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KATY’S PARENTS LIVING LARGE ON ‘DONATIONS’

Their daughter may be worth $420 million, but Katy Perry’s preacher parents have raised questions over whether they’re living a life of luxury on their supporters’ account.

According to a report by the Daily Mail, which accessed documents Keith and Mary Hudson filed with the IRS, the couple spent 96 per cent of their charitable earnings from 2019 on “expenses” such as retreats at lavish hotels, meals, flights and cars. In doing so, they churned through $225,000 of the $234,000 donated to their religious charity, Keith Hudson Ministries. As the allegations came out, Keith, 74, stepped out with friends in California, wearing an abundance of flashy jewellery as they chatted near his vintage car.

Born-again Christians Keith and Mary, who have been described as hippie-loving, party animals before

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