Katy Perry brushes off family feud claims

Katy Perry has played down talk of a feud with her family, insisting that her parents are supportive of her music career.

The singer spoke out after her mother Mary Hudson, an evangelical Christian preacher, described her hit single 'I Kissed A Girl' as "shameful and disgusting". She had also admitted that she was "disappointed" in her daughter for using the track to "promote homosexuality".

Despite this, Perry has revealed that her parents are big fans of most songs on her album One of the Boys.

"I'm sure they opt out of singing 'I Kissed a Girl' or 'Ur So Gay', but they're singing along to every other song on the record," she explained. "They're just glad I'm not strung out, doing centrefolds and s**t like that."

Perry also claimed that there is no basis to suggestions that the lyrics to 'Ur So Gay' are homophobic.

"I think gay people have a wonderful sense of humour. I think they'll get it and embrace it," she said. "It's an anthem for power of the people - for females, gays, exes, anybody who's been broken up with that wants to get over a guy."

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