Russell Brand admits to nerves before he met girlfriend's Katy Perry's strict religious parents
Russell Brand has admitted that his meeting with Katy Perry's strict, evangelical parents had the potential to end in "disaster". The comedian-turned-Hollywood-actor was introduced to pop singer Katy's parents last month, but the pair recently holidayed with her pastor parents Keith and Mary in Austria.
And the former lothario was also worried that 25-year-old Katy's parents would be disapproving of his colourful past which included drug abuse and plenty of promiscuous sex, due to their strong Christian beliefs.
The 34-year-old told Absolute Radio DJ Christian O'Connell: "Have you seen a picture of him [Keith]? He's got a shaved head and he's tense-looking. But if you're a proper Christian, it means that you've got to be a gentle, loving, compassionate soul.
"Obviously when I heard that my girlfriend had preacher parents, I thought, 'Well, this has got a huge scope for disaster,' but it's actually been quite good so far."
He added: "I'm doing well, you know, because I'm committed to it and they're lovely, lovely people, it's been nice.
"They love the old school Englishness. There's a thing where the mum said, 'Nothing's impossible,' and I went, 'Well, of course, Nelson Mandela said that everything is impossible until it's done.' She really enjoyed that."
And on his 'I Kissed a Girl' girlfriend Katy, he gushed: "She's amazing. I'm having a right laugh, she's a good person to spend time with and it's changed me, it's made me stop doing stuff that I probably shouldn't have been doing.
"I didn't drink or take drugs, my main hobby was meeting girls and chatting them up. Once you stop doing that, everything's a lot more relaxing if you're not, everywhere you go, thinking, 'Right, shall I chat to her?'
"Now I'm just talking to people, I do a bit of yoga, meditate, look out the window, think about the cat, you know, it's a more chilled out pace of life."
Russell, you old romantic!
Russell Brand has admitted that his meeting with Katy Perry's strict, evangelical parents had the potential to end in "disaster". The comedian-turned-Hollywood-actor was introduced to pop singer Katy's parents last month, but the pair recently holidayed with her pastor parents Keith and Mary in Austria.
And the former lothario was also worried that 25-year-old Katy's parents would be disapproving of his colourful past which included drug abuse and plenty of promiscuous sex, due to their strong Christian beliefs.
The 34-year-old told Absolute Radio DJ Christian O'Connell: "Have you seen a picture of him [Keith]? He's got a shaved head and he's tense-looking. But if you're a proper Christian, it means that you've got to be a gentle, loving, compassionate soul.
"Obviously when I heard that my girlfriend had preacher parents, I thought, 'Well, this has got a huge scope for disaster,' but it's actually been quite good so far."
He added: "I'm doing well, you know, because I'm committed to it and they're lovely, lovely people, it's been nice.
"They love the old school Englishness. There's a thing where the mum said, 'Nothing's impossible,' and I went, 'Well, of course, Nelson Mandela said that everything is impossible until it's done.' She really enjoyed that."
And on his 'I Kissed a Girl' girlfriend Katy, he gushed: "She's amazing. I'm having a right laugh, she's a good person to spend time with and it's changed me, it's made me stop doing stuff that I probably shouldn't have been doing.
"I didn't drink or take drugs, my main hobby was meeting girls and chatting them up. Once you stop doing that, everything's a lot more relaxing if you're not, everywhere you go, thinking, 'Right, shall I chat to her?'
"Now I'm just talking to people, I do a bit of yoga, meditate, look out the window, think about the cat, you know, it's a more chilled out pace of life."
Russell, you old romantic!
