‘Couldn’t handle an equal’: Katy Perry’s claims about ‘controlling’ ex Russell Brand resurface after prison term

Nibir Konwar Tue, November 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC

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Katy Perry and Russell Brand first met in 2009. By: MEGA

Katy Perry’s remarks about her ex-husband Russell Brand have resurfaced online after a London judge sentenced the comedian to 10 years and six months in prison.

In a 2013 interview, Perry had described Brand’s behavior during their marriage as “very controlling,” as several other incidents where he acted dominantly have also surfaced.

What Perry said in 2013

Perry said in an interview that Brand disliked that she was the boss on tour, adding that it “was really hurtful, and it was very controlling, which was upsetting.”

For a long time, she blamed herself for the split, she said, until she learned “the real truth,” a detail she described as “locked in my safe for a rainy day.”

“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 equalness,” she said. “I let go and I was like: This isn’t because of me; this is beyond me. So I have moved on from that.”

Details about their marriage have resurfaced

Perry and Brand met on the set of Get Him to the Greek in 2009 and married the following year in a Hindu ceremony in Rajasthan, India. On December 31, 2011, Brand texted her that he wanted a divorce, minutes before she went on stage for a New Year’s Eve concert.

Cameras for her 2012 documentary Katy Perry: Part of Me were rolling, and her reaction appeared in the film. In the documentary, Perry said she had done “everything it takes not to fail” in the marriage. The marriage lasted 14 months, and they finalized the divorce in 2012.

A video from the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar party has also resurfaced. In it, Perry interrupted Brand’s answer to a question about the ceremony, saying he hadn’t watched it. After she said she challenged him whenever he bluffed, he told her not to swear and held up a card reading “Obey.”

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During an audience game at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire in July this year, Perry told the crowd she hoped her ex was not there, adding that he “should be in jail.” Brand was awaiting trial then.

Brand’s sentence

Judge Joel Bennathan imposed the term on Monday, November 9, at Southwark Crown Court, days after a jury convicted Brand of sexual assault involving four women.

Bennathan told Brand that as his fame grew, he had also become “a sexual predator.” The judge slightly reduced the total sentence in recognition of Brand’s good character in recent years. He also told Brand that his testimony denying any non-consensual sexual contact was “one of a series of lies.”

Brand must serve two-thirds of the sentence before release on license. He will also remain on the offenders register for life.

His barrister,Ian Winter KC, told the court his client had abused the influence that came with fame but was a “fundamentally different person today.”

Winter described the case as devastating for Brand’s family, including a child who had just turned 10. Brand has been in custody since the verdict, when the judge refused conditional bail.

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