Katy Perry: When Sex & God Mix, 'Bad Things Happen'

Since breaking onto the scene,
Katy Perry has shown more skin and dropped more F-bombs than just about any other pop starlet out there. But having been raised by a couple of evangelical ministers -- who speak in tongues, she says -- there's just no shaking the 'I Kissed a Girl' singer's spirituality, even if her life is filled with not-exactly-Christian elements (living with a sex addict included).
In a chat with
Rolling Stone, Perry explains that "bad things happen" when performers blend sex and spirituality and pointedly zeroes in on one of her main pop competitors.
"I am sensitive to Russell [
Brand, her fiance] taking the Lord's name in vain and to Lady Gaga putting a rosary in her mouth," she tells Rolling Stone. "I think when you put sex and spirituality in the same bottle and shake it up, bad things happen."
In June, Perry launched an attack on Gaga for her 'Alejandro' video, in which the singer dresses as a nun and gobbles up a rosary. In a Twitter post, Perry said using "blasphemy as entertainment is as cheap as a comedian telling a fart joke."
Perry's no angel though, but she has her limits.
"Yes, I said I kissed a girl," she told the magazine. "But I didn't say I kissed a girl while f***ing a crucifix."
Perry appears in her underwear on the cover of the August 19 issue, which hits newsstands Thursday. (There's apparently a topless pic inside the mag, so there ya go.) In the article, she blasts self-Googling celebrities, laughs off her criticism of Miley Cyrus, opens up about losing her virginity and offers glowing words for fiance Russell Brand.
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US singer Katy Perry performs during the MTV World Stage Live in Malaysia in Petaling Jaya near Kuala Lumpur on July 31, 2010. AFP PHOTO / POOL (Photo credit should read lai seng sin/AFP/Getty Images)
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The bi-polar holy roller is hot and cold in her own practices but can sing and look good at the same time and isn't going anywhere but up.
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Soooo, Katy Perry is saying that yes, she is filthy, just not as filthy as GaGa?? Wow. I respect her so much more now...
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I'm not so sure Katy Perry has room to be criticizing others. Makes her sound like a hypocrite. Also sounds like she's holding on to her minister parent's teachings - very preachy.
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ugh. How embarressing. is this really what she wants girls to follow? anyway, she notices the plank in gaga's eyes and chooses to ignore the blessed LOG in her own eye (it's definately not just dust in either of their eyes).
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In this entire universe, would God care about trivial stuff like sex? I think that he/she would have better things to do.
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So after reading this, all I could think was "WTF?" She contradicts herself with ever claim she makes. Katy Perry is a joke. Her music sucks and she's a hypocritical "party girl/self-righteous" conundrum. Adolescent pre-teen girls need to find someone else to look up to.
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Your hypocrites are showing Lily and your being judgemental. Katy is right in her article you took it out of context. Katy isn't a joke and her music doesn't suck either so all your claims are lies.
It's not the sex and God mix that is the problem. God created sex and it is an incredible gift for husbands and wives. It is the mixing of God with sexual perversions and the misuse of sex that is the issue. Sex in its proper, intended context has no conflict with God.
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thank you for understanding what the Truth is and letting people hear it.
BLASPHEMY...what is Gaga thinking? Illicit sexual expression and religion do not mix. Don't bring God into a controversial video. Gaga and Madonna should be prohibited from wearing a cross. PLEASE DON'T MISUNDERSTAND...I LOVE GAGA'S MUSIC. However, Katy Perry is right! Bad things happen to people who disrespect God.
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Katy is right on with what she is saying in the rooling stone article will have to get this rolling stones mag to read the whole article. Excited for Katy's new album in a few weeks.
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She's a f'ing walking conundrum.
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Which all claims is a lie and being judgemental as well. Your the walking conundrum.
Gaga Ment No Harm In Her Video, The Scene Where She Ingests The Red Beads Is Supposed To Represent "the Desire To Take In Holy Things" Many People Who Know Gaga , Know That She Is Very Religious,,,And If Anything The Video Is About How The Gays Are Shunned By Religion And The Military. She Wasn't Being Blasphemous, She Was Making A Statement!!!!! Plus Prop 8 Overturned! WooHoo!
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gobluespartyon - F.U. and the horse you rode in on!
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You got that all wrong Bsti F.U. and the horse you rode on.
God is real and his judgements is real so is hell.Read for yourself who will be there
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exoticdoc2 hit the nail on the head. Sex, in the right context is such a beautiful thing. The world has so corrupted it, and even the 'holy rollers' who oppose it and down people for having it, that it is now perceived as such a horrible thing. but God created it to untie 2 people.
AS for Katy Perry, I hate that she's taken this road, and I hate that she puts off this air that it's okay to do these things and still call yourself a believer.
God's word says many will call on the God's name when all this is said and done, but He 'won't know them'. This is because they think they can have their cake and eat it too - Do what you want, run away from the one who made you and loves you, and still be okay in the end.
you can't.
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She has an odd sense of morality, which strangely enough does make sense...
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OK FIRST GET IT RIGHT KATY YOU CANT KISS A GIRL AND TALK TRASH ABOUT OTHERS AND HUMP AIR AND ALL THAT AND SAY GO GOD.WHAT THE HELL YOUR TEAM GOD OR TEAM NOT.UUUM HELLO GET IT RIGHT YOU FOOL.
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