couples’ top fights.

‘I come from a very non-accepting family, but I’m very accepting,’ Perry told Vanity Fair regarding her religious beliefs as an adult, after a strict upbringing by evangelical ministers. “Russell is into Hinduism, and I’m not [really] involved in it.’

Though Russell has had his way with religion and believers in his stand-up material and film work (here’s a sample; watch out for the profanity at the end), he expanded a bit on his religious beliefs and defended the existence of God, writing for the New Statesman in April of this year:

‘Through Transcendental Meditation, twice daily I feel the bliss of the divine. Through the mental repetition of a mantra, eventually my chattering monkey mind recedes, gently banishing concerns of the past and drawing the inner eye away from speculation and want. I connect to a boundless consciousness that has no pal­pable relationship with my thoughts, fears or desires.’

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Perry and Brand were married in a traditional Hindu ceremony Oct. 23, 2010, at a resort in Ranthambhore National Park in northwestern India. At the beginning of this month, Brand told Ellen DeGeneres that he was ‘really happily married’ and that the Internet was ‘a wicked little liar.’

How will Katy be as a single lady once again? Check out the video below, from a few years back, and tell us what you think.

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— Christie D’Zurilla
twitter.com/dzurillaville

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