A red carpet interview with former couple Katy Perry and Russell Brand is resurfacing, and some viewers are looking at Brand’s behavior from a new perspective.
The red carpet exchange is facing new scrutiny after a London jury found Brand guilty of rape and sexual assaulton November 5. A judge sentenced the British actor, 51, to 10 years and six months in prison on Tuesday, November 9.
The 2010 video shows a reporter asking Perry which Oscar winners she was happiest for after the awards ceremony at Vanity Fair’s annual Oscar party on March 7 outside the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, California.
Perry and Brand stopped to talk on the British morning show “GMTV,” and when Brand starts giving his opinion on the Oscars, Perry laughs.
Brand tries to answer the question himself and holds up a small label that reads “obey.” “You didn’t watch it!” she said. Brand insists it is. When Perry uses an expletive (as seen in the video below), he tells her, “don’t swear.”
Russell brand sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for rape, sexual assault
After Brand holds up the label, the reporter turns to Perry and asks her how she treated him. “He’s really hilarious,” Perry replied. “He leaves me speechless.”
Photographs from that nightshow Brand also holding the label toward the cameras as he posed next to Perry. A logo resembling artist Shepard Fairey’s Obey logo appears next to the word.
Katy Parry and Russell Brand arrive at the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Sunset Tower on March 7, 2010 in West Hollywood, California.
The video sparked a wider conversation online, with one X user (@Xx17965797N) describing Brand as using the tag “to control her”. Some viewers who revisited the footage after the verdict called the exchange “disturbing” in the comments section.
“Remember he used the ‘obey’ tag on Katy Perry every time she disagreed with him,” @notwhomstfarted wrote. “Imagine the horrors he committed behind closed doors…”
USA TODAY has reached out to Perry’s representatives for comment.
Six women accused Brand of sexual offenses dating from 1999 to 2009. At his 2026 trial in London, jurors found him guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault and acquitted him of the other three charges. He has denied the allegations against him.
What Katy Perry said about her marriage to Russell Brand
Perry and Brand married in India in October 2010. In a 2013 interview with Vogue, Perry said she often invited him to join her on the road and tried to get home when she could.
“He didn’t like the atmosphere where I’m the boss on tour.” » said Perry. “So it was really hurtful, and it was very controlling, which was upsetting.”
Katy Parry and Russell Brand arrive at the 2010 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Sunset Tower on March 7, 2010 in West Hollywood, California.
Fourteen months after their marriage, Brand sent her a text message on New Year’s Eve 2011 saying he wanted a divorce, Perry told Vogue. At the time of the interview, she said, it was the last time she heard from him.
The Crown Prosecution Servicesaid Brand committed sex crimes against four women between 2004 and 2009, before marrying Perry. Prosecutors agreed to leave the marriage out of their opening statement after his lawyers objected. Brand later told jurors that her marriage to Perry brought her “staggering fame.”
Contributors: Liza Esquibias, Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY
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