Katy Perry and Russell Brand weren’t married long before he broke up via text message. The nickname that the singer gave her ex-husband is telling.
Four women have accused British comedian Russell Brand of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. , the “Times” and the Channel 4 TV program “Dispatches”, as the BBC, among others, reported at the weekend. Brand firmly rejected the allegations in a video message.
Katy Perry nicknamed Russell Brand “Rasputin”
From 2010 to 2011, Brand was married to US superstar Katy Perry. It was a turbulent relationship that ended with a text message from Brand. As the British newspaper “The Sun” reports, Perry gave her ex-partner a meaningful nickname in an interview with British presenter Piers Morgan.
At a Vanity Fair party in 2013, Morgan wanted to talk to Perry about her failed marriage, but she wasn’t ready yet. “You Brits are all the same, so damn confident,” she said at the time, according to the presenter. “The problem is that I find it irresistible. I love the British… Well, not all of them – not Rasputin, of course,” she said, referring to her ex-husband.
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Who was Rasputin?
But who was the real Rasputin? Grigory Rasputin was simultaneously revered and hated in Russia and made pilgrimages through the country as an alleged miracle healer. When Tsarina Alexandra sent for him for her son – a hemophiliac – Rasputin was welcomed at court. After the boy’s successful healing, the Siberian farmer became a close confidant of the deeply religious Alexandra. But this mystical man of low status soon became a thorn in the side of the Russian nobility. Rasputin became a scapegoat for military defeats.
At the same time, Rasputin was said to have a particularly great sexual charisma, with which he seduced scores of women. It’s not without reason that Boney M. calls him the “Lover of the Russian Queen” and the “Greatest Love Machine” in their song “Rasputin”. With his long, shaggy hair, Rasputin is definitely reminiscent of the British comedian Russell Brand. That’s probably not the only reason why Katy Perry chose the nickname.
Sources: / Material from dpa
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