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Katy Perry: "Russell Brand was magical"

Pop songstress Katy Perry has gushed about the "magical man" she was once married to.

28-year-old beauty Perry and Russell Brand were husband and wife for 14 months before they split at the end of 2011.

The pair - who tied the knot in October 2010 - were inseparable at first, before going their separate ways.

Perry looks on those times fondly, but admits the British comedian changed while they were together.

She explained: "[He was] a magical man. He's a very smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him. [He was] hysterical [funny] in some ways. Until he started making jokes about me and he didn't know I was in the audience, because I had come to surprise him at one of his shows. So he was hysterical to a point. I mean, I have to claim my own responsibility in things. I do admit that I was on the road a lot. Although I invited him time and time again, and I tried to come home as much as I possibly could. You saw that in the movie.

"Let's just say I haven't heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011."

Perry documented the ups and downs of her life in her documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me, which was released last year.

The film doesn't feature much of Brand, which Perry admits is telling of their relationship as it was fizzling out.  

She explained to US Vogue magazine: "That wasn't edited to leave footage out - there wasn't any footage of him. At first when I met him he wanted an equal, and I think a lot of times strong men do want an equal, but then they get that equal and they're like, 'I can't handle the equal-ness.' He didn't like the atmosphere of me being the boss on tour.

She added: "So that was really hurtful, and it was very controlling, which was upsetting. I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can't necessarily disclose, because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day. I let go and I was like: 'This isn't because of me; this is beyond me.' So I have moved on from that."

 

 

 

 

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