Katy on Katy
The quirk queen and GLAMOUR cover girl on life, love, looks and taming Russell Brand
Rex FeaturesOn her look: “I think there's a fine line between being a s**t and being classy. I walk in between that line.”
PA PhotosOn her style: “I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.”
PA PhotosOn her celebrity influence: “If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus!”
Rex FeaturesOn her pastor parents: “I wasn’t able to say I was lucky because my mother would rather us say that we were blessed, and she also didn’t like that lucky sounded like Lucifer… I wasn’t allowed to eat Lucky Charms, but I think that was the sugar. I think my mom lied to me about that one.”
PA PhotosOn her relationship with Russell Brand: "I was like, 'You've met your match, motherf*****'… I always needed someone stronger than me. And I'm a f****** strong elephant of a woman. When we have an argument he knows I'm not gonna throw my hands up and say, 'OK, you win'."
PA PhotosOn BFF Rihanna: “She's hot, I love her. She's just the coolest chick and I want all of her clothes."
PA PhotosOn ‘I Kissed A Girl’: “Girls now keep asking for a kiss. After every show on my tour I stay behind to do an autograph signing. But about a dozen women will want a snog. I just sweetly say, 'No, thank you'. If I kissed everybody who asked I'd probably go away with something I don't really want.”
PA PhotosOn her boobs: “People are always like ‘well, yours are fake,’ and I’m like ‘no, I just don’t go around screaming they’re not fake.’ It’s all about doing push-ups. You know that, right? The push-ups keep them good and not like armpit pancakes.”
PA PhotosOn her chart rivals: “I like Lily [Allen] very much. I knew Lady Gaga a bit when she was coming up and I love her music. I don’t know Cheryl [Cole]’s music but I love her dimples!”
PA PhotosOn how she and Russell hooked up: "Russell had a copy of his book in the car, and I was intrigued. I asked him to sign it, and when I got home I read what he wrote: 'You are a mermaid, and I am drowning'."
PA PhotosOn remembering her roots: “I got this Jesus tattoo on my wrist when I was 18 because I know that it's always going to be a part of me. When I'm playing, it's staring right back at me, saying, 'remember where you came from’.”
WennOn being naughty: “I've done a lot of bad things. Use your imagination.”
Rex FeaturesOn prayer: "Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as 'Pass the salt…' It's a secret, direct prayer language to God.”
PA PhotosOn her upbringing: “Music wasn’t allowed in the house because it’s the devil’s work… And if I brought home friends, my mom wanted to know if they were Christians… That’s my parents. They’re crazy! They’re nuts!”
Rex FeaturesOn partying: “I want to drink really good wine and really good beer, because I like really good wine and really good beer.”
PA PhotosOn her girl crush: “I opened up a magazine and I saw a picture of Scarlett Johansson. I said to [my boyfriend at the time], 'I'm not going to lie. If Scarlett Johansson walked into the room and wanted to make out with me, I would make out with her. I hope you're okay with that’.”
PA PhotosOn Russell: “He basically used to be a professional prostitute, now he's not.”
PA PhotosOn thinking thin: “I'm really critical of my posture, it makes a big difference. And I try to suck my belly in. Everyone should do that whether you're on a red carpet or not. Even if you're just going out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in.”
Big PicturesOn her hometown: “Santa Barbara is my hood. I mean, it's not much of a hood, but it is definitely like my hood. I claim Santa Barbara like I claim my family - I'm going to be married and buried there.”
WENNOn getting engaged: "I was trying to make him [Russell Brand] tell me that he wanted to marry me telepathically. Every night we looked into each other's eyes and I was thinking, 'please ask me, please ask me’.”
PA PhotosOn loving London: “I love talking to Brits because you guys actually have a sense of humour. You understand when I’m saying stupid things.”
Rex FeaturesOn meeting her match: “One night I picked him [Russell Brand] up from a meeting. I was just in my gym clothes. I walked into the meeting and he had his stylist, his seamstress, his PR person, hair, make-up, you name it. I was like, ‘Oh my God, I am you. You are me. Two divas in one house.’ It’s like splitting the atom it shouldn’t happen.”
PA PhotosOn her new addition: “I do have a new kitten, Krusty. She’s a lesbian.”
WENNOn discovering Queen: “I wasn't allowed to listen to secular music when I was a kid, but there was a time when I was hanging out at my friend's house. We're trying on all our outfits, like girls do, and out of nowhere I heard the lyrics to 'Killer Queen.' Time stood still. The music was totally different from anything I'd heard. I still love Freddie Mercury. He was flamboyant with a twist of the operatic, but more importantly, he just didn't give a f***.”
Rex FeaturesOn those pregnancy rumours: “If you see a bump, it’s just water retention.”
Rex FeaturesOn her parents: “My parents and I now have a lovely relationship. Probably because they realise I’m not going to turn into a crazy person or a prostitute.”
PARead our exclusive interview with cover girl Katy Perry in the September 2010 edition of GLAMOUR, available now.
