Perry's parents 'urge Brand to find God'

Katy Perry's parents have apparently urged her boyfriend Russell Brand to "go towards the light" and embrace God.

The pastor parents of the 'I Kissed A Girl' singer were recently introduced to the comedian - a former heroin addict and alcoholic, as well as notorious womaniser. They reportedly said that they are willing to accept him despite his chequered past.

Perry's mother Mary Hudson allegedly told The Sun: "Russell must go towards the light and not toward the darkness. Only God can take the very worst person and turn them around for good."

She also revealed that Brand swapped books with her husband Keith, who gave the actor a copy of The Cry, his guide to helping people release the "desperate longing for God's intervention in your life".

In return, the 34-year-old supposedly handed him his autobiography My Booky Wook, which graphically details Brand's life of drug binges and prostitutes.

Hudson added: "You just have to see how the Lord's will is done. I mean, how many times have your kids disappointed you so profoundly you wanted to get up from the chair and knock them out?

"There are parts of the Russell's book where he is hungry for positive influences in his life."