Katy Perry told fans that her former husband Russell Brand “should be in jail” during a concert appearance in Oxfordshire last July, a remark that has gained fresh significance after he was convicted of rape and three sexual assaults.
The Firework singer made the comment during a question-and-answer session at the Blenheim Palace Festival. Asked to act out her reaction to seeing her ex, she replied: “I hope my ex isn’t here. He should be in jail.”
Brand was convicted at Southwark Crown Court last week. The comedian has faced allegations from several women, although the source material does not state that Perry was involved in the criminal case.
Perry, 42, was married to Brand for 14 months. They wed in a Hindu ceremony in Rajasthan, India, in October 2010, during a six-day celebration attended by guests including Sean Combs, Jonathan Ross and David Walliams.
Brand filed for divorce on December 30, 2011. Perry later said he had been jealous of her success, while reports at the time said he ended the marriage by text shortly before she was due to perform.
The singer went on to spend a decade in a relationship with Orlando Bloom, with whom she shares a daughter, Daisy Dove. The couple split in June 2025.
Perry began a relationship with former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau the following month, after their paths crossed while she was on tour. Trudeau had separated from his wife, Sophie Gregoire, in 2023.
Photographs of Perry and Trudeau kissing on a yacht emerged in October 2025. She later described him as “the love of my life” in interviews connected with her concert film, Katy Perry: The Lifetimes Tour – Live from Paris.
