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Justin Trudeau Supports Katy Perry’s Plans to Discuss Russell Brand

Abigail Renee Abigail Renee | November 12, 2026 | 3 min read

Justin Trudeau has no plans to stand in the way of Katy Perry telling her side of her marriage to Russell Brand. That claim comes from a source who spoke to the Daily Mail, as The Blast reported. Neither Perry nor Trudeau has said anything publicly about it. Everything here rests on that unnamed source.

Trudeau Chooses Not to Interfere with Perry’s Plans

Trudeau has generally stayed away from discussions about Russell Brand. “Justin has generally stayed away from any talk on Russell,” a source told the Daily Mail.

Trudeau reportedly has no intention of interfering with Perry’s plans. Brand has been all over the news as his criminal trial wrapped up, and Trudeau has a long career’s worth of practice commenting on things. He said nothing.

Per The Blast, the source said Trudeau would rather let Perry decide what she wants to say about her ex-husband, and how much. He has no objections, the source claimed, and is willing to give her complete freedom over how she tells it.

Perry Considers Book and Documentary Series About Brand

Perry is weighing an autobiography and a docuseries about her life, with the Brand marriage as a central thread. The Blast said she has been discussing both projects with her representatives.

Offers to tell the story have come in for years, according to The Blast. She turned them down until the trial was over. With the verdict now in, the timing has shifted.

Perry married Brand and they split in 2011. For most of the time since, she has said very little about him. A book and a series would be the opposite of that. Years of silence, then possibly everything at once, on a schedule she controls.

Insider Reveals Trudeau’s Supportive Approach

The former prime minister does listen when Perry brings Brand up herself, the source said. He stays supportive in those moments and is careful not to push her into discussing her past.

Politics comes into it too. The source credited Trudeau’s years in office with teaching him how to handle public scrutiny, and said he is ready to offer advice or help if Perry asks. The key words there are if she asks.

Plenty of new partners would treat a famous ex as a threat to manage. A man who spent years with his own words picked apart in public has seemingly decided the opposite. Her history is hers to tell.

Orlando Bloom is a different matter, the source told the Daily Mail. Justin Trudeau reportedly has no intention of interfering with Katy Perry’s plans regarding Russell Brand. Exactly why is not spelled out.

Katy Perry’s New Chapter With Justin Trudeau

Perry is in a happier place now, the source claimed, and sees this period as one of the best she has lived through. That is the source’s word for her feelings, not hers.

Strip away the fame and the arrangement is simple. She carries a marriage from more than a decade ago that she never fully explained. He reportedly has no intention of interfering with Perry’s plans. He shows up when she raises it and stays out of it when she does not.

Old relationships rarely stay buried when someone is about to write a memoir. Justin Trudeau, according to this account, is not asking them to.

No publisher or streamer has been named. No release date exists.

Perry has not said a word about the projects herself, and until she does, the book and the series remain plans described by somebody else.

Sources: The Blast


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Abigail Renee is a New York–based writer who covers celebrity relationships, weddings and breakups for Relationship Rules. With a background in psychology and more than five years writing about love and modern dating, she brings a candid, thoughtful eye to the stories behind the headlines, and believes honest conversation is the foundation of any real connection. When she isn't writing, she's trying new restaurants, listening to Coldplay, or rewatching her favourite 2000s sitcoms.