Katy Perry kissed a girl, but her Christian parents think its disgusting
Katy Perry might be enjoying the kind of international success that most parents could dream about for their children. But it seems that while Katy’s parents think she has an ‘angelic’ voice they consider what she’s singing about disgusting.
Katy’s parents, both evangelical Christian preachers, say they are deeply ashamed of the star for ‘promoting a sin’. And her mother, Mary Hudson, declared: ‘I hate the song. It clearly promotes homosexuality and its message is shameful and disgusting.
‘Katy knows how I feel. We are a very outspoken family and she knows how disappointed her father and I are. I can’t even listen to that song. The first time I heard it I was in total shock. When it comes on the radio I bow my head and pray.’
Mary Hudson added that not only does she hate the song, she’s not impressed with her daughter’s conduct either.
She said: ‘Katy is our daughter and we love her but we strongly disagree with how she is conducting herself at the moment.
‘We cannot cut her out of our lives as she is our child but she knows we disagree strongly with what she is doing and the message she is promoting regarding homosexuality which the Bible clearly states is a sin.
‘But the Bible also promotes understanding and forgiveness, which I keep reminding myself.
‘Katy is not a homosexual but I fear she has been led astray by the Hollywood crowd. I pray all the time that God will work through her and help her find salvation.’
Of Katy’s outfits, her mother said: ‘Some are too revealing and her father has had words with her about it. Like any child she is going through a period of rebellion.’
Most children going through something that could be dismissed as a ‘period of rebellion’ would probably do so in their teens, not in their twenties, but Katy is possibly just a late bloomer. They are adding fuel to the fire by calling her ‘shameful and disgusting’, telling the world they are disappointed and hate her song, and that they think their daughter is a sinner who dresses like a slut. This probably isn’t going to go far to heal the family rift, which Katy has acknowledged in the past.
I haven’t heard all of Katy’s album, but her mother might have softened this a little by saying that she liked other songs on the album, or kept Katy’s dress sense out of it. It just seems to me that Katy’s parents should value their relationship with their daughter more than defending their Christianity.
Katy released a Christian gospel album in 2001 under her name Katy Hudson (Perry is her mother’s maiden name) which was unsuccessful. She was spotted by a music producer and moved to L.A.
Note by Celebitchy: Can someone please explain to me why there is not one scene of girls kissing in that “I Kissed a Girl” video by Perry? I’ve watched it a couple times looking for women to make out and nothing happens. Is this because of her Christian parents? It seems like a major oversight in the video.
Katy Perry is shown performing at the Warped Tour 2008 Music Festival in Detroit, MI on 7/18/08. Credit: Chris Schwegler / PR Photos
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