Katy Perry shared an old photo with her mom and talked about her difficult childhood

American singer Katy Perry shared a rare archival photo with her mother and reminisced about her childhood in a family of evangelical preachers.

The artist posted a photo on social media in which she poses as a young girl next to her mother. Some fans admitted that they didn’t immediately recognize the future pop star.

The singer’s real name is Katherine Elizabeth Hudson. Her parents, Mary Christine Perry and Maurice Keith Hudson, were evangelical preachers and raised their children in strict religious traditions.

According to the artist, television and secular music were banned in her family during her childhood.

Despite a difficult relationship in the past, Perry now speaks more warmly of her parents and acknowledges that it was precisely this upbringing that largely shaped her character.

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